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Montana Vision Travel Research: 1998, Norma P. Nickerson, Kim Mcmahon

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

Outlook for 1998 and Review of 1997.

The Fischer Black Hypothesis: Some Time-Series Evidence, Tony Caporale, Barbara Mckiernan

Economics and Finance Faculty Publications

We estimate an ARCH-M model to analyze the relationship between the conditional standard deviation of real gross national product (GNP) and its growth rate for the period 1871-1993. We find that variability significantly increases output growth rates. In addition, impulse response functions show that the effect of variability on growth rates is dynamic. These results provide evidence in favor of Black's (1987) business cycle hypothesis.

Indiana State University Financial Report 1998, Indiana State University

Financial Reports

No abstract provided.

Industrial Resources: Henderson County - Henderson, Kentucky Library Research Collection

Henderson County

"Resources for Economic Development: Henderson, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development Division of Research in cooperation with Henderson Economic Development Council, 1998. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, Labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets and climate.

The Economics Of Projection Tube Production In The America Matsushita Electronics Company: A Case Study, Hirofumi Tanaka

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

The sales of big screen projection television (PTV) have been increasing rapidly and will continue to increase since there is no economically feasible substitute for PTV. In 2002, annual sales are forecasted to be 70 percent more than in 1997. Therefore, the demand for projection tubes (major components of PTVs) is also expected to increase as much as the sales of PTV.

Matsushita Electronics Company (MEC), the second largest projection tube producer, relocated their projection tube plant from Japan to the U.S.(AMEC) in order to increase its sales by conforming to NAFTA regulation. This plant relocation will also enable MEC …

Banking Sector Reform In China, Linhai Pu

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

The purpose of this research is to study the banking sector reform in China, its problems, its current situation, and its future direction. The banking system is at the heart of reforms which China is attempting to initiate the future consolidation of rapid economic growth initiated in the 1980s. The need for wide-ranging reform both of the monetary policy and of the state banking system is due to the excesses of the 1980s expansionary phase. As the channels of financing and o f credit allocation has become somewhat obsolete compared to reforms in the real sector o f the economy, …

The Life Cycle Cost Analysis Of Foreign Aerospace Systems And Foreign Aerospace Budgets, John D. Teter

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

The purpose of this project was to develop methodology capable of estimating current and future aerospace defense sector budget for foreign countries of interest (COI’s). The countries of major interest are either the pariah states such as Iraq and Iran or those with command or transition economies such as North Korea and China.

Nova Southeastern University 1998 Annual Report, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of The Causes Of Urban Poverty In America: A Cross Section Analysis, Juan Loredo

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

In this study, I analyze and evaluate the determinants of poverty rate differentials among 77 urban centers in the United States, as described by Isabel Sawhill (1988). The regression results show that demographic changes, education, welfare programs, unemployment rates, per capita income and income inequality are the most important factors that have a strong statistical link to urban poverty rates. Based on my analysis, the crime rate is not a statistically significant determinant of the rate of poverty among American families.

Industrial Incentives: Competition Among American States And Cities, Peter S. Fisher, Alan H. Peters

Upjohn Press

This book is the first significant attempt to quantify the development efforts made by state and local governments. The authors' extensive research focuses on tax and incentive policies across the 24 most industrialized states in the United States and a sample of 112 cities from within those states.

Public Policy Research Center Publication And Technical Report Specifications With Grant Proposal Writing Timetable, Janet S. Conary, Dennis L. Soden

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Economic Development In China: Analysis Of Foreign Trade And Domestic Issues, Terry Lee Schau

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

China has become a major player in the global economy. At the current pace, this economy will eventually become the dominant force on the international scene. Presently, a number of issues exist that pose a threat to present and future economic growth. However, with the proper implementation of policies, China can avoid these threats and ensure positive economic performance for the future.

Wright State University Center For Economic Education Marketing Survey, Marcia Evers

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

In October 1997, Wright State University’s Center for Economic Education administered a survey to 1,246 primary and secondary school teachers within the Center’s 15-county designated service area. The target population of the survey consisted of those teachers that incorporate economic concepts and principles in their classroom curriculum. The primary purpose of the survey was to identify the reasons why enrollments for the Center’s courses were low and what could potentially be done to increase them. The results of the survey indicated that the low enrollment rates for the Center were mainly due to the need for increased advertising of the …

Interest Based Bargaining And The Japanese Management Style: Two Models For Cooperation In The Workplace, D. R. Fannin

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

Dealing with conflict between workers and managers is an ongoing concern for management specialists. Models have been introduced to help manage the conflict in the workplace. Two are examined in this thesis; Interest Based Bargaining and the Japanese Management Style. Both models seek to lessen the conflict in the workplace by utilizing problem solving tools and communication tools that will provide a balance of the control that governs the work process. Both models will find success difficult because the tendency of American managers is to resist empowering workers because they fear that empowering workers will result in decreased productivity that …

Sellers Of Cleveland Homes, 1988-1996 1998, Thomas Bier, Charles Post, Winifred J. Weizer

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

No abstract provided.

Firm Size And R&D; Testing The Schumpeterian Hypothesis, Melissa Goodwin

University Avenue Undergraduate Journal of Economics

This paper aims solely to look at the question of R&D, research and development, expenditure. More specifically, this paper asks the question, "What is the relationship between the size of the firm and R&D? And do larger firms spend more on R&D relative to their size than smaller firms?" The answers to these questions have important implications concerning a firm's incentives for growth and innovation. These answers will also put us a step closer to understanding the functions performed by firms as Coase suggests.

