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2013

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A Note On Dummies For Policies In Gravity Models: A Montecarlo Experiment, Claudio Vicarelli, Maria Pina Cipollina, Luca Salvatici, Luca De Benedictis Sep 2013

A Note On Dummies For Policies In Gravity Models: A Montecarlo Experiment, Claudio Vicarelli, Maria Pina Cipollina, Luca Salvatici, Luca De Benedictis

Claudio Vicarelli

The use of the gravity model to evaluate the effect of policies in a cross-country framework is largely predominant in the international economics empirical literature. This literature usually implements importer and exporter fixed effects to account for the theoretical Multilateral Trade Resistances, while preferential trade policies are approximated through the use of dummy variables. Results from a Monte Carlo experiment confirms that the identification of trade policy impact using a gravity equation including fixed effects is severely limited. Moreover, the consequences of the error in measurement of the policy variable are magnified by the fixed effects control for unobserved heterogeneity.

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Modelling Import Demand Function For A Developing Country: An Empirical Approach, Nusrate Aziz Jun 2013

Modelling Import Demand Function For A Developing Country: An Empirical Approach, Nusrate Aziz

Dr. Nusrate Aziz

The study focuses on the empirical modelling of aggregate import demand function for developing countries. Both traditionally suggested in existing literature as well as some additional but empirically plausible determinants of import demand are examined in the paper. Various cointegration techniques and the error correction mechanism are employed. In addition to the real income and the relative prices of imports, foreign exchange reserves are also found to be a significant determinant of import demand for developing countries. Export demand, which is overlooked by the existing literature, is found to be significant determinant in both the short-run and long-run for developing …

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The International Ipad Index: Price Variants Across Countries And Associated Population Factors, Laura A. Renfroe Jan 2013

The International Ipad Index: Price Variants Across Countries And Associated Population Factors, Laura A. Renfroe

Laura A Renfroe

The goal of this research was to determine which population factors were associated with iPad pricing differences across countries. Specifically, this paper measured the relationship between iPad prices in a given country and its U.S. dollar exchange rate, amount of income inequality, Gross Domestic Product per capita, luxury good sales growth, Individualism Index score, and population density. Panel data was collected for the iPad 2, the iPad Retina, and the iPad Mini tablets from 38 countries of varying geographic locations, economic paradigms, and political structures. The pooled data set yielded 114 observations in total. Regressing iPad price as a percent …

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Environmental Innovations, Internationalisation And Local Factors, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Giulio Cainelli, Sandro Montresor Jan 2013

Environmental Innovations, Internationalisation And Local Factors, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Giulio Cainelli, Sandro Montresor

Massimiliano Mazzanti

No abstract provided.

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Are Environmental Innovations Embedded Within Organizational Change?, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Davide Antonioli, Susanna Mancinelli Jan 2013

Are Environmental Innovations Embedded Within Organizational Change?, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Davide Antonioli, Susanna Mancinelli

Massimiliano Mazzanti

No abstract provided.

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The Evolution Of Environmental And Labour Productivity Dynamics, Massimiliano Mazzanti Dec 2012

The Evolution Of Environmental And Labour Productivity Dynamics, Massimiliano Mazzanti

Massimiliano Mazzanti

No abstract provided.

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