Chapter 6 - Dr. George Fahmy
... investment consists of residential construction (single-family and multifamily units); nonresidential construction (offices, hotels, and other commercial real estate); producers' durable equipment (equipment purchases by businesses); and changes in business inventories. Numerous variables affect the ...
... investment consists of residential construction (single-family and multifamily units); nonresidential construction (offices, hotels, and other commercial real estate); producers' durable equipment (equipment purchases by businesses); and changes in business inventories. Numerous variables affect the ...
... Extensive activity is underway to revise the construction and measurement of national income statistics. This revision activity is largely motivated by concerns about environmental quality, resource use and the long run sustainability of development paths. However, the underlying definitions of inco ...
The Benefits of ITA Expansion for Developing Countries
... OECD found that the probability of innovation in a firm increases with the intensity of ICT use, and that this held true for both manufacturing and services firms and for different types of innovation. 19 Likewise, in the European Union, 32 percent of companies report being “active innovators,” with ...
... OECD found that the probability of innovation in a firm increases with the intensity of ICT use, and that this held true for both manufacturing and services firms and for different types of innovation. 19 Likewise, in the European Union, 32 percent of companies report being “active innovators,” with ...
research paper series Research Paper 2003/16 Factor Price Frontiers with International
... then it should be possible to develop what may be called an “endogenous fragmentation factor price frontier”, i.e., a generalized factor price frontier which represents alternative factor price combinations supported by the specific conditions or outsourcing, in addition to the fundamental technolog ...
... then it should be possible to develop what may be called an “endogenous fragmentation factor price frontier”, i.e., a generalized factor price frontier which represents alternative factor price combinations supported by the specific conditions or outsourcing, in addition to the fundamental technolog ...
A Social Security Is It “A Crisis That Doesn’t Exist”? Executive Summary
... payroll tax revenue will be less than benefit liabilities, and by 2037 the nation’s public pension system will be able to pay less than three-quarters of promised benefits, pushing millions of low-income retirees into poverty. For the past several years, both sides of the political spectrum have exp ...
... payroll tax revenue will be less than benefit liabilities, and by 2037 the nation’s public pension system will be able to pay less than three-quarters of promised benefits, pushing millions of low-income retirees into poverty. For the past several years, both sides of the political spectrum have exp ...
Mohammad.Rafiqul.Islam
... data, which is normally generated through continuous sample survey. As it requires enormous resources in collecting statistical information, most of the countries conducted large sample survey only annually and obtained different estimates of national accounts on annual basis (low frequency). For th ...
... data, which is normally generated through continuous sample survey. As it requires enormous resources in collecting statistical information, most of the countries conducted large sample survey only annually and obtained different estimates of national accounts on annual basis (low frequency). For th ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES PRODUCTIVITY, EXTERNAL BALANCE AND
... in this country (see Corsetti and Pesenti [1999]). As the international transmission mechanism is at the core of theoretical modelling and policymaking alike, it is somewhat surprising to …nd limited empirical work on these issues. Taking a step towards addressing this gap in the literature, this pa ...
... in this country (see Corsetti and Pesenti [1999]). As the international transmission mechanism is at the core of theoretical modelling and policymaking alike, it is somewhat surprising to …nd limited empirical work on these issues. Taking a step towards addressing this gap in the literature, this pa ...
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... such a society, people get their food from activities such as hunting, gathering, fishing, fowling, and collecting. Mostly, HG societies have been defined by their mode of subsistence, i.e. by the way people obtained their food. Of course, several variations of this definition exist in the literatur ...
... such a society, people get their food from activities such as hunting, gathering, fishing, fowling, and collecting. Mostly, HG societies have been defined by their mode of subsistence, i.e. by the way people obtained their food. Of course, several variations of this definition exist in the literatur ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN DURABLE GOODS:
... transitory shocks. So the elasticity of substitution between the home and foreign goods is low when shocks are transitory. However, in the face of persistent chocks, firms will pay the fixed cost and change their export status, which leads to a large increase of trade share even for a small, but per ...
