http://hdl.handle.net/10361/109 2013-05-20T19:15:18Z 2013-05-20T19:15:18Z Ali, Ratib M Kamal, Mahsima A http://hdl.handle.net/10361/2080 2013-03-02T07:07:29Z 2012-03-15T00:00:00Z

Examining how exchange rate fluctuation effects trade balances: emprirically establishing the correlation between exchange rate and balance of trade, the marshall-lerner condition and J effect Ali, Ratib M; Kamal, Mahsima A This paper will examine the effects on an economy’s overall balance of trade due to fluctuations in its exchange rate, followed by how the Marshall-Lerner and J- curve come into effect in influencing a country’s current account. Econometric analyses using regression have been carried out to show the relationship between exchange rate effects and the trade balance for certain countries, showing which countries’ trade balance situation prove the Marshall-Lerner assumption to be valid and which countries’ trade balances show signs of the J curve effect, to be elaborated further. We will also examine whether some of these countries have both the Marshall-Lerner and J-effect showing up in their trade balance trends in recent years, either of the two, or if any other factors apart from their exchange rate patterns are more active in influencing certain countries’ balance of trade positions.

2012-03-15T00:00:00Z Ali, Ratib M http://hdl.handle.net/10361/2079 2013-03-02T07:05:59Z 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

An inquiry into the happiness of nations: a macroeconomic analysis Ali, Ratib M This paper investigates the concept of national happiness and examines the existing literature on happiness and its causes, before using recently released data from the United Nations to construct a model that explains what makes nations happy, given macro-socioeconomic indicators of the nation.

2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Fakir, Adnan M.S. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/1596 2013-03-02T07:04:40Z 2011-08-13T00:00:00Z

Malnourishment and sex bias in multidimensional child poverty Fakir, Adnan M.S. Evidence of severe malnourishment and anti-female sex bias has been found in the Korail urban slum settlement of Dhaka. The sex bias is reflected in terms of lower growth dynamics, varying degrees of malnourishment and deprivation in several development indicators. The study deployed a weighted Alkire-Foster methodology for identifying multidimensional poverty and has identified behavioral and public health attributes to play a significantly larger role in reducing malnourishment and sex bias compared to economic variables, such as income and assets. Mother‟s education for the region of study, although lowered malnourishment, was surprisingly found to not play a significant role in sex bias reduction. An ordered logistic regression model was run to determine the statistical significance of the variables which yielded amongst others that deprivations in type of latrine used and in awareness of local medical costing significantly increased malnourishment.

2011-08-13T00:00:00Z Hoque, Anwarul http://hdl.handle.net/10361/350 2013-03-02T06:48:30Z 2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

The demand-side location determinants for attracting foreign direct investment: theory and empirics Hoque, Anwarul Foreign direct investment (FDI), reckoned as a major source of private capital, has grown phenomenally world wide in the last two decades. Developing countries receive about a third of the global FDI inflows. Although developing countries vie for more FDI, selecting a country for locating investment depends on the decision of multinational enterprises (MNE). An attempt made in this paper to identify from the literature the theoretical basis of foreign direct investment found it to be lacking. The literature emphasized more on the empirical findings of robust location determinants for understanding investment decision processes of the MNEs. It appears that countries' attractiveness improve with favorable determinants to influence MNE `s investment location decision.

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