From Entrepot To Nic: Economic And Structural Policy Aspects Of Singapore's Development, Jochen Wirtz, Thomas Menkhoff

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This paper describes the development of Singapore from an entrepot to an industrialized economy and analyzes the role of its structural and industrial policies as one important factor in this success story. The advance of Singapore to an industrialized economy can be structured into four phases. Phase I, the early phase from 1959 to the mid-1960s is characterized by an import substitution policy followed together with Malaysia. Phase II describes the enhanced export-orientation and industrialization from 1967 to 1973. Phase III includes the industrial restructuring from 1973 to 1984. Phase IV describes the development towards diversification of the industrial base …

Keynote Address By V. A. Odozi, V. A. Odozi

Economic and Financial Review

This is a keynote address by V. A. Odozi at the 5th CBN Executive Policy seminar on reviving Nigeria's non-oil sector for economic development held at Jos, September 2 - 5, 1997.

Opening Address By Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, Saidu Mohammed

Economic and Financial Review

This is the opening address delivered by Alhaji Saidu Mohammed at the in-house seminar on reviving Nigeria's non-oil sector for economic development for CBN executive staff held at Jos, September 2 - 5, 1997.

Goodwill Address By Dr. M. O. Ojo, M. O. Ojo Dr.

Economic and Financial Review

This is a Goodwill Address presented at the opening ceremony of the in-house seminar on reviving Nigeria's non-oil sector for economic development for CBN executive staff in Jos, on September 2 - 5, 1997.

Welcome Address By Chief M. O. Onunkwor, M. O. Onunkwor

Economic and Financial Review

This is the Welcome Address presented at the 5th Edition of Executiv Policy Seminar being organised by the Research and Personnel Department, Central Bank of Nigeria. The opening ceremony of in-house seminar was themed "Reviving Nigeria's Non-oil sector for Economic Development" for CBN executive staff.

Appraisal Of Past And Present Policy Measures For Reviving Nigeria's Non-Oil Sector And Policy Implications For The Future, A. P. Awoseyila

Economic and Financial Review

The objective of this paper is to review the major non-oil sector policy measures from I 960 to date, appraise them in the context of growth in output; and to put on record the implications for future policy direction. The rest of the paper is organized into three Sections. Section II reviews the major policy measures (past and present). The focus of the section is the articulation of policies and strategies adopted to diversify the productive base and stimulate growth of the non-oil sector. Section III appraises the effectiveness of the measures as well as their shortcomings, while Section IV …

Lessons From Asian Turmoil, Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Newspaper and Magazine Articles

The recent turmoil in the equity and currency markets of Thailand, Indonesia and Korea has given rise to two diametrically opposite reactions.

Central Bank Of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin, December 1997, Central Bank Of Nigeria

CBN Statistical Bulletin

Financial data is compiled from documents like balance sheets and financial statements, which are designed for legal and administrative purposes rather than economic analysis. The Financial Statistics Office compiles the analytical CBN balance sheet without major reclassifications or rearrangements. However, due to problems with imprecise definitions, improper classification, inadequate sectorization, inaccuracies, irregular valuation procedures, and errors in data compilation, major revisions were made. The Computer Services Department generates summary and detailed analytical balance sheets based on the end-month BANKOS 302 of the CBN, Lagos branch. The consolidation of accounts of monetary authorities and deposit money banks produces monetary survey accounts. …

Performance Evaluation Of Small-Medium Enterprises (Smes) In Nigeria., B S. Adebusuyi

Bullion

This paper attempts to evaluate the performance of the SME sub-sector in view of both the general and specific government developmental strategies and policies channelled to the sub-sector. The paper is structured into five sections. The first section reviews the definition, characteristics and roles of the SMEs. section II discusses government policies for the promotion of SMEs, and an evaluation of the performance of the sub-sector is undertaken in section III. The outstanding problems of the SMEs are outlined in section IV, while section V summarises and concludes the paper.

Contingent Pay And Employee Performance, Rania Mohamed Abou Senna

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Eu-Egypt Partnership Agreement, Gehan Mamdouh Saleh

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Stock Market And Macroeconomic Policies: New Evidence For The Pacific Basin Countries, Unro Lee

Eberhardt School of Business Faculty Articles

This article investigates whether the stock markets of the Pacific Basin countries of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan are informationally efficient with respect to macroeconomic policies. Granger causality tests are utilized in the context of a Vector Error Correction Model to test the relationship between aggregate stock prices and monetary and fiscal policies. The findings indicate that the stock markets of all four countries are not efficient with respect to both macroeconomic policies. These findings are different from those of other articles focusing on major industrialized countries. Rejection of market efficiency may be attributed to the unique structure …

Breaking Trends And The Money-Output Correlation, David Fernandez

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This paper examines the impact on the money-output correlation of a univariate specification that allows time series to be characterized as stationary around a broken trend function. Though pretesting suggests that U.S. real output (industrial production) can be described as broken-trend stationary, this result has only limited impact on the money-output correlation. Before 1985 there is a strong Granger causal relationship between money and broken-detrended output (hut not first-differenced output), even when different short-term interest rates are used as regressors. However, after 1985 this relationship weakens significantly, whether or not one determines that output has a unit root.

India’S Software Industry: By Richard Heeks, New Delhi: Sage Publications,1997., V Balakrishnan

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.