Scope and method of study. The objectives of this study were (1) to describe the world palm oil and palm kernel oil industry from 1997 to 1999 and the condition of palm oil and palm kernel oil industry in Indonesia and Malaysia during, and after the 1997–1998 Asian financial cri…
This research, which is divided into three essays, is designed to demonstrate the impact of (a) financial constraints on the investment and export decisions of firms, (b) level of technological intensity of production process and utilization of public incentives such as science …
This dissertation investigates how competition among heterogeneous firms affects R&D in quality enhancement in a quality-ladder type framework for a Cournot oligopolistic industry. The research also analyzes the welfare implications of various policies that promotes R&D. Some of…
In recent years the number of Free Trade Zones (FTZs) or Export Processing Zones (EPZs) has rapidly grown. Close to fifty countries have now established EPZs to stimulate and diversify their industrial growth. The efectiveness and performance of EPZs is an important topic of int…
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…