International Advances in Economic Research articles from November 2000

International Advances in Economic Research archives from November 2000

Educational Choice, Wage Determination, and Rates of Return for Education in Taiwan.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... This paper estimates educational choice, wage determination, and the rate of return for education in Taiwan using Manpower Utilization Survey data for 1996. As education investment is a self-selection process, this paper adopts a two-stage...

Transmission Pricing and the German Electricity Market.(International Pages)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... This paper considers the electricity transmission pricing system applied in Germany since January 2000. The actual cost structure of a grid operator and the transmission price calculation procedure is described in some detail. Under the new...

Unemployment in Estonia and Economic Policies.(International Pages)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... The paper seeks to analyze the reasons for unemployment and respective policy responses in Estonia. Our economy today is characterized by technological progress, which is the main threat to low-skilled workers. In Estonia, they have a much...

Modeling a Social Protection System: The Estonian Case.(International Pages)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... Modeling the social protection system is one possibility for analyzing social protection as a whole, interlinking individual spheres, and considering national demographic and economic processes. This presentation discusses the issues related to...

Macroeconomic Competitiveness in the Europe of the Twelve: An Application to 1969-93.
November 1, 2000... CARMEN LOPEZ-PUEYO [*] This study offers an integrated view of the relationships between technology, trade, and economic growth. Inspired by the most recent neo-Schumpeterian and post-Keynesian proposals, an empirical model is constructed...

Measurement of Export Prices and Changes in Product Quality.
November 1, 2000... CELESTINO SUAREZ BURGUET [*] In this paper, the economic theory of index numbers is applied to the construction of industry-level export price indices and export quality indices. These indices are used to make consistent comparisons of...

The Gravity Approach for Modeling International Trade Patterns for Economies in Transition.
November 1, 2000... TIIU PAAS [*] The advantages of using the gravity approach for modeling transition processes in foreign trade are the ability of gravity models to explain international trade patterns under the conditions of comparatively little data and...

Labor Flexibility and Firm Performance.
November 1, 2000... MIREIA VALVERDE [*] OLGA TREGASKIS [**] CHRIS BREWSTER [**] The aim of this paper is to add to the labor flexibility debate by exploring the relationship between different forms of flexible working practices and the performance of...

Labor Market Decisions of Married Women: With Emphasis on Part-Time Employment.
November 1, 2000... JOSEPH S. FALZONE [*] Part-time employment may be viewed as a bridge between nonemployment and full-time employment or as an alternative to full-time employment. For married women with young children, part-time employment represents an...

Further Evidence on Monetary and Fiscal Policy Coordination.
November 1, 2000... TIMOTHY P. OPIELA [*] The extent to which fiscal and monetary policies respond to inflation and unemployment and the degree to which policy makers coordinate their policies have important implications for their usefulness as instruments of...

Pension Funds Saving Individuation.
November 1, 2000... ASSA BIRATI [*] This paper considers a pension insurance problem using an intertemporal framework. We assume a deterministic framework in order to obtain tractable and yet revealing results regarding the propensity to save for retirement....

Measuring the Similarity of Economic Processes.
November 1, 2000... TOMASZ MICHALSKI [*] This paper includes the definition of the measure of the similarity between two functions. This measure is a quantitative characteristic of similarity of function graphs and is helpful in comparing the dynamics of...

The World Wide Web in the Food and Beverage Sector in Spain.
November 1, 2000... GERARD A. RYAN [*] Despite its potential, the World Wide Web is not yet a real or viable alternative for marketing channels in Spain. This research attempts to identify and evaluate the factors that contribute and facilitate the...

The Pedagogy of Tax Evasion: Its Extent and Its Determinants.
November 1, 2000... CHRIS PAUL [*] This pedagogical note develops a model of individual choice and a comprehensible and functionally realistic framework that explains how the size of the underground economy or the extent of aggregate income tax evasion can be...

Regulatory Forbearance: A Reconsideration.
November 1, 2000... WILLIAM G. GISSY [*] Critics of regulatory forbearance argue that the resulting moral hazard produces higher costs when a depository institution is ultimately resolved. This paper derives a formula for the minimal survival rate necessary...

Price and Quality Effects on the Demand for U.S. Graduate Business Programs.
November 1, 2000... ROBERT H. JANTZEN [*] This study identifies the factors that influence the demand for U.S. graduate business programs, using the entire population of schools as the basis for analysis. The study found that higher education institutions, at...

Cost-Utility Analysis of the Rehabilitation of Patients with Musculoskeletal Problems.
November 1, 2000... U. GOTHERSTROM [*] The objective of this study is to discuss the rehabilitation of patients in primary health care with problems in the musculoskeletal system from a socioeconomic perspective. A trial with coordinated rehabilitation in...

On the Differing Pattern of Corporate Diversification Across Economies.
November 1, 2000... DEEPAK K. SINHA [*] Conglomerates, that is, firms which have diversified into industries having little in common in terms of markets, technologies, or skills, occupy only a relatively minor position among large firms in the U.S., but they...

Accounting and the European Single Currency.
November 1, 2000... SOLEDAD MOYA [*] ANTONIO SOMOZA [**] JOSEP VALLVERDU [*] This paper considers some accounting problems in the period leading up to the introduction of the European single currency, the euro. Taking into account two different...

Supply Response of Farm Program in Rice-Growing States.
November 1, 2000... CARY W. HERNDON JR. [*] This study aims to develop an acreage response model for rice-growing states using a policy-inducing variable. The single equation regression model for each rice-producing state is estimated by using the ordinary...

Estimating Anticipated and Nonanticipated Demand Elasticities for Cigarettes in Spain.
November 1, 2000... JOSE ALBERTO MOLINA [*] This paper will test whether tobacco consumption generates addiction in Spanish people. If this is the case, can such addiction be explained in the context of rational addiction theory? Elasticities are also...

Classification of Car-Buying Clients: K-Means and Neural Network Approach.
November 1, 2000... This paper deals with the segmenting markets of client-authorized car dealers. We discuss the application of artificial neural networks and the k-means method for classifying car buyers. We will present the results of experiments that were made...

Rating Small and Medium-Sized Firms for Granting Credit Using Artificial Neural Networks.
November 1, 2000... The lending institutions' growing concern for diminishing the unpaid loans rate has led to applying the latest statistical techniques. Moreover, this new way of thinking has allowed them to have greater control over credit policies. ...

Economic and Financial Profile of Innovators in the Belgian Manufacturing Industry.
November 1, 2000... Innovation activity, measured by the structure of the products portfolio and, more precisely, by the proportion of sales of products in the stages of launching or growth, leads to specific characteristics of firms concerned not only in their...

Currency Board Arrangement in Estonia: History and Future Prospects.
November 1, 2000... This paper will discuss the operation of the currency board arrangement in Estonia and some future prospects. The main objectives of this paper are to: 1) discuss advantages and disadvantages of a fixed exchange rate regime (especially, a...

The Asian Financial Crisis and the Role of the International Monetary Fund.
November 1, 2000... This research examines the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98. It concludes that the meltdown of currencies and equity markets was not caused by profligate government spending but by excessive short-term foreign borrowing by financial...