Economics & Finance (School of): Recent submissions
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ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) : how far have we come? : analysis and evidence on effects of AFTA
(University of St Andrews, 2013) - ThesisThis thesis addresses issues concerning trade effects of a particular RTA: AFTA. In the first part of the thesis, 2 different but related gravity frameworks are constructed as to evaluate the independent effects of AFTA ... -
Cost and policy implications of agricultural pollution, with special reference to pesticides
(University of St Andrews, 1999) - ThesisModem commercial agricultural practices involving chemical inputs such as fertilisers and pesticides have been associated with huge increases in food production never witnessed before, and in the case of cereal production ... -
Essays on housing and monetary policy
(University of St Andrews, 2013-03-19) - ThesisThis thesis, motivated by my reflections about the failings of monetary policy implementation as a cause of the sub-prime crisis, attempts to answer the following inquiries: (i) whether interest rates have played a major ... -
Multi-task research and research joint ventures
(2013-04) - Journal articleThe paper shows that, whenever the completion of a research project requires the overcoming of more than one research obstacle, then Research Joint Ventures enjoy an intrinsic advantage relative to independent firms. This ... -
Markets and how they work: a comparative analysis of fieldwork evidence on globalisation, corporate governance, institutional structure and competition in Russia, India and China, supported by a quantitative worldwide cross-section study of market anomalies
(University of St Andrews, 2012-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis examines the efficacy of markets, using both quantitative and qualitative methods in a complementary way. Specifically, it starts (in Part II) by using the results from a quantitative analysis of initial public ...