JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY The Role of FDI and Openness to Trade in Economic Growth A study of Africa and Asia Bachelor thesis within Economics Author: Maria Beradović 851117-2986 Jeanette Hennix 801004-4827 Tutor: Ass. Prof. Scott Hacker Ph.D. Candidate James Dzansi Jönköping 01-2009 Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Associate Professor Scott Hacker and PhD Candidate James Dzansi for the help‚ guidance and support during the process of
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ALTERNATIVE MEASURES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROGRESS What are some limitations of the Gross Domestic Product measure and some ideas for improving it? GDP has four major limitations: It includes the replacement of depreciated capital. It measures income produced in a country but not how much income people in that country re-ceive. Since GDP only counts monetary transactions (including esti-mates for those in the shadow economy)‚ it misses many other ac-tivities that people value like caring
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INFLATION INFLUENCE ABOUT INVESTMENT DECISION Associate Professor PhD Dorel Berceanu‚ dorelberceanu@yahoo.com Associate Professor PhD Anca Băndoi‚ anca_bandoi@yahoo.com University of Craiova ABSTRACT: In this article‚ we are dealing with an issue very important as regards the investment decision‚ namely the influence that it has on inflation. Thus‚ in a brief introduction spotlighted how we have perceived inflation today‚ what it means and how it manifests itself. An ample space in the paper is
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On September 13‚ 2012‚ the Federal Reserve announced another round of quantitative easing (QE). Discuss the expected economic impacts of “QE3” on selected East Asian Country. On September 2012‚ the Federal Reserve announced a new round of open-ended quantitative easing named QE3. Unlike the previous quantitative easing‚ the Fed decided to continue buying mortgage-backed securities until the economy is improved‚ rather than creating another fixed endpoint package. The first quantitative easing was
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a rapid annual growth rate of 10%. Since 2004‚ it has become the world’s third largest trading nation‚ after US and German. However‚ behind the fast growth of the economy‚ some potential challenges still exist and require effective policies if China want to sustain fast development in the future. By examining the components of China’s GDP‚ it can be found that the economy has been over reliant on investment (42% in 2005) and export (net export account 10% in 2006). This growth model is considered
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MCD 2090 Tutorial 5 Money and Inflation Ch.12&13 Tutorial Questions 1. What is money? What distinguishes money from other assets in the economy? Briefly explain the difference between fiat money and commodity money giving examples of each. Why current deposits are included in the supply of money? Money is the commonly accepted set of assets in an economy that people regularly use to buy goods and services from other people. • Commodity money takes the form of a commodity
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Contents CHAPTER -I- INTRODUCTION 3 CHAPTER -II- LITERATURE REVIEW 2 1.0 Globalisation and Economic development 2 1.1 GLOBALISATION 3 1.2 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 11 CHAPTER –III- ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION ON CAMEROON’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 17 1.0 Impact of Globalization on the Economy of Cameroon 17 1.2 The impact of development partners 20 1.3 The way forward for Cameroons Economic Development 22 CHAPTER –IV- CONCLUSION 24 References 26 CHAPTER -I- INTRODUCTION Throughout
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Affluenza‚ an unsustainable addiction to economic growth. Most Americans often cope over their wants instead of their needs. Podcast 2 with The Diane Rehm Show “Most Americans only care about their wants such as going shopping”. Americans think more consciously when buying something they want instead of something they need. In my opinion American’s do spend more time thinking about what they want to get instead of thinking about what they actually need. I began to become more aware how I spend my
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Outline Comments Topic: How culture affects economic growth. TS1: The first aspect of culture that affects the economy is people’s way of life. TS2: People’s values can also influence a country’s economy. Thesis: Economy can be affected both in positive and negative way depending upon the culture of each country. TS1: Culture is the thing to define the way of living of people in each country. SP1.1: Economy can be affected by people way of living. (eg. How people consume things and services
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Economy Inflation in Venezuela Economy Inflation in Venezuela Written By: Mateo Tudela Economy Inflation in Venezuela After many years of prosperity Venezuela faces inflation. What is inflation? A popular web page called Investopedia says that “Inflation is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services rises‚ and in the end purchasing power falls.” You may also ask yourself‚ what is the inflation rate? Inflation rate is a measure of the percentage decrease in currency
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