Government policies are inherently imperfect, potentially unstable and have pervasive impacts on commodity markets and trade. The actions of government policy makers have direct implications for producers and consumers. Government policies are responsive to the influence of grou…
The dissertation addresses exchange rate policies for the less-developed countries (LDCs) in the face of uncertainties in the world price of oil and mounting external debts. The begins with the development of a theoretical model of an objective-based optimal currency basket for …
One of the oldest traditional crafts that provided employment for a significant proportion of the Nigerian population and practised specially by the Oyo Yoruba, is dressmaking by hand. The introduction of colonial rule and sewing machine in the region in early nineteenth century…
Scope and method of study. The trade shares methodology of Armington was employed to estimate coffee and cocoa export functions and to investigate the impact of CFA Zone membership and the CFA-French franc peg on the performance of the CFA countries (Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire) vis…
The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between export and economic growth in the Saudi economy from 1970 to 1986. The effects of export expansion and the growth of the non-oil sector as a whole, as well as each individual sub-sector of the non-oil sector,…
This dissertation is an ex-post study of Iran's non-oil export performance. More specifically, this is a study of the commodity and market pattern of the Iranian non-oil exports during three separate five-year periods. The technique used to analize the non-oil export performance…
This is an empirical study of Taiwan's export growth from 1965 to 1971. Constant-Market-Share analysis is employed. According to this model, a country's export growth can be partitioned into two parts: (1) a part that responds to world export growth in proportion to its constant…
The primary purpose of this dissertation is to formulate and perform an econometric test for the existence of an Averch-Johnson type of capital bias in the U.S. electric utility industry. The Averch-Johnson hypothesis, which states that firms subject to rate-of-return regulation…
This dissertation reviews the financial liberalization episode in Turkey and presents theoretical analyses of some economic issues raised by that experience. The objectives of financial liberalization were to eliminate negative real interest rates, increase financial savings, ge…
The least developed countries (LDCS) are politically underdeveloped. They often have autocratic authoritarian regimes that give less than appropriate attention to their societies' development. Being vulnerable and fairly unstable, such regimes are more occupied with their own su…
The general equilibrium effects of two hypothetical trade policy packages on the economy of Bangladesh is investigated by means of a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model of Bangladesh which incorporates the salient features of the economy. The eleven-sector CGE model is ca…
Bangladesh has historically maintained stringent controls over its imports through quotas and high tariffs. Some of these imports are crucial as inputs in the domestic production process, particularly in manufacturing. In recent years, the government has moved towards a more ope…
The core objectives of the study are: (i) to choose an appropriate methodology to evaluate the performance of public enterprises, such as the sugar mills of Bangladesh; (ii) to empirically measure the performance of these mills; (iii) to build a model to explain the variation in…
In this study the author examines the domestic demand for petroleum based liquid fuels in Indonesia. Eight fuels are examined individually and in aggregate. These are: aviation gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, high-octane automotive gasoline, regular-octane automotive gasoline, …
A quantifiably comparative political explanation is sought, in real economic terms, of the possible influence of aggregate regional armaments imports on the respective military outlays of the individual stakeholders, over time. A dynamic model is hypothesized and subjected to em…
Interest was eliminated from banking in Pakistan in its attempt to move its economy into conformity with Islamic religious beliefs. Interest-free banking coexisted with traditional banking from 1981 to 1985, and supplanted the latter effective July 1985. The central bank, Pakist…