Business costs

In recent years the three Lome Conventions, Lome I, II, and III, have guided trade and economic relations between the European Community and the majority of African, Caribbean and Pacific nations (ACP). These treaties, which covered the period from April 1976 to February 1990, i…

The globalization of Japanese industries has become a pervasive trend particularly after the mid-1980s. While there are abundant studies on successful Japanese industries in business and management, few study exists within the realm of economic geography that provides an empiric…

The push toward privatization in developing countries is primarily motivated by greater economic efficiency. This is consistent with mainstream economic classical thought which views the market as the efficient allocator of scarce resources. However, mainstream economics tends t…

This dissertation is the first application of Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) to design of water rates in a developing country. A deterministic net revenue model and its stochastic counterpart were developed and calibrated using data from a financial study and a contingent valuatio…

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine empirically the state of economic interdependence and cooperation in East Asia. This dissertation consists of four chapters. Chapter One serves as an introduction to the dissertation where we discuss the current development in East …

It is often contended that the tax factor alone does not attract foreign direct investment to a particular country. However, taxes may be much more important factors when a firm decides to invest in a specific region, but it still has to choose among several countries in the reg…

This dissertation takes a neoclassical approach to study the industrialization in three developing economies, Columbia, Indonesia and Korea. It focuses on individual industries concerning the extent of market competition, technologies and external economies. Chapter II sets the …

This case study, set in the south central highlands of West Timor, Indonesia, presents a range of strategies used by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local farmers to resist the mining of two marble peaks. The narrative, set within the context of political developments …

Scope and method of study. The purpose of this study was to examine the interrelationship among monetary policy, foreign investment and current account in the Indonesian economy. A model of monetary policy, foreign investment and current account is estimated. The foreign investm…

This dissertation is a study of manufacturing structure. It centers on two issues: the effect of increased economic openness on a developing country's manufacturing base, and the dynamic effects of trade on its performance. The focus of the thesis is Mexico between the years 196…

My dissertation is aimed at empirically examining the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indonesian manufacturing. It first provides a theoretical analysis of the potential motivations for FDI, and their impacts on trade and local economy, it then estimates the relations…

The present dissertation aims to contribute to research on relationships between foreign capital, domestic savings and output by improving on the previous empirical investigations in terms of methodology as well as in terms of treatment of the data under investigation. The South…

The literature on privatization puts a strong emphasis on the gain in efficiency that can accrue as a result of a transformation of a state-owned enterprise (SOE) into a private firm, and on the role of competitive pressure in realizing any such efficiency gains. While most of t…

Scope and method of study. The purposes of this study are: (1) to determine the effectiveness of the U.S. non-price wheat export programs and evaluate the wheat import behavior in the selected importing countries; (2) to estimate the Egyptian import demand for wheat/wheat flour/…

Taiwan has been undergoing a dramatic industrialization transition in the last two decades: from a light-industry based economy to a more advanced industrial stage of economic development. In the 1980s seeking to expand export market, the Taiwan government decided to purse new p…

This study presents a framework to view and a methodology to assess policymaking in emerging market economies. They are based on the analysis of the political activities—i.e., role in and influence on economic policy—of commercial power centers (CPCs), which are defined as: Any …

Significant sunk investment costs required for international transactions of natural gas, combined with uncertainty and desire for preempting opportunistic behavior, necessitates long-term contracts between exporters and importers. The important issue in signing such a contract …

This research is focused on the corporatization and privatization of the National Electricity Board (Malaysia). It investigates how earlier form of regulation (under direct government ownership and control) has affected the conduct and performance of the NEB and what the implica…