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Land Fragmentation and Market Integration - Heterogeneous Technologies in Kosovo
Sauer, Johannes; Davidova, Sophia; Gorton, Matthew - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2012
This paper empirically measures the prevalence of heterogeneous technologies in a sample of small-scale agricultural producers as an answer to structural conditions and market risks. Such risks are closely linked to the effects of land fragmentation and the degree of market integration. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920657
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Interregional integration of wheat markets in Kazakhstan
Brosig, Stephan; Yahshilikov, Yorbol - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2005
Reliable marketing opportunities in both interregional and international trade along with relatively low transportation [and transaction] costs are essential to profitability of wheat production. In this study we have investigated one aspect of the quality of marketing and trade opportunities in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008597144
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Die Marktprämie im EEG 2012: Ein sinnvoller Beitrag zur Markt- und Systemintegration erneuerbarer Energien?
Gawel, Erik; Purkus, Alexandra - Department Ökonomie, Helmholtz Zentrum für … - 2012
Marktintegration, d. h. die Einbeziehung in den Steuerungs- und Ver-gütungsmechanismus des Strommarktes, sowie ihrer Systemintegration … in seiner aktuellen Ausgestaltung zur Marktintegration und/oder zur Systemintegration beiträgt, und ob es grundsätzlich … lassen, und welche Zusatzkosten der Integrationsadministrierung dabei entstehen (Effizienz). Während die Marktintegration i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010980523
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Deciding to Enter a Monetary Union; TheRole of Trade and Financial Linkages
Lama, Ruy; Rabanal, Pau - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This paper evaluates the role of trade and financial linkages in the decision to enter a monetary union. We estimate a two-country DSGE model for the U.K. economy and the euro area, and use the model to compute the welfare trade-offs from joining the euro. We evaluate two alternative scenarios....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242323
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Euro Area Policies; 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Direct...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
The Euro Area Policies’ 2007 Article IV Consultation reports that the economy is poised for a sustained upswing because of cyclical considerations and policies, which have had a forward-looking cast. The area’s external position and the real effective exchange rate of the euro are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245374
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Developing Essential Financial Markets in Smaller Economies; Stylized Facts and Policy Options
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper surveys the foreign exchange markets, money and secondary government security markets, and stock exchanges in 107 smaller economy countries. The underdevelopment of these markets impedes risk transfer, monetary policy, corporate financing, and the capacity to absorb capital inflows....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245902
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The Eu's Economic Policy Architecture after the Ratification of the Fiscal Treaty
Mortensen, Jorgen - CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research - 2013
-monetary policy mix in the EMU and that it may complicate some aspects of the economic policy governance in the Eurozone. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010857965
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Return and volatility spillovers: evidence from Indian exchange rates
Kumar, Manish - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 3 (2011) 4, pp. 371-387
This study examines the nature of interdependence, and return and volatility spillovers, for three Indian exchange rates: US dollar (USD), Euro and British Pound. We use the spillover index methodology of Diebold and Yilmaz (2009) to analyse precisely and independently the returns and volatility...
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The current economic crises and policy proposals for the future of the Euro Zone: an Austrian theory perspective
Maier, Myriam J. - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 3 (2012) 4, pp. 348-362
The current global financial crisis involves a wide range of situations in which economies, financial institutions, and assets have lost a substantial portion of their value. Banking panics, financial crisis associated with financial bubbles' bursts, sovereign debt defaults, and currency crisis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010669161
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The impact of leverage and other key variables on business performance: evidence from Greece
Liargovas, Panagiotis G.; Skandalis, Konstantinos S. - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 4 (2012) 4, pp. 472-484
industrial firms, which have to survive in the environment of Eurozone and the market of 300 million consumers. Results show that …
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