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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 ...
Economic Inequality and HIV in Malawi
(2009-12-28)
HIV/AIDS, Adult Mortality and Fertility: Evidence from Malawi
(2008-02-05)
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of HIV/AIDS on fertility in Malawi. The future course of fertility will have an impact on both macroeconomic variables, such as GDP per capita, and various socioeconomic ...
Uncovering the Effect of the HIV Epidemic on Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Malawi
(2008-09-16)
In many Sub-Saharan countries the HIV epidemic has spread to over 10% of the working-age
population, and is likely to affect economically relevant behaviour. We evaluate the impact of
the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the ...
Demand for coffee in Sweden: The role of prices, preferences and market power
(Elsevier, 2007)
There is a widespread belief that consumer coffee prices are high relative to bean prices and that lower consumer prices would lead to substantial increases in bean exports from Third-World countries. This issue is evaluated ...
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 ...
A Dynamic Model of Inflation in Kenya
(Oxford University Press, 2001)
This paper analyses the dynamics of inflation in Kenya during 1974 –1996, a period characterised by external shocks and internal disequilibria. By developing a parsimonious and empirically constant model we find that the ...
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, ...
Openness and wage inequality in Kenya, 1964–2000
(Elsevier, 2006)
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 ...