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Optimal Sterilization Policies in Interdependent Economies

Daniels, Joseph - 1997

In this paper, a two-country leader-follower model with imperfect asset substitution is used to derive the optimal sterilization coefficients for two-country flexible and fixed exchange rate regimes. It is found that, in general, incomplete sterilization is optimal. However, both the origin and...

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Dimensional Change in Home Laundering of Sewn Items versus Flat Fabric

Wyman, Diana Anahid - 2009

Dimensional change in the home laundering of textile items is often evaluated in the flat fabric state and again as a sewn item, usually using the same pass/fail criteria. This is a costly and time-consuming process. If the behavior of flat fabric and the resulting sewn items is similar, as...

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Where Were the Media in the oFinancial Crisis of 2008, and Have We Seen This Trend Befre?

Dickinson, Margaret - 2010

inconsistent coverage of it, I felt an interesting topic to look into was the financial press' failed coverage of the finance … industry, both today and in the past. In looking at this event, I will focus on both the financial press that failed to cover … to see if the financial press' recent failure is the continuation of a long trend. After discussing the fragmented nature …

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Communication as a strategic monetary policy tool : an evaluation of the effectiveness of the South African Reserve Bank's communication

Reid, Monique Brigitte - 2011

Thesis (PhD (Economics))--Stellenbosch University, 2011.

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Multiproject baselines for evaluation of electric power projects

Sathaye, Jayant; Murtishaw, Scott; Price, Lynn; … - 2008

Calculating greenhouse gas emissions reductions from climate change mitigation projects requires construction of a baseline that sets emissions levels that would have occurred without the project. This paper describes a standardized multiproject methodology for setting baselines, represented by...

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Effect of market structure on international coal trade

Kolstad, C.D.; Abbey, D.S. - 2009

This paper is concerned with the determinants of international steam-coal trade. Most work in projecting coal trade has been either qualitative (a consensus of experts) or, if quantitative, has been based on competitive spatial-equilibrium models. Unfortunately, the competitive model of trade...

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Demographic trends in Sub-Saharan Africa

van de Walle, Etienne; Kekovole, John - 1986

The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size and growth on the overall socio-economic development in the region, has received the least attention due to lack of reliable data for most of the countries. This paper focuses...

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Time Preference and Its Relationship with Age, Health, and Longevity Expectations

Chao, Li-wei; Szrek, Helena; Pereira, Nuno Sousa; … - 2007

Although theories in both evolutionary biology and economics predict that an individual’s health should be associated with the individual’s time preference, no prior study has been done to empirically support or refute such predictions. By collecting detailed measures of health, time...

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The Cost-effectiveness of Alternative HIV Intervention Portfolios in South Africa

Stavert, Robert - 2009

The Cost-effectiveness of Alternative HIV Intervention Portfolios in South Africa. Robert Stavert and Elisa Long …

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Essays on Tax Evasion and Government Spending in Developing Countries

Embaye, Abel Berhe - 2007

The dissertation aims at broadening our understanding of tax evasion and government spending in developing countries. It comprises three essays. The first essay deals with estimation of tax evasion in a cross-section of developing countries by estimating their underground economies using the...

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