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Analysis of transportation and logistics processes for soybeans in Brazil
Fliehr, Olivia - Bundesforschungsinstitut für Lädliche Räume, Wald … - 2013
improve the national infrastructure, particularly in the ports in northern Brazil, could lead to large improvements in the … in Brasilien zu ermitteln, wurde eine Markt- und Kostenanalyse für vier Anbaugebiete im Sorriso-Santos-Korridor mit … auf dem Weltmarkt gehört Brasilien zu den Hauptversorgern der weltweiten Sojanachfrage. Der Einfluss von Logistik und …
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Anstieg des privaten Konsums zu Jahresbeginn vermutlich geringer als derzeit ausgewiesen
Vosen, Simeon - In: RWI Konjunkturbericht (2013) 06, pp. 4-4
Folgt man den Angaben der Statistik, haben die privaten Konsumausgaben zu Jahresbeginn überraschend kräftig zulegt. Bei einer detaillierteren Betrachtung zeigen sich aber einige Ungereimtheiten, die erwarten lassen, dass die für das 1. Quartal ausgewiesene Zuwachsrate nach Neuberechnung der...
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Sustainable Consumption: Economic Modelling
Kletzan, Daniela; Köppl, Angela; Kratena, Kurt; … - In: WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports) 75 (2002) 7, pp. 457-465
The economic analysis of sustainable consumption structures concentrates on the extent to which it is possible and recommendable to foster substitution of flows by stocks (improving the thermal quality of buildings, more energy-efficient transport systems). Also of relevance is the role that...
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Sustainable Consumption: Methodical Concepts and Case Studies
Kletzan, Daniela; Köppl, Angela; Kratena, Kurt; … - In: WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports) 75 (2002) 7, pp. 447-455
Over the past decades, environmental policy discussions tended to focus on the negative impact of production processes on the environment. Sustainable development as a subject and holistic approach became a scientific and political issue only at the Rio Earth Summit of 1992. Since then, consumer...
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Modest Increase of Consumption. Hope for Christmas Sales
Wüger, Michael - In: WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports) 75 (2002) 12, pp. 751-762
Over the past few years, expenditure on private consumption rose more rapidly than incomes because private households continued to spend in spite of the reticent development of incomes. As a consequence, the propensity to save declined and remained at a steady low level in the first half of...
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Forecast Models for Private Consumption
Peussa, Aleksandr - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2014
The share of private consumption in gross domestic product is significant; therefore, private consumption has a great influence on economic growth, which makes it a major concept in economics. The purpose of the paper is to estimate and evaluate different forecasting models for private...
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Forecasting private consumption: survey‐based indicators vs. Google trends
Vosen, Simeon; Schmidt, Torsten - In: Journal of Forecasting 30 (2011) 6, pp. 565-578
In this study we introduce a new indicator for private consumption based on search query time series provided by Google Trends. The indicator is based on factors extracted from consumption-related search categories of the Google Trends application Insights for Search. The forecasting performance...
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Specific Features of Econometric Consumption Models in Ukraine under Conditions of Instability and Structural Changes
Oliskevych Marianna O. - In: Business Inform (2014) 3, pp. 113-121
The article analyses dynamic properties of developed econometric consumption models, which are an important component of the study of specific features of the national economy development under conditions of instability and structural changes. The article conducts an empirical analysis of time...
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Using Internet Data to Account for Special Events in Economic Forecasting
Schmidt, Torsten; Vosen, Simeon - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
Information about special events can improve economic forecasts substantially. However, due to the lack of timely quantitative data about these events, it has been difficult for professional forecasters to utilise such information in their forecasts. This paper investigates whether Internet...
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A Proposal for Assessing the Economic Welfare Of Romania
Bala, Raluca-Maria - In: Romanian Statistical Review 62 (2014) 3, pp. 11-30
Over the last two decades many economists, sociologists and other researchers expressed their views concerning the importance of using economic welfare as an instrument for socio-economic policies instead of relying only on economic growth. This paper aims to present on one hand the weaknesses...
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