Autonomous operations of space systems is an important and difficult task that will become even more imperative as space missions become increasingly remote. Accurate prediction of telemetry data can improve system monitoring and facilitate fault detection. This thesis presents …
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Although it has been many years since the customs union agreement was signed between the European Union and Turkey, discussions are still up to date about its positive and negative effects. Unfortunately, most of the empirical studies in the literature are insufficient since the…
China is the hometown of tea, and tea industry is a traditional industry with a long history of China. It has a certain importance in China's import and export. However, the competitiveness and position of Chinese tea industry in the international market is continuing to decline…
Malaysia is a developing country. Export has become one of the major incomes that contribute to Malaysia's economy. After the East Asian Financial crisis in 1998, to stabilize its economy, Malaysia's government pegged its currency at 3.8 (RM) to 1 (USD), and there was a signific…
This dissertation investigates the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade on firm level decisions and examines the effect of policy changes on aggregate productivity and welfare in open economies. The first two chapters build an open economy model of …
Kuwait is an oil-based economy that adopts an export promotion policy as the fundamental strategy for economic growth. The country has experienced remarkable economic growth and high per capita GDP for the last four decades. The export-led growth (ELG) hypothesis has been common…
A basic premise of this research is that U.S. arms transfer decisions are not taken individually or unconnectedly. Instead, they are linked to a general strategy that defines and prioritizes the goals of these arms transfer decisions in support of national security and foreign p…
The aim of this dissertation is to understand how two Portuguese SMEs in the agricultural sector, Adega Cooperativa Vidigueira, Cuba e Alvito (ACVCA) and Herdade Maria da Guarda (HMG), were able to internationalize their products and brands. Such analysis will explore the strate…
An accurate short-term load forecasting (STLF) is one of the most critical inputs for power plant units’ planning commitment. STLF reduces the overall planning uncertainty added by the intermittent production of renewable sources; thus, it helps to minimize the hydro-thermal ele…
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…
Russia has not always been willing to cooperate with the United States in restricting the export of weapons-related technologies to “sensitive” states. Therefore, the United States must rely on positive and negative sanctions in an effort to coerce Russia. In some cases Russia h…
The Palestinian economy is a small open economy with poor endowments of natural resources and unmarked national borders. Almost 80% of its foreign trade is conducted with a single trading partner, Israel. It currently exports 17% of its output, which in turn finances only about …
This study is an econometric analysis of causal relations between economic growth on the one hand and government expenditure, exports, investment and population on the other hand. It also investigates the trends in international inequality during 1960-92. In the case of GDP and …
This dissertation utilizes the latest econometric techniques to address three economic growth issues based on the experiences of selected Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economies. First, in chapter two we use the perpetual inventory method to construct series of physical ca…
Global trade system is witnessing an unprecedented increase in food safety and quality standards. Changes in the structure of the world trade affect the welfare of farmers and consumers, destinations of exports, and the dynamics behind the exporters’ compliance decisions with th…
I study three different, although sometimes related, aspects of international economic issues. First of all, the financial crisis of 1997–1998 in Indonesia—while different in many characteristics—is similar in a number of aspects to the subprime crisis in the U.S. a decade later…
The role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the past two decades has become increasingly more important in Malaysia's economy. FDI was a distinct characteristic in that it represents an equity investment that is directly related to the creation of real new capacity and the or…
This study is focus on the relationship between the exchange rate and export performance and Indonesian export data were used in this study. Although a lot of studies have been done in this topic, only a few studies have been done for developing countries. Studies in exchange ra…
Since its implementation in 1985, the EEP has been assessed by many researchers centering on its objectives in market expansion, market displacement, or counteracting unfair trade practices. However, little attention has been given to its cost efficiency. The existing practice o…