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Price efficiency and speculative trading in cocoa futures markets
Nardella, Michele - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2007
buying (selling) precedes movements in the cocoa futures markets. Among soft commodities, the cocoa futures market represents … apprehension of practitioners and market analysts. This paper evaluates the efficiency of the price discovery mechanism in cocoa … futures markets. Results show that the price discovery mechanism in both LIFFE and NYBOT cocoa futures markets is efficient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038763
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THE MARKET RISK PERCEPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF IRISH DAIRY FARMERS
Loughrey, J.; Thorne, F.; Kinsella, A.; Hennessy, T.; … - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2014
The abolition of the milk quota regime in April 2015 will provide the opportunity for many profitable Irish dairy farms to increase their production levels. Market risk will influence the decision-making process at the farm level. Dairy farmers have acquired more recent experience of market risk...
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Capital structure and financing decisions of agricultural cooperatives: Spanish evidence
Mateos-Ronco, Alicia; Lajara-Camilleri, Natalia - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2014
The study of the financial structure is a complex and recurrent line of research in the field of corporate finance. Increasing the understanding of the financial structure and its implications on corporate governance is the starting point for improving the access to external financing and reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010918764
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The Real Effects of Financial Sector Risk
Maechler, Andrea M.; Tieman, Alexander F. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper estimates the magnitude of key effects on the real economy from financial sector stress. We focus on the short-run feedback effect from market-based indicators of financial sector risk to the real economy through the credit channel, and estimate this effect on an economy-wide (macro)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528673
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Côte d'Ivoire: Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative; Completion Point Document and Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative; Press Release
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
In April 2009, the Boards of Executive Directors of the International Development Association (IDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed that Côte d’Ivoire had met the requirements for reaching the decision point under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC)...
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Côte d'Ivoire; 2007 Article IV Consultation and Request for Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice and Press...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
hurt regional trade and output. The external current account has remained in surplus, helped by resilient cocoa production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245029
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Côte d’Ivoire; Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative: Preliminary Document
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
This paper discusses Côte d’Ivoire’s preliminary assessment of eligibility for assistance under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative. The March 2007 Ouagadougou Political Accord provides a roadmap for reunification, national reconciliation, demobilization, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245534
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Export Tax and Pricing Power; Two Hypotheseson the Cocoa Market in Côte D’Ivoire
Kireyev, Alexei - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
cocoa exports from Côte d’Ivoire. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777013
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Monetary Independence in Emerging Markets; Does the Exchange Rate Regime Make a Difference?
Philippon, Thomas; Zettelmeyer, Jeromin; Borensztein, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper compares the impact of shocks to U.S. interest rates and emerging market bond spreads on domestic interest rates and exchange rates across several emerging market economies with different exchange rate regimes. Consistent with conventional priors, the results indicate that interest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825800
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Haircuts; Estimating Investor Losses in Sovereign Debt Restructurings, 1998-2005
Zettelmeyer, Jeromin; Sturzenegger, Federico - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
This paper estimates bond-by-bond "haircuts"-realized investor losses-in recent debt restructurings in Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Ecuador, Argentina, and Uruguay. We consider both external and domestic retructurings. Haircuts are computed as the percentage difference between the present values...
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