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Basing Economy On Materiality: An Analysis Of Sydney's Freight Flows, Phillip O'Neill, Pauline M. Mcguirk, Frank Stilwell, Dick Bryan
Basing Economy On Materiality: An Analysis Of Sydney's Freight Flows, Phillip O'Neill, Pauline M. Mcguirk, Frank Stilwell, Dick Bryan
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
This paper is part of a systematic examination by the authors of Sydney's changing political economy within its largely self-imposed globalisation agenda. This part seeks to unravel the changing nature of Sydney's material connections across the Sydney basin economy and with other places. The analysis is based on novel uses of GIS-based software and its application to freight flow data. There are employed to describe and delineate the composition, intensity and direction of materials flows arising from the functioning of the Sydney economy. Two questions are explored. First, we seek to expose the global city metaphor as narrowly defining what …
Macro-Econometric Modeling For An Oil Dependent Economy: An Instruments-Targets Approach For The Uae Economy, Ajit Karnik, Cedwyn Fernandes
Macro-Econometric Modeling For An Oil Dependent Economy: An Instruments-Targets Approach For The Uae Economy, Ajit Karnik, Cedwyn Fernandes
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This study constructs a macro-econometric model to analyze the problems of regions that exhibit dependence on non-renewable resources (e.g. oil). The role of th eoil sector in the UAE and the extent to which it subsidizes the rest of the economy is evaluated. The macro-econometric model constructed consists of four sectors, has 25 equations and is evaluated and calibrated employing dynamic simulation techniques. Counter =factual and policy experiments are carried out and the instruments-targets approach is used to analyze the impact of the oil sector. The paper highlights the continued dependence of the UAE economy on oil and the urgency …
Structural Breaks, Unit Roots And Postwar Slowdowns In Iranian Economy, Mosayeb Pahlavani, Ed Wilson
Structural Breaks, Unit Roots And Postwar Slowdowns In Iranian Economy, Mosayeb Pahlavani, Ed Wilson
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper employs annual time series data (1970-2003) using Perron (1997) approaches to determine endogenously the more likely time of major structural breaks in various macroeconomic variables of the Iranian economy.
Financing The Budget Deficit And Its Impact On Lebanon's Economy, Charles Harvie, Ali Salman Saleh
Financing The Budget Deficit And Its Impact On Lebanon's Economy, Charles Harvie, Ali Salman Saleh
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The objective of this paper is to explore, froma primarily theoretical perspective, the macroeconomic implications arising from the Lebanese governmnents approach to dealing with its budget deficit which as became one of the highest amongst Middle East countries.
Structural Breaks And External Shocks In The Malaysian Economy, Mosayeb Pahlavani, Ali Salman Saleh, G. Sivalingham
Structural Breaks And External Shocks In The Malaysian Economy, Mosayeb Pahlavani, Ali Salman Saleh, G. Sivalingham
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The Malaysian economy has undergone rapid economic growth and structural change over the past four decades.