This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper estimates aggregate short-run and long-run import demand functions for the Philippines using data for the period 1960-2006. Results ...

I examine a rent-seeking contest in which the winner gets a minimum rent but also gets an additional rent which is an increasing function of his lobbying expenditure. I give real-world examples of ...

The point and aim of an economy is the people keep getting better off. Consumption makes up some 70% of all demand in the economy, meaning that if consumption is rising so, likely, will the whole of ...

In its Monthly Macro View, Ind-Ra said the aggregate capital expenditure (capex) of states is likely to rise to 3.4 per cent of GDP in 2HFY26, compared with 3.2 per cent in the year-ago period. Capex ...