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This report presents recommendations relative to the use of expert systems and machine learning techniques by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to substantially automate product substitution decisions associated with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Thirteen commercially available, PC-based...
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This report presents recommendations relative to the use of expert systems and machine learning techniques by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to substantially automate product substitution decisions associated with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Thirteen commercially available, PC-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436174
Alcohol consumption is considered an important social activity but a major health risk in Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC). Alcohol consumption net benefits are doubtful and the factors influencing alcohol consumption in the LAC countries are not well documented. In this study, we...
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Inflation Indexed Swap Basis (IIS Basis) in examining the large differences between cash and derivative markets based upon … future U.S. inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It reports the consistent positive value of this measure …
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explain the development of inflation dynamics and the formation process of inflation expectations of households respectively. We …
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Over the years, the East-West Center (EWC) has developed considerable expertise in refinery modeling, especially in the area of forecasting product balances for countries, given planned capacity changes, changes in product demand, changes in crude slates, and changes in product specifications....
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This paper is concerned with the determinants of international steam-coal trade. Most work in projecting coal trade has been either qualitative (a consensus of experts) or, if quantitative, has been based on competitive spatial-equilibrium models. Unfortunately, the competitive model of trade...
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This paper investigates the impact of Familias en Acción, a conditional cash transfer program in Colombia, on …
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research. Therefore, I shift focus and method, discussing the reform of rules governing land rights in Colombia in the late … nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Colombia’s insertion into the world economy raised demand for land fertile for growing … process. Peasants’ inability to create enduring forms of collective action, estate owners’ economic power and Colombia …
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Colombia negotiated bilateral Trade Agreements (TAs) with the UnitedStates and with the MERCOSUR region (Argentina … meat consumers in Colombia. Our resultssuggest that with free imports of chicken parts from the U.S, beefconsumption and … Colombia gradually decreasesthe tariff for imported beef. We identify the reduction in marginalcosts required to compete with …
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