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Competition in the Swedish Coffee Market
(2004)
It is a widespread belief that multinationals are exploiting their market power in national coffee markets by keeping consumer prices too high and thereby limiting demand for coffee beans. The purpose of this study is to ...
Does Market Liberalization Increase Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector in Zimbabwe
(1998)
In this paper we analyze if the structural adjustment program (ESAP), implemented during 1991-1995, contributed to an increase in total factor productivity in the manufacturing sector. To evaluate if productivity has grown ...
Trade Reform and Wage Inequality in Kenya, 1964-2000
(2004)
This paper analyses the evolution of wage inequality in Kenya between 1964 and 2000. Our measure of wage inequality is the ratio of wages in manufacturing to wages in agriculture, which can be seen as an indicator of ...
Is Globalisation Good for Africa?
(2002)
Globalisation or market integration in Sub-Saharan Africa is closely linked
to the structural adjustment programmes. In this paper we focus on their dependence
on politics and institutional characteristics of the countries ...
Demand for Coffee: The Role of Prices, Preferences and Market Power
(2005)
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of prices in determining demand for roasted coffee in Sweden. This is of interest because many believe that consumer prices are high relative to green coffee-bean prices, ...
Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh
(2006, Revi)
The prediction of standard economic theory that trade liberalization reduces income inequality in
developing countries has been challenged by several studies during recent decades. This paper
explores this issue by ...
Kenya’s Development Path and Factor Prices 1964-2000
(2004)
This study analyses how changes in factor abundance and trade policy have affected factor prices in Kenya since 1964. First there was a period of capital deepening, but this was reversed from 1982. As a result, there has ...
A Dynamic Model of Inflation for Kenya 1974 - 1996
(1998)
This paper develops an error correction model with the aim of analysing the behaviour of prices in Kenya during 1974 -1996. In estimating the model, we first test for cointegration in the money and foreign exchange markets, ...