Essays about: "gold price"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 32 essays containing the words gold price.

  1. 21. The green gold from Sri Lanka : An explorative research of the value chain of tea in a developing country.  

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)

    Author : Sara Johnsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Value chain; Value adding activities; Vertical integration; Sri Lanka; Agribusiness;

    Abstract : Background: Price pressure, together with factors as commodization and demands for lower production costs has had a negative impact on further investments on the tea industry in Sri Lanka. Developing countries must persist in their efforts to catch up with the rapid growth and increased global trade to maintain an important source of growth. READ MORE

  3. 22. Commodity Prices and Violence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Marcus Otto Syk; Wessam El Ghoul; [2016]
    Keywords : conflict minerals; Democratic Republic of the Congo; resource curse; conflict intensity; commodity prices; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In this study it is theorized that the world market price of a certain commodity should affect the intensity of the violence in conflict zones in which this commodity is produced. This is tested on the Second Congo War and the continuing violence since, using statistical methods to analyse the effect of the world market price of gold, diamonds, oil, tin, copper, cobalt and coltan. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Pre-war China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jing Hu; [2014]
    Keywords : the silver standard; the exchange channel; the monetary channel; Structural VAR Model; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : When the international monetary system was on the gold standard, China was the only country adhered to the silver standard. Silver functioned as currency in China but acted as commodity in international markets. Its price experienced downturn trend from 57 cents per ounce in January 1929 to 23.38 ounces per ounce in January 1933. READ MORE

  5. 24. Relationship between Currency Carry Trades and Gold Returns : A quantitative study of G-10 currencies: correlation and spillover effects for the last two decades.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Johannes Hornbrinck; Jonas Olausson; [2014]
    Keywords : Gold; Currency Carry Trades; Carry Trades; Portfolio choice; Sweden; Gold Hege; Gold diversifier; Gold safe-haven; UIP; Relationship;

    Abstract : Currency carry trade is an investment strategy that recently started gaining a lot of interest not only among investors and financial institutions but also academically. One of the underlying theoretical assumptions regarding the mechanisms of the foreign exchange market, the Uncovered Interest Parity has frequently been disproved in practice which has led to the conclusion that carry trade is profitable in practice. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Silver Standard in Prewar China, A Blessing or A Curse?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jing Hu; [2013]
    Keywords : the silver standard; silver flight; the U.S. silver purchase act; Chinese monetary reform; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : When the rest of the world sank deeper into the mire of gold shortage and the Great Depression, China, a country still adhered to the silver standard, maintained a relative independent connection to the global economy. In the initial stage of the Great Depression, Chinese economy under relative inflation benefited from the blessing of the silver standard. READ MORE