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Projected refined product balances in key Latin American countries: A preliminary examination
2009
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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Risk Preferences and Demand for Insurance in Peru: A Field Experiment
Galarza, Francisco B.; Carter, Michael R. - 2010
This paper reports the results of behavioral economic experiments conducted in Peru toexamine the relationship amongst …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446167
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ACEITAÇÃO E SEGMENTAÇÃO DO MERCADO DE PRODUTOS DERIVADOS DA CARNE DE PERU
Pulici, Rodrigo; Alves, Flavio Rocha; Gameiro, Augusto … - 2008
- de certa forma - este desempenho. Como o frango de corte, grande parte da produção de carne de peru é exportada. Todavia … de peru, que se apresenta bastante baixo, apesar do crescimento nos últimos cinco anos. A presente pesquisa analisou a … estratégia de segmentação do mercado dos produtos à base de carne de peru, o comportamento de compra baseado nos preços desses …
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Fiscal delegation in a monetary union with decentralized public spending
Costain, James S.; Basso, Henrique S. - 2013
Incluye bibliografía ; Este trabajo estudia la delegación de la emisión de deuda soberana en una autoridad independiente, en el contexto de una unión monetaria donde el gasto público se determina de manera descentralizada. En el modelo, ningún agente puede comprometerse definitivamente a...
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Fiscal delegation in a monetary union : instrument assignment and stabilization properties
Basso, Henrique S.; Costain, James S. - 2017
Motivado por la persistencia de los déficits públicos en muchos países de la UME, en contra de los compromisos de sus propias reglas fiscales, este papel estudia un régimen fiscal alternativo, según el cual cada país miembro delegaría el control de algún instrumento fiscal a una...
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Poverty Analysis Using an International Cross-Country Demand System
Cranfield, John; Preckel, Paul; Hertel, Thomas - 2006
This paper proposes a new method for ex ante analysis of the poverty impacts arising from policy reforms. Three innovations underlie this approach. The first is the estimation of a global demand system using a combination of micro-data from household surveys, and macro-data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430449
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Economic Development And Community Colleges: Attributes, Attitudes And Satisfaction Levels Of Western North Carolina Stakeholders
Gossett, John Dorsey - 2002
North Carolina's Rural Prosperity Task Force and the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center have both suggested two very different states in North Carolina: the thriving urban areas and the stagnant rural areas. Both agencies recommended using the North Carolina Community College...
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A Case Study of Strategic Decision Processes In An Economic Development Initiative
Lamm, Deborah Lane - 2003
This dissertation is designed to document and to describe the strategic, non-routine decision processes used by leaders as they establish collaborative initiatives in economic development. This case study explores the following question: What are the strategic decision processes as well as...
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11.471 Targeting the Poor: Small Firms, Workers, and Local Economic Development, Fall 2004
Tendler, Judith - 2004
Covers conditions under which public-sector policies, programs, and projects succeed in enhancing the economic activities of poorer groups and micro-regions in developing countries. Topics include local economic development; small enterprises; various forms of collective action; labor and worker...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432508
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11.437 Financing Economic Development, Fall 2003
Seidman, Karl F. - 2003
Focuses on financing tools and program models to support local economic development. Includes an overview of private capital markets and financing sources to understand capital market imperfections that constrain economic development; business accounting; financial statement analysis; federal...
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