The recent dramatic rise in international capital flows is one of the most important issues currently facing developing countries. Although capital inflows permit higher investment and growth, large inflows have been associated with inflationary pressure, real exchange rate appr…
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By focussing on the development of a global seaweed-carrageenan economy, this dissertation aims at presenting world-system dynamics in terms of an approach mixing micro- and macro-units of analysis. The anthropological subjects presented in this text are Muslim Filipinos cultiva…
This dissertation contains three essays on technology adoption from foreign direct investment and exporting. The empirical analysis is based on a panel dataset of Indonesian manufacturing establishments from 1988 to 1996. The first essay examines how the technology that accompan…
The theory of comparative advantage recycling, or market recycling, refers to the process by which comparative advantages pass from nation to nation as each journeys toward higher stages of economic development. The questions addressed within this exposition are first, what is t…
This dissertation uses a political economy approach to analyze national telecommunications markets. The analytical framework combines stakeholder analysis with the Structure-Conduct-Performance paradigm of industrial economics. Since the telecom network is an important national …
To further economic growth in the region, Latin American countries have renewed their commitment to regional economic integration. The region's experience with integration during the past decades, however, shows that the positive effects have been short term or they have been re…
Previous studies about the effect of remittances emphasize the direct effects and provide little explanation about the role of such monies on household borrowing activities. This study investigates the effect of remittances on the borrowing activities of households in Pakistan. …
This research provides an empirical analysis of various issues related to productivity and technological change of the food, textile, wood, paper, chemical, non-metallic mineral and metal product large/medium industries; as well as the total large/medium manufacturing industry i…
This thesis addresses the topic of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Organizing for Economic Cooperation in Southeast Asia. ASEAN is a six-nation alliance composed of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It was created to stimu…
This study was initiated to develop a framework for assessing the importance and adequacy of industrial location factors. The framework was applied to the Jebel Ali Industrial Park in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Objectives of this study were (1) to empirically investigate f…
In this study, a simultaneous equations econometric model for the Kuwaiti economy was developed. Emphasis was placed on the supply side of the economy, and on the linkages between the Kuwait economy and the world economy via trade, investment, and money markets. In addition, the…
The long-run cost function of the commercial banks in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia was estimated in this study. The transcendental logarithmic (translog) functional form was chosen as the most appropriate and flexible form for achieving this purpose. The data cross-section and ti…
Despite the increasing publicity and recognition that the emerging equity markets received during the second half of the 1980s and 1990s, the lack of information about the characteristics of these markets serve as a serious deterrent for both the domestic investors, policy maker…
This dissertation attempts theoretically and empirically to develop and recommend an exchange rate regime that minimizes the volatility of the Kuwaiti dinar against selected major currencies. The analysis is then extended to determine whether the proposed exchange rate system al…
The salient features of direct foreign investment (DFI) in the Indonesian manufacturing sector are identified and used to develop a bargaining framework for the analysis of DFI as the outcome of the foreign investor--Indonesian Government interaction. A bargaining framework is p…
How much of the Arab Common Market provisions are actually implemented? And which member country benefits relatively more than the others from the Common Market arrangement? These are the two major questions that this research attempts to provide answers for. Currently, a free t…
Scope of study. The Saudi high dependency on oil exports as a major source of income and exchange earnings resulted in a series of external shocks during the past six years when the price of oil fell below ten dollars per barrel in 1985. This caused the country to experience a s…