Running head: THE EFFECTS OF THE JONES ACT ON THE ECONOMY OF HAWAII The Effects of the Jones Act on the Economy of Hawaii Christer Tvedt Hawai’i Pacific University February 10‚ 2010 ECON 6000 Dr. Leroy Laney The effects of the Jones Act on the economy of Hawaii The Jones Act‚ or the Merchant Marine Act of 1920‚ which is the act’s name‚ is a United States Federal statute‚ or “cabotage law”‚ that regulates trade between ports within the United States. The act was passed 90 years ago‚ in
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Natural Disasters can have both a positive and negative impact on the local‚ national and the global economy. However it is rare‚ but not out of the question‚ to see the positive impact it may have on an economy. For instance‚ when disaster struck in Haiti from the 7.3 magnitude earthquake in 2010‚ between 200‚000-250‚000 people were killed. That is 2 percent of the total Haitian population of only 10 million. Comparatively New York City alone totals nearly as much as the entire population of Haiti
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Overview of Pakistan’s Economy Pakistan was a very poor and predominantly agricultural country when it gained independence in 1947. Pakistan’s average economic growth rate since independence has been higher than the average growth rate of the world economy during the period. Average annual real GDP growth rates were 6.8% in the 1960s‚ 4.8% in the 1970s‚ and 6.5% in the 1980s. Average annual growth fell to 4.6% in the 1990s with significantly lower growth in the second half of that decade. Farming
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The Effect of Russian Immigration on the Israeli Economy Executive Summary Throughout history‚ there have been many periods of mass immigration of Russian Jews into Israel and the Middle East. Most recently‚ the fall of the Soviet Union has enabled over one million Russian Jews to move to Israel. As expected‚ this influx of people had a significant effect on Israel’s population and economy. The purpose of this essay is to discover what role this flood of immigrants played on Israel and
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Input Filter Design for Switching Power Supplies: Written by Michele Sclocchi Michele.Sclocchi@nsc.com Application Engineer‚ National Semiconductor The design of a switching power supply has always been considered a kind of magic and art‚ for all the engineers that design one for the first time. Fortunately‚ today the market offers different tools that help the designers. National Semiconductor was the first company to offer the “Simple Switcher” software‚ and an on-line simulation tool
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Nigerian roads: economic problems DEDICATION This work is dedicated to god almighty for his grace upon me through the accomplishment of this work. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I must not fail to acknowledge the immense effort of the following persons who was very instrumental to the successful accomplishment of this term paper. My parents Mr./Mrs. Akwang‚ my lecturers and finally my exponents who helped in broadening my view on the course. ABSTRAT This write-up aroused that only
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THE CRAZE FOR CERTIFICATE BY NIGERIANS In recent years there is this general tendency that an increasing number of Nigerians seem to pay more attention on getting various certificates from undergraduate certificates to professional certificates. They are so many types of certificates‚ the growing tendency among Nigerians to get all kinds of certificates has now involved into a craze. The word craze means an enthusiastic interest in something that is shared by many people but that usually does not
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THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN NIGERIAN POLITICS AND ITS SUSTAINABILITY FOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT Oluwaseun Olawale AFOLABI‚ PhD (in view) (Ibadan) Institut Français de Recherche en Afique (IFRA) - Nigeria Research Fellow‚ Institute of African Studies‚ University of Ibadan‚ Nigeria. Abstract Nigeria has a pluralistic State has taken religion to a position of importance in every facet of her politics. The nation is the most populous country in West Africa vest with religious diversities: Christianity
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YOUTH MIGRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON INDIAN ECONOMY ‘INDIA ‚ IS A SLEEPING GIANT.ONE DAY IT WILL WAKE UP AND ATTAIN WORLD GLORY’ These were the words said by SWAMI VEVEKANAND and indeed today the INDIAN ECONOMY is on the brink of an uproar. India is today one of the six fastest growing economies of the world. The country is ranked fourth in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) in 2010. The business and regulatory environment is evolving and moving towards constant -improvement. A highly talented
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No. 5. 2009. Chuku A. Chuku MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF MONETARY POLICY INNOVATIONS IN NIGERIA: A STRUCTURAL VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIVE (SVAR) APPROACH Chuku A. Chuku1 University of Uyo‚ Nigeria. chukuachuku@gmail.com ABSTARCT Correctly identifying the effects of monetary policy innovations is necessary for good policy making. In this paper‚ we carry out a controlled experiment using a structural vector autoregression (SVAR) model to trace the effects of monetary policy shocks on output and prices
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