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Forecasting Spot Exchange Rates Using Different Forecasting Techniques, Siriwetti Mohottige Muditha Hasthila Nanayakkara

Theses and Dissertations

Forecasting of exchange rates has always been a popular research topic among scholars. The thesis tried to forecast the future change in spot rate using the difference between forward rate and the current spot rate. Forward rates of three-time horizons were used as the time horizon’s included 1 month, 3 month and 6 months. The study employed two exchange rates and both the exchange rates were forecasted using three forecasting methodologies to determine the best forecasting tool.

Several prior studies have produced different results and the thesis explores possible to improve the forecast of structural exchange rate models, by explicitly …

Exchange Rate And The Trade Balance: Is The Link Symmetric Or Asymmetric, Hadiseh Fariditavana

Theses and Dissertations

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EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES AND THE TRADE BALANCE: IS THE LINK SYMMETRIC OR ASYMETRIC

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Hadiseh Fariditavana

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, June 2016

Under the Supervision of Professor Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee

This dissertation consists of three essays in international trade. The J-Curve theory suggests that after currency depreciation, the trade balance continues to deterioration till some lags emerge, and then starts to improve. My contribution is in using a non-linear Autoregressive Distributed Lag model to examine if the effects of depreciation are different than the effects of appreciation of exchange rate on the trade balance. Using the sample data from thirteen …

Essays On Health And Labor Market Practices In The U.S., Mona Khadem Sameni

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This dissertation investigates the link between different aspects of labor market and individuals’ health. The first chapter analyzes the relationship between the use of four different substances and nonstandard work schedules. Using the NLSY97 and applying standard panel techniques as well as survival analyses, I find that contrary to most previous evidence, nonstandard work schedule is not necessarily associated with an increase in substance use, and in the case of drinking and binge drinking such correlation is actually negative. Evidence also suggests that drug prone individuals tend to work more at nonstandard schedules. Results are robust to the specification at …

A Hero A Minute: The Manufacture Of Aura And Rarity In The World Of Sports Memorabilia And Rapid Commemoration, Roger C. Draeger

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This is a study of the contemporary sports memorabilia industry and its surrounding culture through the analysis of a pair of its biggest providers. The following research explores the business model of Steiner Sports and examines its methods concerning pieces of game-used memorabilia and personal artifacts. The workings of Fanatics Authentic are also evaluated through the analysis of its specific line of In-Focus photographs and its sports memorabilia show held in the spring of 2016. The examination of both companies reveals techniques of manufacturing both rarity and aura that exist in the sports memorabilia industry. Steiner’s focus on providing intimate …

Strategic Inventories In A Supply Chain With Vertical Control And Downstream Cournot Competition, Vijayendra Viswanathan

Theses and Dissertations

Strategic Inventory (SI) has been an area of increased interest in theoretical supply chain literature recently. Most of the work so far however, has only considered a supply chain without downstream competition between retailers. Competition is ubiquitous in most market situations, hence, interactions between SI and retailer competition merits study as a first step in bringing the conversations and insights from this stream of literature to the real world.

We present here a two-period and a three-period model of one manufacturer supplying an identical product to two retailers who form a Cournot duopoly. We also study a Commitment contract, where …

Essays On Two Implications Of The Affordable Care Act (Aca), Esmaeil Salem

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ESSAYS ON TWO IMPLICATIONS

OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA)

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Esmaeil Salem

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2016

Under the Supervision of Professor Scott J. Adams

The main objective of my dissertation is to investigate some of the causal effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on U.S. healthcare system. After an overview about some of the new provisions enacted by the ACA and their components and timelines, effects of the ACA on immunization coverage for children under age of three and its impact on retention of the insureds receiving newly established rebates would be assessed.

Chapter 2 evaluates changes …

The Prehistoric Economics Of The Kautz Site: A Late Archaic And Woodland Site In Northeastern Illinois, Peter John Geraci

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The Kautz Site (11DU1) is a multi-component archaeological site located in the DuPage River Valley in northeastern Illinois. It was inhabited at least six different times between the Late Archaic and Late Woodland periods ca. 6000-1000 B.P. The site was excavated over the course of three field seasons between 1958 and 1961, but the results were never made public. This thesis seeks to document the archaeology of the Kautz Site in order to better understand the site’s economic history. An environmental catchment analysis was conducted to evaluate the level of time and energy needed to acquire important resources like water, …

Essays On Growth And Development: An International Economics Perspective, Uchechukwu Augustine Jarrett

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ESSAYS ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: AN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS PERSPECTIVE

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Uchechukwu A. Jarrett

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2016

Under the Supervision of Professor Hamid Mohtadi

The title of this dissertation captures the intent of this study. It centers on aspects of international trade and finance and their impact on growth and development. The effect of openness on the financial crisis of 2008 which wreaked havoc worldwide on financial and non-financial systems alike is examined. It is observed that the role of both financial and trade openness is not constant throughout the crisis as was once thought. In addition, and …