... transitory shocks. So the elasticity of substitution between the home and foreign goods is low when shocks are transitory. However, in the face of persistent chocks, firms will pay the fixed cost and change their export status, which leads to a large increase of trade share even for a small, but per ...
1. Introduction
... Looking at past behaviour in a purely descriptive way, it seems obvious that the US has been consuming over and above what historical and cross-country standards would suggest. The American situation is not unique, however, and bears many similarities with developments in the UK and other English-s ...
... Looking at past behaviour in a purely descriptive way, it seems obvious that the US has been consuming over and above what historical and cross-country standards would suggest. The American situation is not unique, however, and bears many similarities with developments in the UK and other English-s ...
A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Geographic Spillovers and
... Second, the geographical distribution of areas characterized by high or low densities of economic activities is rarely random: the places where agglomerations take place are identified by first nature or second nature conditions (Krugman, 1993a). The former refers to natural conditions or to random ...
... Second, the geographical distribution of areas characterized by high or low densities of economic activities is rarely random: the places where agglomerations take place are identified by first nature or second nature conditions (Krugman, 1993a). The former refers to natural conditions or to random ...
Output Relationship Over the Business Cycle: Evidence
... business cycle and its empirical regularities are important to document. Are labor markets ‘flexible’ in transition economies? Do recoveries imply ‘jobless growth’ in post transition? Except for the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, which are part of the Eurozone, and Russia, which is outside the EU, th ...
... business cycle and its empirical regularities are important to document. Are labor markets ‘flexible’ in transition economies? Do recoveries imply ‘jobless growth’ in post transition? Except for the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, which are part of the Eurozone, and Russia, which is outside the EU, th ...
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... in different kinds of seafood from the very beginning of food production. However, countries implement HACCP in many different ways, and there are no universally accepted procedures to assess risks. In general, developed countries implement food safety regulations in a stricter manner than developin ...
... in different kinds of seafood from the very beginning of food production. However, countries implement HACCP in many different ways, and there are no universally accepted procedures to assess risks. In general, developed countries implement food safety regulations in a stricter manner than developin ...
Europe`s Long-Term Growth Prospects: With and
... There are many different aspects to the poor performance of the euro area economy in recent years. Perhaps the most commonly discussed aspect is the series of problems associated with high debt burdens. The euro area, as a whole, has a level of public debt to GDP that is high by modern historical st ...
... There are many different aspects to the poor performance of the euro area economy in recent years. Perhaps the most commonly discussed aspect is the series of problems associated with high debt burdens. The euro area, as a whole, has a level of public debt to GDP that is high by modern historical st ...
This PDF is a selection from an out-of-print volume from... Bureau of Economic Research Volume Title: Capital Formation and Economic Growth
... the sake of clarity in conceptual development, any unit of exchange will be' considered generalized if it can be directly exchanged. for two or more different types of units. In fact, however, most of the empirical systems considered have exchange units considerably more ...
... the sake of clarity in conceptual development, any unit of exchange will be' considered generalized if it can be directly exchanged. for two or more different types of units. In fact, however, most of the empirical systems considered have exchange units considerably more ...
The American University in Cairo A Thesis Submitted to the
... this gap by using an econometric model that can help to analyze the impact of remittances along with other variables on growth of GDP for a recipient country, in our case Egypt. Since most of the studies tackled Egypt for instance as one of the countries in a statistical panel while ignoring its uni ...
... this gap by using an econometric model that can help to analyze the impact of remittances along with other variables on growth of GDP for a recipient country, in our case Egypt. Since most of the studies tackled Egypt for instance as one of the countries in a statistical panel while ignoring its uni ...
The American University in Cairo A Thesis Submitted to the
... to the variables that best affect the country’s economic growth, this study will try to fill this gap by using an econometric model that can help to analyze the impact of remittances along with other variables on growth of GDP for a recipient country, in our case Egypt. Since most of the studies tac ...
... to the variables that best affect the country’s economic growth, this study will try to fill this gap by using an econometric model that can help to analyze the impact of remittances along with other variables on growth of GDP for a recipient country, in our case Egypt. Since most of the studies tac ...