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Using the elasticities from the AIDS model to evaluate international market competitiveness: the case of three Egyptian wheat markets
Kagochi, John M.; Jolly, Curtis M. - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 3 (2010) 2, pp. 154-169
wheat, but the reverse is asymmetrical. The study finds that for USA to maintain and expand its competitive position in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592766
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Using the elasticities from the AIDS model to evaluate international market competitiveness: the case of three Egyptian wheat markets
Kagochi, John M.; Jolly, Curtis M. - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 3 (2010) 2, pp. 154-169
wheat, but the reverse is asymmetrical. The study finds that for USA to maintain and expand its competitive position in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008539563
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When the dragon awakes: Internationalisation of SMEs in China and implications for Europe
Hall, Chris - In: CESifo Forum 8 (2007) 2, pp. 29-34
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013097
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Risk, genetically modified food and the US/EU divide
Toke, Dave - In: International Journal of Green Economics 1 (2007) 3/4, pp. 407-418
environmentalists since 1990 on a range of issues in the EU, compared to the USA. Beck's 'Risk Society' theory has general resonance … USA on environmental issues. These differences have been parallel to the apparently stronger influence of … with contemporary western attitudes to risk. However, it may be that the US regulatory framework may now be more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010669771
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China’s Path to Consumer-Based Growth; Reorienting Investment and Enhancing Efficiency
Lee, Il Houng; Syed, Murtaza H.; Xueyan, Liu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper proposes a possible framework for identifying excessive investment. Based on this method, it finds evidence that some types of investment are becoming excessive in China, particularly in inland provinces. In these regions, private consumption has on average become more dependent on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242435
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United States; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This Selected Issues paper for the United States discusses the microeconomics of the country—household wealth and savings. Households’ consumption-saving decisions have an important bearing on the U.S. economic outlook. This paper demonstrates how households with consistently lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244682
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Spain; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Selected Issues paper analyzes household savings ratio in Spain. The household savings ratio has fallen to its lowest historical rate in 2012, as households cut back savings to support consumption in response to negative income shocks. Household savings fell across all households, but the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244773
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Effects of Fiscal Consolidation in the Czech Republic
Snudden, Stephen; Klyuev, Vladimir - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper uses the IMF’s Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal Model (GIMF) to assess the impact of fiscal consolidation on the Czech economy. Its contribution is threefold. First, it provides estimates of dynamic fiscal multipliers for a variety of fiscal instruments (tax and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876577
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Targets, Interest Rates, and Household Saving in Urban China
Nabar, Malhar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper studies a panel of China's provinces over the period 1996-2009 during which urban household saving rates increased from 19 percent of disposable income to 30 percent. It finds that the increase in urban saving rates is negatively associated with the decline in real interest rates over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009327862
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Private Sector Consumption and Government Consumption and Debt in Advanced Economies An Empirical Study
Mukherjee, Sanchita; Bhattacharya, Rina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper explores the hypothesis that the propensity to consume out of income varies in a non-linear fashion with fiscal variables, and in particular with government debt per capita. Using data from eighteen OECD countries the paper examines whether there is any empirical evidence to support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727794