), we analyse price effects on the demand for groups of commodities by exploiting a relationship between unit values and …

quality of exports in developing countries.  Our empirical analysis relates unit values of exports measured at the 4-digit … sample covers 105 countries over the period 1984-2000.  The findings are consistent with a positive effect of FDI on unit … values of exports in developing countries.  The evidence for high income economies is ambiguous.  When we examine the link …

In some countries a Paasche price index based on unit values is compiled as a proxy for a true Paasche (or Laspeyres …) price index on the basis of prices. This is for example the case in German foreign trade statistics. Unit values are average … general reported in price statistics. Changes in unit values between two points in time, however, do not only reflect a price …

problem of unit values is also discussed). The estimated of demand elasticities are used to compute nutrient elasticities …

exports and imports. The UVI may be viewed as a Paasche index compiled in two stages where unit values instead of prices are … used in the low level aggregation stage. Unit values are average prices referring to an aggregate of (more or less … substituting unit values for prices. It is shown that amount and sign of S depends on the correlation between the change of …

fixed-effects panel model regressing unit values of several food groups on expenditures and a set of household …

problem of unit values is also discussed). The estimated of demand elasticities are used to compute nutrient elasticities …

exports and imports. The UVI may be viewed as a Paasche index compiled in two stages where unit values instead of prices are … used in the low level aggregation stage. Unit values are average prices referring to an ag-gregate of (more or less … substituting unit values for prices. It is shown that amount and sign of S depends on the corre-lation between the change of …