Romanian Abstract: Climatul economic global din 2010, ce s-a caracterizat printr-o revigorare uşoară după criza începută la sfârşitul anului 2008, a determinat o redresare a cererii mondiale de cositor, însă oferta foarte redusă a bulversat piaţa, iar preţurile acestui metal au...

Romanian Abstract: Articolul analizează influenţele ce au determinat trendul prețurilor cositorului la Bursa de Metale de la Londra și Bursa Cositorului de la Kuala Lumpur, identificând situaţiile caracteristice pieţei internaţionale din anul 2011. De semenea, articolul examinează...

Romanian Abstract: În 2011, piaţa internaţională a aluminiului a fost influenţată de climatul economic mondial, caracterizat prin turbulenţe bursiere, în condiţiile crizei financiare din unele state membre ale Uniunii Europene, ale cutremurului devastator ce a lovit Japonia în luna...

With the tightening of U.S. securities regulation as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the United Kingdom's more liberal laws have resulted in London surpassing New York as the world's financial capital. This paper examines how that came about, and asks whether it is a permanent condition, just as...

This study examines the market's reaction to foreign divestitures and explains why reactions vary across firms. A significant positive reaction is observed, which is similar in magniture to that observed for a matched control sample of domestic divestitures. The size of the reaction is...

The relationship between currency exchange rate risk and country risk, country development, and country geographic location are examined. Using a sample of 52 countries over the period from 1991 through 1995, results indicate that those countries with relatively high levels of country risk...

The paper discusses the influence of the global economic crisis on the Latvian economy. Using the system dynamics approach and models produced beforehand, various development scenarios of tax policy, householder crediting, and the job market are analyzed. Produced models allow to obtain...

Separate macroeconomic consumption demand functions are developed and tested for (1) durable goods, (2) nondurable goods and (3) services. These are compared for consistency with econometric studies of total consumer demand. Key factors determining demand for these goods are tested using U.S....

This paper is a revision of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Working Papers in Economics Series, No. 803, entitled “How Falling Exchange Rates 2000 – 2007 Have Affected the U.S. Economy and Trade Deficit (Evaluated Using the Federal Reserve’s Real Broad Exchange Rate)”. It expands...

The paper discusses the influence of the global economic crisis on the Latvian economy. Using the system dynamics approach and models produced beforehand, various development scenarios of tax policy, householder crediting, and the job market are analyzed. Produced models allow to obtain...