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Responsiveness of trade flows to changes in exchange rate and relative prices : evidence from Nigeria

Oyinlola, M. Abimbola; Adeniyi, Oluwatosin; Omisakin, … - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 2, pp. 123-141

This paper examines the long-run and short-run impacts of exchange rate and price changes on trade flows in Nigeria … 1980 Q1 to 2007 Q4. The results indicate that in both the short-run and long-run Nigeria's trade flows are chiefly …-Lerner (ML) condition holds thus implying that a devalued naira might hold considerable promise as the panacea to rising trade …

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¿Cómo compiten las pymes en los mercados internacionales? : análisis de un clúster local con vocación exportadora

Estrella Ramón, Antonia Maria; Jiménez Castillo, David; … - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 18 (2012) 1, pp. 87-99

This research examines whether firms with different levels of export intensity differ with respect to the competitive elements that sustain their competitiveness in foreign markets, as well as on marketing strategies implemented in their commercial activity abroad. To this end, we examine a...

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NAFTA's trade effects : new evidence with a gravity model

Montenegro, Claudio E.; Soloaga, Isidro - In: Estudios de economía 33 (2006) 1, pp. 45-63

) trade flows. Using a traditional gravity-equation framework, we try to see to what extent the bilateral trade flows between … trade patterns. The main conclusion is that NAFTA did not have a significant effect on US trade patterns, neither with … Mexico nor with other countries in the world (with the exception of CACM). -- NAFTA ; gravity model ; trade diversion ; fixed …

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Discriminación arancelaria y decisiones de localización de las empresas

Méndez Naya, José - In: Estudios de economía 33 (2006) 1, pp. 5-19

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effects of economic integration among countries on firms investment decisions when such decisions are taken strategically. It is shown that, in this context, the traditional "tariff jumping" argument is not always applicable and that localisation...

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EU-Ölembargo gegen Iran wenig wirksam

Engerer, Hella; Horn, Manfred - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 22, pp. 12-19

Die Anrainerstaaten des Persischen Golfs sind mit etwa 40 Prozent der weltweiten Exporte die bei weitem wichtigste Anbietergruppe auf dem Weltrohölmarkt. Nach Europa gehen etwa 13 Prozent der Rohölausfuhren der Golfstaaten und sechs Prozent der Ausfuhren an Erdölprodukten. Von den Golfstaaten...

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Financial development, international trade and economic growth : empirical evidence from Pakistan

Shaheen, Safana; Awan, Masood Sarwar; Waqas, Muhammad; … - In: Romanian journal of fiscal policy : RJFP 2 (2011) 2, pp. 11-19

explore the long run equilibrium relationship and the possible direction of causality between international trade, financial … international trade, while broad money (M2) and gross domestic product (GDP) are used as the proxies for financial development and … supply leading hypothesis is accepted. Moreover, unidirectional causality is observed from international trade to economic …

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The Portugal situation during the financial crisis

Lopreite, Milena - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 1, pp. 111-124

Today it's frequently used the terms PIGS or PIIGS, acronyms used by economic journalists to refer to different countries of the European Union for their statement of affairs. The bad connotation is evident from the fact that pigs in English suggest the bad state of the economies of these...

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The speculation bubble on the real estate market in the USA in view of selected overinvestment theories

Bochenek, Paweł - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 1, pp. 73-87

This paper offers a specific analysis of speculation bubbles in the economic history of the world, and then tries to identify the causes and effects of the speculation bubble on the real estate market in the USA, which was the main cause of the subprime crisis. The first part of the paper aims...

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MICA-BBVA : a factor model of economic and financial indicators for short-term GDP forecasting

Camacho, Máximo; Doménech, Rafael - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 3 (2012) 4, pp. 475-497

In this paper we extend the Stock and Watson’s (Leading economic indicators, new approaches and forecasting records, 1991) single-index dynamic factor model in an econometric framework that has the advantage of combining information from real and financial indicators published at different...

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Cycles inside cycles : Spanish regional aggregation

Gadea, Maria Dolores; Gómez-Loscos, Ana; Montañés, … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 3 (2012) 4, pp. 423-456

This paper sets out a comprehensive framework to identify regional business cycles within Spain and analyses their stylised features and the degree of synchronisation both within them and between them and the Spanish economy. We show that the regional cycles are quite heterogeneous although they...

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