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Trade patterns, trade balances and idiosyncratic shocks
Canals, Claudia; Gabaix, Xavier; Vilarrubia Tapia, Josep M. - 2007
International Macroeconomics has long sought an explanation for current account fluctuations that matches the data. The approaches have typically focused on better models and new macroeconomic variables. We demonstrate the limitations of this approach by showing that idiosyncratic shocks are an...
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Trade Equilibrium, Trade Deficits, and Jobs
Bhandari, Narendra C. - 2010
The U.S. sacrifices about ten full time jobs for each million dollars of net imports of goods and services. Its billions of dollars in trade deficit is the primary reason behind its millions of job losses. Loss of jobs, in turn, decreases income, demand, investment, and tax revenues. Budget...
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The Effect of China's RMB Exchange Rate Movement on Its Agricultural Export: A Case Study of Export to Japan
Longjiang, Chen Jr - 2009
This paper attempts to examine the relationship between changes and volatility of China's RMB exchange rates and its … constraints including China's particular exchange rate system and TBT / SPS in agricultural trade. The model reveals that the net … depreciation) effect and exchange rate risk effect.Taking China’s agricultural exports to Japan as a case, this paper makes an …
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Establishing Ergonomics in Industrially Developing Countries
Stewart, K; Silverstein, B; Kiefer, M - 2008
countries of Viet Nam, Thailand, and Nicaragua have demonstrated that a one-time course is just the first step in a series of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436881
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Upgrading the System of Innovation in Late-Industrialising Countries -The Role of Transnational Corporations in Thailand's Manufacturing Sector
Martin Berger - 2005
Thailand’s manufacturing sector and compares them with firms in Penang (Malaysia) and Singapore. It examines the technological … research results to Thailand. Moreover, they are more frequently embedded in international and domestic knowledge and … technology and knowledge in Thailand. However, the absorptive capacity of local firms for the absorption of new technology and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429012
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Investigating Thai Shopping Behavior: Wet-Markets, Supermarkets and the ‘Big Middle’
Gorton, Matthew; Sauer, Johannes; Supatpongkul, Pajaree - 2009
Drawing on the Big Middle theory of retail evolution, an analysis of primary survey data on Thai shopping behavior seeks to understand the relative satisfaction of consumers with wet markets and supermarkets, identifying the factors that affect frequency of visit to, and purchase behavior...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444781
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Investigating Thai Shopping Behaviour: Wet-Markets, Supermarkets and Food Quality
Gorton, Matthew; Sauer, Johannes; Supatpongkul, Pajaree - 2009
An analysis of primary survey data on Thai shopping behavior seeks to understand therelative satisfaction of consumers with wet markets and supermarkets and identify the factorsthat affect frequency of visit to, and purchase behavior within, these retail outlets. This is usedas a basis for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444807
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The Role of Exchange Rates in the Intertemporal Risk-Return Relation in International Economies
Bali, Turan G.; Wu, Liuren - 2005
countries. Similar to the findings of previous studies, our estimation also shows that the financial markets of the G7 countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440704
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O EFEITO DAS IMPORTAÇÕES MUNDIAIS SOBRE AS EXPORTAÇÕES DO AGRONEGÓCIO BRASILEIRO – UMA ANÁLISE EMPÍRICA PARA O PERÍODO 2000/2007
Spolador, Humberto Francisco Silva; Barros, Geraldo … - 2008
Ao longo do período 2000/2007 o setor externo do agronegócio brasileiro encontrou uma conjuntura altamente favorável para o aumento de suas exportações, pois se combinou uma situação de forte expansão da economia mundial com elevação dos preços internacionais de commodities. No...
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Can Parallel Exchange Rates Forecast Commodity Prices?
Roberts, John F - 2009
Commodity price uncertainty imposes large costs on society. On the macro level, it results in sudden and unexpected shifts in current account imbalances and real GDP volatility, while on the micro level, it leads to allocation inefficiencies. Accurate price forecasts have the potential to remove...
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