Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 116
Cover Image
Agricultural Trade Flows among Developing Countries: Do Regional Preferential Trade Agreements make a Difference?
Tembo, Gelson; Jayne, Thomas S. - 2009
to study Zambia’s regional agricultural trade flows and the impact of the SADC Trade Protocol (SADC-TP). Zambia’s volume … of trade is significantly related to most of the standard gravity variables. The results indicate that Zambia has been … largely trading below potential, especially with respect to exports. There have been improvements in Zambia’s trade flows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444855
Cover Image
Renewed Growth and Poverty Reduction in Zambia
Bigsten, Arne; Tengstam, Sven - 2010
The Zambian economy has grown relatively fast over the last decade. This article discusses the challenge of using these growing resources effectively to improve the welfare of the population and reduce poverty. The poverty head count index is found to have declined between 1998 and 2004 by about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467517
Cover Image
Increasing Returns to Marketing in Zambian Maize Markets
Tembo, Gelson; Jayne, Thomas S. - 2010
198 pairs of maize markets in Zambia and correlated random effects linear and tobit estimators were used to model the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467519
Cover Image
Zambia's structural adjustment program : a tool for survival or just another economic experiment?
Mwale, Kaemba - 1999
When Zambia embarked on a Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) in 1992, there was tremendous hope for an economic turn … performance of SAP in Zambia. Nationals should play a larger role in the planning and implementation of future economic reforms in … Zambia and a national safety-net fund for the retrenched should be established. Investment in the agricultural and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449555
Cover Image
Equilibrium Tuition, Applications, Admissions and Enrollment in the College Market
Fu, Chao - 2010
equilibrium. I estimate the structural parameters of the model using the NLSY 97 data, via a three-step estimation procedure to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439060
Cover Image
Should Music Labels Pay for Radio Airplay? Investigating the Relationship Between Album Sales and Radio Airplay
Montgomery, Alan L.; Moe, Wendy W. - 2002
Managers in the music industry closely monitor both radio airplay of an album as well as the album's sales. Their interest in radio airplay is due to the belief that airplay can increase an album’s sales. Therefore it is natural for managers to attempt to influence radio airplay so as to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441155
Cover Image
O ESQUEMA DE TARIFAS EM BLOCO PRATICADO PELAS COMPANHIAS DE ÁGUA: UM ESTUDO DOS CONSUMIDORES RESIDENCIAIS DE BAIXA RENDA
Pizaia, Marcia Goncalves; Alves, Rozane - 2008
residential water demand function, by utilizing four different estimation methods, it is estimated to what extent the increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446731
Cover Image
Statistical Methods for Nonlinear Dynamic Models with Measurement Error Using the Ricker Model
Resendes, David Joseph - 2011
In ecological population management, years of animal counts are fit to nonlinear, dynamic models (e.g. the Ricker model) because the values of the parameters are of interest. The yearly counts are subject to measurement error, which inevitably leads to biased estimates and adversely affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468234
Cover Image
Estimation of Sector Sales and Employment Changes Associated with Solar Space and Water Heating Development
Petersen, H. Craig - 1979
There is little available information on sector-specific sales and employment impacts of a large-scale solar space and water heating industry. This study identifies those sectors of the economy which would be most affected by increased solar utilization and estimates the magnitude of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468721
Cover Image
Structural Estimation of the Effect of Out-of-Stocks
Musalem, Andres - 2010
simulating a time-varying set of available alternatives. Our estimation method uses store-level data on sales and partial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475399