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How rich is China and how fast has the economy grown? Statistical controversies

Wu, Harry W - 1998

Correctly measuring a country’s national income and its growth is essential to the understanding of various aspects of the country’s economy both at present and in the future. The measurement issue is even more important for economies like China whose size-based economic-political power is...

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Die kolumbianische Landwirtschaft und die Ölpalme

Mager, Nina - 2009

Der vermehrte Anbau von Agrartreibstoffen, der auch in Kolumbien forciert wird, hat unter anderem Auswirkungen auf die kolumbianische Landwirtschaft und die ländliche Bevölke-rung. Die Diplomarbeit untersucht, ob sich unter dem bestehenden internationalen Agrarsys-tem, der Agrarsituation in...

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Chinese state’s economic cooperation related investment: An investigation of its direction and some implications for outward investment

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Co, Catherine Yap - 2009

The Chinese state undertakes large scale investments in a number of countries under the auspices of economic cooperation related investment (ECI). While there are suggestions that it is an extension of China‟s soft power aimed at facilitating Chinese FDI in those countries, often for access to...

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Natural resource abundance and FDI in Latin America. The path of inequality.

Romero Mascarell, Luciano H - 2011

Does natural resource abundance decrease Latin American Foreign Direct Investment? This paper studies the effects of natural resource abundance on foreign direct investment (FDI), by focusing on inequality as the channel that links these two variables. Two arguments in the literature inspire...

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The Green Bean Coffee House: An exploration of the specialty coffee Industry and sustainable business practices

Hunt, Evan - 2009

Many Americans are getting sick of the way things have become and the way things are, from the government to the quality of food we put into our bodies. We are upon a new frontier, people are changing the way they live and consume. The days of quantity over quality are fading. Many consumers are...

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The British North Sea: The Importance Of And Factors Affecting Tax Revenue From Oil Production

Hill, Mark T 1974- - 2003

The oil industry is the richest and most influential industry in the world. The industry has moved the fates of nations. Oil is required to fight wars and exert power, and the restriction of this energy source is paramount to the restriction of movement, control, and in the end, power....

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Modeling natural resources scarcity and proverty effects on fertility in Honduras, Nepal, and Tanzania

Ayoub, Ayoub Shaban - 2008

This dissertation examines whether the vicious circle theory applies in three developing countries characterized by high population growth. According to the vicious circle theory, natural resource scarcity coupled with poverty leads to population growth via positive effects on fertility...

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HOW DID POLICY INTERVENTIONS IN WHEAT EXPORT MARKETS IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE DURING THE FOOD CRISIS 2007/2008 INFLUENCE WORLD MARKET PRICE TRANSMISSION?

Goetz, Linde; Glauben, Thomas; Bruemmer, Bernhard - 2010

This paper investigates the impacts of export controls in Russia and Ukraine on wheat worldmarket price transmission … during the 2007/2008 global food crisis. Russia and Ukraine aimedto reduce wheat exports induced by extraordinarily high … Ukraine. Although instability increased on the worldmarkets itself, we have shown that the increase in the market instability …

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Ukraine's Market Integration with International Wheat Markets: Some Evidence from Co-integration Analysis

Goychuk, Kateryna; Meyers, William H. - 2011

In the last two years, Ukraine exported an average of 11 million tons of wheat per year (USDA) and has become an … dynamics between Ukraine and other major wheat exporters - United States (US), European Union (EU), and Canada using the …, Canada, and EU. The estimated long-run price elasticity between Ukraine and US wheat prices is equal to 0.46, between Ukraine …

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Impacts of Export Controls On Wheat Markets During the Food Crisis 2007/2008 in Russia and Ukraine

Goetz, Linde; Glauben, Thomas; Brummer, Bernhard - 2010

This paper investigates the impacts of export controls in Russia and Ukraine on wheat world market price transmission … during the 2007/2008 global food crisis. Russia and Ukraine aimed to reduce wheat exports induced by extraordinarily high … Ukraine. Although instability increased on the world markets itself, we have shown that the increase in the market instability …

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