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Demand, q, financial constraints and shareholder value revisited: an econometric micro-analysis of US fixed investment
Schoder, Christian - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 7 (2014) 1, pp. 28-54
Firm-level fixed investment expenses are analysed using a large panel of US manufacturing firms from 1971 to 2007. Integrating the user cost of capital, q and accelerator theories of investment to one econometric specification, we estimate the impacts of sales growth, cash flow, the cost of...
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Comparison of nursing home care between the USA and China
Zhang, Ning Jackie; Wan, Thomas T.H.; Breen, Gerald-Mark; … - In: International Journal of Public Policy 5 (2010) 2/3, pp. 121-132
the USA and China regarding community needs, demand and supply and to identify managerial strategies that the USA and …The comparison of nursing home care between the USA and China has the capacity to facilitate both countries to envision …
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Regionale Unterschiede in der Bautätigkeit : Ausgewählte Ergebnisse aus der ifo-Bauvorausschätzung/Regionen 1990-1993
Rußig, Volker - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 43 (1990) 31, pp. 03-10
Mit der Vereinigung sind die Grundlagen für die Erhebung sämtlicher für Bau- und Wohnungsmarktanalysen relevanter Daten zunächst einmal weggefallen. Für die neuen östlichen Bundesländer werden also alle Bau- und Wohnungsmarktstatistiken gewissermaßen bei "Null" beginnen. Mit der...
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Polarization and the decline of the middle class: Canada and the U.S.
Foster, James; Wolfson, Michael - In: Journal of Economic Inequality 8 (2010) 2, pp. 247-273
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A critique of emergency management policy: recommendations to reduce disaster vulnerability
McEntire, David A. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 3 (2008) 5/6, pp. 302-312
profession in the USA. This paper evaluates the founding principles upon which this profession was based in the 1980s. It then …
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The U.S. Manufacturing Recovery: Uptick or Renaissance?
Celasun, Oya; Bella, Gabriel Di; Mahedy, Tim; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
The notable rebound of U.S. manufacturing activity following the Great Recession has raised the question of whether the sector might be experiencing a renaissance. Using panel regressions, we find that a depreciating real exchange rate, an increasing spread in natural gas prices between the...
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Regional Labor Market Adjustments in the United States and Europe
Dao, Mai; Furceri, Davide; Loungani, Prakash - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
-relative labor demand shocks. We find that (i) the long-run effect of a state-specific shock on the state employment level has … a set of 21 European countries, we show that while the short-term response of participation rates to labor demand shocks …
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Official Demand for U.S. Debt: Implications for U.S. Real Interest Rates
Kaminska, Iryna; Zinna, Gabriele - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
By constructing and estimating a structural arbitrage-free model of demand pressures on US real rates, we find that …
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Competiveness of Latin American Exports in the U.S. Banana Market
Muhammad, Andrew; Fonsah, Esendugue Greg; Zahniser, Steven - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011
U.S. banana demand differentiated by country of origin is estimated using the generalized dynamic Rotterdam model …
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Competition between the U.S. and West Africa in International Cotton Trade: A Focus on Import Demand in China
Muhammad, Andrew; McPhail, Lihong Lu; Kiawu, James - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
We estimate the demand for imported cotton in China and assess the competitiveness of cotton-exporting countries. Given … between the C4 countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali) and United States in China. Demand estimates are used to project … how U.S. prices affect China’s imports by country. In comparing demand projections, results show that the relationship …
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