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The Cost of Fuel Economy in the Indian Passenger Vehicle Market

Chugh, Randy - 2011

To investigate how fuel economy is valued in the Indian car market, we compute the cost to Indian consumers of … hedonic price functions for four market segments (petrol hatchbacks, diesel hatchbacks, petrol sedans, and diesel sedans) to … associated present value of fuel savings falls within the 95 percent confidence interval for some specifications, in all market …

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Macroeconomic Factors and Antidumping Filings : Evidence from Four Countries

Knetter, Michael M. - 2000

This paper examines the relationship between antidumping filings and macroeconomic factors. We show that real exchange rate fluctuations affect the two criteria for dumping in opposite ways, making the overall effect on filings ambiguous in theory. Interestingly, no such ambiguity is evidenced...

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The Aftermath of the 1992 ERM Breakup : Was There a Macroeconomic Free Lunch?

Gordon, Robert J. - 1999

This paper examines the macroeconomic aftermath of the 1992 breakdown of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM). The economic performance of six leaver' nations is compared with five stayer' nations that maintained a roughly fixed parity with the Deutsche Mark. Recent writing about...

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Monetary Policy Regimes and Economic Performance : The Historical Record

Bordo, Michael D. - 1997

Monetary policy regimes encompass the constraints or limits imposed by custom, institutions and nature on the ability of the monetary authorities to influence the evolution of macroeconomic aggregates. This paper surveys the historical experience of both international and domestic (national)...

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Further Comments on The Impact of the Asian Miracle on the Theory of Economic Growth

Fogel, Robert W. - 2010

This paper addresses three issues related to the relative rates of growth in the United States, the European Union, and China during the four decades between 2000 and 2040. The first concerns the source of the factors which make it likely that China will continue to grow at a high rate for...

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Business Cycles in the Euro Area

Giannone, Domenico - 2008

, volatility has been historically higher and this has not changed in the last ten years. We also find that the aggregate euro area … and US observed developments. The gap between US and euro area GDP per capita level has been 30% on average since 1970 and …

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On Current Account Surpluses and the Correction of Global Imbalances

Edwards, Sebastian - 2007

the Euro Zone growing faster, and the U.S. moderating its growth -- would only make a modest contribution towards the …

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The Effects of the Ageing European Population on Economic Growth and Budgets : Implications for Immigration and Other Policies

Feldstein, Martin S. - 2006

The ageing of the population presents a major fiscal challenge for the countries of Europe. The combination of increased longevity and a reduced birth rate will directly reduce the growth rates of the European economies by slowing the growth of the capital stock and by weakening the productivity...

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Will China Eat Our Lunch or Take Us Out to Dinner? Simulating the Transition Paths of the U.S., EU, Japan, and China

Fehr, Hans - 2005

China eventually becomes the world's saver and, thereby, the developed world's savoir with respect to its long-run supply of capital and long-run general equilibrium prospects. And, rather than seeing the real wage per unit of human capital fall, the West and Japan see it rise by one fifth by...

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Is Poland the Next Spain?

Caselli, Francesco - 2005

We revisit Western Europe's record with labor-productivity convergence, and tentatively extrapolate its implications for the future path of Eastern Europe. The poorer Western European countries caught up with the richer ones through both higher rates of physical capital accumulation and greater...

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