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An Analysis of Methods for Identifying Local Import Substitution Opportunities to Foster Sustainable Regional Economies
Elvin, David - 2008
sustainability and self-reliance. Yet import substitution is largely neglected in economic development theory, practice and … method is rooted in economic base theory, the dominant approach to regional economic development since the 1930s. The second … analysis method is capable of identifying a wider range of candidate industries; 3) the economic base theory method may be more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468215
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Balancing Regulations and Incentives for Foreign Direct Investment: a Case Study of Mexico and Kazakhstan
Tynybekov, Dauren B. - 2006
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has a global character. As globalization grows, foreign direct investment grows. This research analyses the relationship between foreign direct investment and developing countries. The main contributors to foreign direct investment are multinational corporations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459274
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Nueva asignación de Derechos Especiales de Giro
Pérez Álvarez, Manuel A.
en el marco del comercio internacional. ; In August 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made a new allocation of … international capital markets. The new allocation is likely to boost SDR transactions given its large amount, the urgent need for … funds in some countries and the experience of the 2009 allocation. This paper explains the characteristics of the use of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012813209
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New allocation of Special Drawing Rights
Pérez Álvarez, Manuel A.
en el marco del comercio internacional. ; In August 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made a new allocation of … international capital markets. The new allocation is likely to boost SDR transactions given its large amount, the urgent need for … funds in some countries and the experience of the 2009 allocation. This paper explains the characteristics of the use of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012816891
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Shared Versus Separate Networks - The Impact of Reprovisioning
Sen, Soumya; Guérin, Roch A; Hosanagar, Kartik - 2009
As networks improve and new services emerge, questions arise that affect service deployments and network choices. The Internet is arguably a successful example of a network shared by many services. However, combining heterogeneous services on the same network need not always be the right answer,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438861
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Essays in international finance and search theory.
Wicas, Nelson Walter - 1992
This dissertation contains three essays that can be read independently. The first chapter examines how a debt crisis can occur and persist as a result of unanticipated, transitory, real interest rate and commodity price shocks. Using an optimal stopping framework, the debtor country's optimal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439095
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Equilibrium, efficient-markets, and liquidity in the cash-in-advance model
Arroyo, Cristino Rodriguez; Arroyo, Cristino Rodriguez - 1991
equilibrium theory. Consider, for instance, the case of the efficiency of forward exchange rates vis-a-vis spot rates. Depending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441845
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ESTIMATION OF THE LINEAR AND QUADRATIC EXPENDITURE SYSTEMS FOR COLOMBIAN HOUSEHOLDS
MARTIN, THOMAS LEE; MARTIN, THOMAS LEE - 1981
This study is an empirical analysis of household expenditure behavior using the Linear and Quadratic Expenditure Systems. The expenditure systems are estimated using data collected in 1972 by the Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadisticas (DANE) of Bogota, Colombia. The Linear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441861
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Essays on parametric and nonparametric modeling and estimation with applications to energy economics
Gao, Weiyu; Gao, Weiyu - 1999
My dissertation research is composed of two parts: a theoretical part on semiparametric efficient estimation and an applied part in energy economics under different dynamic settings. The essays are related in terms of their applications as well as the way in which models are constructed and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441863
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Three essays on time series with nonstandard nonstationary models
Miller, James Isaac; Miller, James Isaac - 2005
In the first chapter; we consider nonlinear transformations of random walks driven by thick-tailed innovations with infinite means or variances. In particular, we show how nonlinearity, nonstationarity, and thick tails interact to generate persistency in memory, and we clearly demonstrate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441866