THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FISHER EFFECT IN ZAMBIA (1992-2011) A Research Proposal for the Dissertation in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of The Degree of Master of Arts RESEARCHER: MEBELO MUTEMWA COMPUTER NO.: 531004482 SUPERVISORS: DR. C. NG’ANDWE DR. C. MPHUKA DATE: AUGUST‚ 2012. * ABSTRACT This study seeks to investigate the extent to which
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direct investment on economic growth in China during the period 1992-2003. The research is based on data indicators of level of GDP and FDI for China during this time period. In research was used simple ordinary least squares method. Through econometric model we defined the relationship foreign investment and economic growth in terms of simple regression. The empirical results show positive but insignificant impact of foreign investment on economic growth. It is seen that foreign investment has
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packages would be most beneficial for the examination of quantitative data within your study? The four most common statistical packages that nurses use for research are Statistical packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS)‚ Microsoft Excel‚ XLSTAT‚ STATA and SAS (CourseConnect‚ 2016). For my research study‚ I would use the SPSS package because it is easy to use‚ can take data from almost any type of file and use them to generate tabulated reports‚ charts‚ and plots of distributions and trends‚ descriptive
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Linear Regression with 1 regressor (CHAPTER 4) Aim: estimate the causal effect on Y of a unit change in X Slope: expected change on Y for a unit change in X E[X|Y] = b0 + b1X Method: minimize the sum of square errors or average squared difference between actual Yi and predicted Yi‚ min u (OLS)‚ u = error which contains omitted factors that influence Y that is not captured in X and also error in measurement in Y b0 and b1 are population parameter‚ the hats are the estimates‚ we pick the hats so
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to employment equations. Review of Economic Studies‚ 58‚ 277–297. Arellano‚ M.‚ & Bover‚ O. (1995). Another look at instrumental variable estimation of error component models. Journal of Econometrics‚ 68‚ 29–52. Assmus‚ G.‚ Farley‚ J.‚ & Lehmann‚ D. (1984). How advertising affects sales: Meta analysis of econometric results. Journal of Marketing Research‚ 21(1)‚ 65–74. Bass‚ F.‚ Bruce‚ N.‚ Majumdar‚ S.‚ & Murthi‚ B. (2007). Wearout effects of different advertising themes: A dynamic Bayesian model of
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Analyzing the Performance of the English F.A. Premier League With an Econometric Frontier Model CARLOS PESTANA BARROS Technical University of Lisbon STEPHANIE LEACH Imperial College London This article uses an econometric frontier model to evaluate the performance of football clubs present in the English F.A. Premier League from 1998-1999 to 2002-2003‚ combining sport and financial variables. A stochastic Cobb-Douglas production frontier model is used to generate football club efficiency
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Oxford Economic Papers‚ New Series‚ Vol Ekelund‚ R. B.‚ Jr. and Saurman D. S. (1988)‚ “Advertising and the Market Process: A Modern Economic View”‚ San Francisco‚ CA: Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy. Gujrati‚ Damodar N. (2003)‚”Basic Econometrics”‚ Mc-Graw- Hill Companies‚ Inc.: New York Horsky D Science‚ 52 (12)‚ 1957-1969 Kumar A ltd.”‚ Volume No. 2 (2011)‚ issue No. 10 (October‚ 2011)‚ International Journal of Research in Commerce & Management. Marshall‚ A. (1890)‚ ―”Principles of Economics”
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HFD 1 Descriptive methodology = positive methodology: how it is Positus ( ponere = put‚ place) e.g. position Prescriptive methodology= normative methodology”: how it ought to be Norm Logical positvism = Logicism = Scientific language is an extension of logic Positivism = Empiricism (Knowledge arises out of sense experience) The main aim of the logical positivist program was to demarcate (grenzen vaststellen van ) scientitific knowledge‚ distinguish science form pseudo-science and
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The extraordinary success of NUMMI over GM can be attributed to NUMMI becoming a learning organization‚ and bears evidence to Senge’s description on learning organizations. The words of Ray Stata “The rate at which organizations learn may become the only sustainable source of competitive advantage” ring true in every aspect in considering the NUMMI vs GM case. The following factors played a key role in developing a ‘generative’ learning approach in NUMMI‚ a key source of its competitiveness:
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Taxing the brewing sector: a European analysis of the costs of producing beer and the impact of excise duties * A Report for The Brewers of Europe September 2010 *connectedthinking Foreword PricewaterhouseCoopers was created in 1998 by the merger of two firms – Pricewaterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand - each with historical roots going back some 150 years. Drawing on the talents of more than 139‚000 people in 148 countries‚ PricewaterhouseCoopers provides a full range of advisory
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