Essays about: "Commodity prices"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 79 essays containing the words Commodity prices.

  1. 16. Commodity Prices and Violence in Indonesia

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Aron Björk; Elias Lindh; [2020]
    Keywords : Violence; Commodity Prices; Labour Intensity; Capital Intensity;

    Abstract : What is the linkage between commodity prices and violence? Earlier theory proposes two potential dimensions of the relation. First, through heightening the opportunity cost of crime and conflict, hikes in wages lower violence - the opportunity cost effect. READ MORE

  3. 17. Do global oil prices drive domestic food prices? : evidence from the Middle East countries

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Madina Alieva; [2019]
    Keywords : food price; crude oil price; cointegration; VECM; Middle East;

    Abstract : This study investigates the dynamic relationship between global oil prices and domestic food prices across 11 countries of the Middle East. Using monthly data covering the period from January 2010 to October 2018, the study employs long-run cointegration tests, vector error correction model (VECM) and vector autoregression (VAR) model to examine the effect of global oil prices on domestic food prices in a sample of Middle East countries. READ MORE

  4. 18. Commodity Price Boom and Copper mines in Chile: The assessment of local spillover effects on the labor market.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Silvia Navarro Berdeal; [2019]
    Keywords : Commodity price boom; labour multipliers; natural resources; gender disparities; women labour markets.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Chile has been benefited from a commodity boom in the copper industry during the first decade of the 21st century. Does a mineral boom increase local labour opportunities? Can women get benefit from a resource boom? Can the mineral boom have indirect effects in non-mining sectors? The present paper attempts to explore and measure the impact of an exogenous increase in copper global prices between 2003 and 2011, on Chilean labor market, with a particular focus on gender disparities. READ MORE

  5. 19. A study and further development of nonlinear unsupervised methods : With applications to financial data

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Henning Rydström; [2019]
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    Abstract : The main focus for this thesis is nonlinear dimensionality reduction. When analysing data of high dimension it is often vital to find a lower dimension representation of the data, while preserving as much information as possible. Dimension reduction is therefore used in many fields of science and in many industries. READ MORE

  6. 20. Can changes in commodity prices help to predict inflation? : A Bayesian Approach

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Örebro Universitet

    Author : Jens Enoksson; Viktor Lindqvist; [2019]
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    Abstract : .... READ MORE