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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"Terms-of-Trade"”.
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Terms of trade effects on PPP and incomes of primary-commodity exporting countries
… investigates the commodity currency argument of primary and secondary effects of the terms of trade on exchange rates and real income, respectively. The Johansen procedure of cointegration testing is applied to dynamic models for a set of four developed countries (New Zealand, Australia, …
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Essays on monetary policy, institutions and terms of trade shocks in emerging market economies
This thesis focuses on two important features of emerging market economies: institutional weaknesses and the exposure to commodity terms of trade shocks and how they shape the macroeconomic dynamics and the conduct of monetary policy. These issues are discussed in three essays. The first essay …
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Sweden's choice of a currency regime : its effects on the terms of trade and the unemployment-inflation tradeoff.
Thesis. 1977. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics.
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Essays in International Finance
… portfolio allocations, and the surprising lack of correlation between terms of trade shocks and output in small open economies. </p><p>The first chapter shows that the much-studied Uncovered Interest Rate Parity (UIP) puzzle, the observation that exchange rates do not adjust sufficiently to …
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A Rational Expectations Equilibrium Model Of A Small, Specialized Economy
… a rational expectations equilibrium model of the business cycle in a small, open, specialized economy is formulated and tested. The business cycle is as much a fact in small developing economies as in large industrialized ones. Much recent work on business cycles in closed economies and …
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The Bias of the World : Theories of Unequal Exchange in History
This is a history of theories and theorists of unequal exchange. Starting with mercantilists and Richard Cantillon's theory based on land values, it briefly covers the early Classical economists and Gerald Fitzhugh. Among early 20th century Marxist economists, unequal exchange appeared in Otto …
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Essays on international macroeconomics
This thesis examines the impact of terms of trade shocks on commodity-exporting small, open economies. The first chapter examines whether households, firms and policymakers in these economies can distinguish between temporary and permanent commodity price shocks. I find that they are largely unable …
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Essays on macroeconomic performance under alternative exchange rate regimes
Since Friedman (1953) an advantage often attributed to flexible exchange rate regimes relative to fixed regimes is their ability to better insulate the economy against real shocks. I use a post-Bretton Woods sample (1973-1996) of 74 developing countries to assess whether the response of real GDP, …
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The Global business cycle, commodity prices and the small open economy : a monetary approach
… depends critically on both the characteristics of the economy itself and the transmission linkages affected by the monetary shock. An important contribution lies in the analysis of the case where the small open economy possesses no market power and must face terms of trade determined on world …
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The Global business cycle, commodity prices and the small open economy : a monetary approach
… depends critically on both the characteristics of the economy itself and the transmission linkages affected by the monetary shock. An important contribution lies in the analysis of the case where the small open economy possesses no market power and must face terms of trade determined on world …
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Essays on Exchange Rates and Emerging Markets
This dissertation consists of three essays on exchange rates and international finance with an emphasis on emerging economies. In Chapter 1, I provide empirical evidence that supports the hypothesis that exchange rate based stabilization programs are expansionary during their early phases. I derive …
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Regulating contracts in the independent television production industry
… industry. “Regulation” is defined as a system of *ex ante* and *ex post* rules intended to govern behaviour, which involves monitoring compliance and sanctioning, and has a stable source. “Contract” is defined as a mode of coordinating exchange that operates within the framework of rules set by …
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Essays on international macroeconomics
This thesis examines several aspects of open economies. The first two chapters are about sovereign debt and its interactions with domestic financial markets. The third chapter, coauthored with my classmate Daniel Rees, studies volatility in terms of trade. The first chapter studies how the …
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The Political Economy of Preferential Trade Agreements
<p>This dissertation is comprised of three chapters on preferential trade agreements (PTAs). The first two chapters examine why countries sign PTAs with other countries, while the final chapter studies the effect of PTAs on imports.</p> <p>The first chapter provides direct empirical evidence that …
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The Political Economy Of Preferential Trade Agreements
<p>This dissertation is comprised of three chapters on preferential trade agreements (PTAs). The first two chapters examine why countries sign PTAs with other countries, while the final chapter studies the effect of PTAs on imports.</p><p>The first chapter provides direct empirical evidence that …
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Essays on the Political Economy of Domestic and Trade Policies in the Presence of Production and Consumption Externalities
… dissertation extends the Grossman-Helpman models of endogenous trade policy formation to incorporate local and global production and consumption externalities, and to allow governments to choose domestic production or consumption policies together with trade interventions. The models presented are …
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Salt Vessels: Unearthing the Wonder of Salt
<p>An investigation into the history of salt reveals its importance throughout the history of human existence. Based on this history, table-sized salt vessels were created to advance an appreciation of salt as a mineral that not only enhances life but is necessary for man's survival. This thesis …
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Transport under Emission Trading
This thesis analysis the impact of private road transport under emission trading using two different Computable General Equilibrium models. A static multi-region model with special emphasis on the European Union, addresses the welfare impact of road transport under the European Emission Trading …
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Estimation and evaluation of potential output dyanamics in an emerging country
The aim of the dissertation is to give an overview of some of the most relevant and popular methods suggested for estimating potential output and the output gap. Three alternative methodologies - the Hodrick-Prescott filter, the production function approach and the SVAR approach - are compared and …
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Commodity Prices, Exchange Rate Fluctuation and Sustainable Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Empirical Investigation
This dissertation examines the impact of commodity price change and exchange rate fluctuations on the capacity of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries to attain the UN 2030 agenda on sustainable development by using the dynamic panel data of forty-five (45) countries in Sub-Saharan Africa over a …
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