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Capital flows to Latin American countries: effects of foreign direct investment and remittances on growth and development
Jansen, Dennis W. (contributor) - 2007
The significant restructuring of international capital flows to developingcountries – in particular to Latin American countries – observed in the last quartercentury has generated significant research in the area to examine its potential impact ondevelopment efforts. The resurgence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465200
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The Impact of Catfish Imports on the U.S. Wholesale and Farm Sectors
Muhammad, Andrew; Neal, Sammy J.; Hanson, Terrill R.; … - 2010
The primary objective of this study was to assess the impact of catfish imports and tariffs on the U.S. catfish industry, with particular focus on the U.S. International Trade Commission ruling on Vietnam in 2003. Given the importance of Vietnam to the U.S. catfish market, it was assumed that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443618
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Malaria and National Income: Examining a Two Way Causal Relationship
Datta, Saurabh; Reimer, Jeffrey J. - 2010
Simple plots of data show that malaria has a negative correlation with national income per capita, whether looking across countries at a point in time, or looking at a single country over time. Some countries have been able to move from an equilibrium characterized by low income and high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446098
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ENERGIA RENOVÁVEL: UMA ANÁLISE SOBRE OFERTA E DEMANDA DE ETANOL NO BRASIL
Oliveira, Michelle Pinto; Alencar, Junia Rodrigues De; … - 2008
A grande necessidade de diminuir a dependência em relação ao petróleo devido aos seus preços em constante elevação, a preocupação com o meio ambiente (protocolo de kyoto) e a crescente demanda por carros flex tem colocado o etanol - uma energia totalmente renovável - em papel de...
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Forecasting Inter and Intra Regional Transmission Line Power Flows In both Radial and Meshed Electrical Networks
Peard, A. S.; Saha, Tapan K.; Sansom, D. C. - 2002
In this paper, we present the results of two methods developed to forecast cutset (intra-regional transmission line) power flows. The first method involving neural network load forecasting and simultaneous equations can only be applied to radial electricity networks. This method was applied to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448049
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Some Identification Issues in Nonparametric Linear Models with Endogenous Regressors
Severini, Thomas A.; Tripathi, Gautam - 2005
, such as a regression function, and treating it as a conditional expectation is central to its identification and estimation … identification related properties of this model when the unknown function mu* belongs to a linear space. We also investigate … underidentification of mu* along with the identification of its linear functionals. Several examples are provided in order to develop …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430113
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UNCERTAINTY, IDENTIFICATION, AND PRIVACY: EXPERIMENTS IN INDIVIDUAL DECISION-MAKING
Rivenbark, David - 2011
The alleged privacy paradox states that individuals report high values for personal privacy, while at the same time they report behavior that contradicts a high privacy value. This is a misconception. Reported privacy behaviors are explained by asymmetric subjective beliefs. Beliefs may or may...
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Factors influencing the identification of it indirect costs: A case study
Ghoneim, A - 2008
resource company and confirms the call for a more robust identification process. Inaddition the paper maps each indirect costs … factor to the lifecycle stage(s) in which it occurs andpresents the factors that influence the quality of the identification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465383
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Network effects, compatibility, and adoption of standards
Grajek, Michał - 2005
best of our knowledge, this is the first model that facilitates the identification in the case of direct network effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467122
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Matching DSGE models to data with applications to fiscal and robust monetary policy
Kriwoluzky, Alexander - 2009
the major issue a researcher has to deal with when working with a VAR model and a DSGE model: the identification of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467257