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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Oil Shock"”.
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Employment adjustment in steel industry: The U.S. and Japan compared
… In response to production decline after the Oil Shock of 1973, Japanese steel companies reduced working hours, but not employment. In the 1980s, however, they adopted a new policy: reduction of both employment and working hours. U.S. steel companies reduced both employment and working hours …
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Inflation in Brazil: 1974-1980
… economy has been characterized since the first-oil shock in 1973 by severe inflation accompanied by declining rates of economic growth and persistent disequilibrium in the balance of payments. Thus, annual inflation rates skyrocketed from 15% in 1973 to 120% in 1980, measured by the Wholesale …
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The position of the emerging countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS), in the further development of the multilateral trading system.
… were tied to the price of gold, and the 1973 oil crisis, the need for a well co-ordinated multilateral trading system at the highest level became evident.2 As a result, in 1974, after the first oil shock, an informal intergovernmental organisation namely G group (G5)3 was initiated with a …
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And Chaos Whence? Canadian Energy Politics, 1973-1984
This thesis investigates the impact of the 1973 oil shock, its sequel in 1979, and the counter-shock of the mid-1980s on Canada’s socio-economy. Over a decade of uncertainty, beginning when members of the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries rapidly increased the price of oil in the …
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Shariah: An efficiency analysis
The oil shock of 1973 brought newfound wealth to a group of ultraconservative Muslims. This wealth coincided with the growing demand for shariah compliant products. The prohibition against interest is not new but has been around for millennia. This dissertation attempted to ascertain if Shariah …
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Essays on Fertility and the Economy in Venezuela
… it looks at the extreme fluctuations in oil revenues, Venezuela's main source of income, in the 1970s and their impact on fertility. It uses the 1998 National Survey of Population and Family collected in Venezuela by The Central Office of Statistics and Information to estimate a Poisson …
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Potential of electric propulsion systems to reduce petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. light-duty vehicle fleet
… the United States of America experienced an oil shock, first of a kind since 1970s. The American public became sensitized to the concerns about foreign oil supply and climate change and global warming, and to the role of transportation in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases …
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BANCA CENTRALE, FORMA DI GOVERNO ITALIANA E INTEGRAZIONE EUROPEA
… during the 1970’s caused by wage demands and the oil shock. In this decade, Italy has experienced the highest levels of inflation among the large Western coun-tries accompanied by severe trade deficits. Only thanks to the governments of national unity the country succeeds in embarking on a path of …