PROGRESS IN ECONOMICS RESEARCH. VOLUME 22 -- PROGRESS IN ECONOMICS RESEARCH. VOLUME 22 -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: DYNAMIC INVESTOR RISK PREMIA AND RECESSIONS -- THE INVESTMENT DECISIONS OF FIRMS -- THEORETICAL DYNAMICS OF THE RISK PREMIUM -- ASSET PRICING MODELS AND THE RISK PREMIUM -- MACROECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS AND THE FAMA-FRENCH RISK PREMIA -- DISCUSSION AND INTERPRETATION -- NEW DIRECTIONS IN RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: TRANSITIONAL DYNAMICSAND WELFARE EFFECTS OF THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT/OUTPUT RATIO -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. TheEnvironment -- 3. The Equilibrium, the Calibration, the Simulation and the Government Problem -- 4. The Public Investment Policy under Alternative Tax Scenarios -- 5. Sensitivity Analysis -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendix: Solving the Dynamics -- References -- Chapter 3: CUSTOMER RELATED FACTORS IN PARTNER SELECTION, MARKET ORIENTATION, AND PERFORMANCES OF INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES IN TAIWAN -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. LITERATURE REVIEW AND HYPOTHESES -- 3. METHODS -- 4. RESULTS AND ANALYSES -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: THE CHOICE OF EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES: EVOLUTION AND DETERMINATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES: CLASSIFICATION AND EVOLUTION -- 3. DETERMINATION OF EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: MANAGING EXTERNAL VOLATILITY: CENTRAL BANK OPTIONS IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE MODEL -- 2. FISCAL AND MONETARY RULES -- 3. LINEARIZATION AND CALIBRATION -- 4. MANAGING AID SHOCKS -- 5. SHOCKS AND INTERVENTION POLICY -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 6: TRANSMISSION OF VOLATILITY AND TRADING ACTIVITY IN THE GLOBAL INTERDEALER FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET: EVIDENCE FROM ELECTRONIC BROKING SERVICES (EBS) DATA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DATA -- 3. EMPIRICAL MODELS AND EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- 4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE JOHNSON MODEL -- A TRANSFORMATION OF THE ORIGINAL JOHNSON EQUATION -- DATA -- THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS: ESTIMATE OF MODEL PARAMETERS -- A RECOVERY OF THE ANALYSIS: THE CASES OF TURKEY AND OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8: STAR-GARCH MODELS FOR STOCK MARKET INTERACTIONS IN THE PACIFIC BASIN REGION: JAPAN AND US -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. STAR MODELS -- 3. GARCH MODELS -- 4. OUTLIERS IN STAR AND GARCH MODELS -- 5. EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- 6. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9: INTEREST GROUPS AND MONETARY POLICY MANAGEMENT -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL PARTISANSHIP -- 3. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS -- 4. THE BASIC MODEL -- 5. INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS -- 6. GAME SOLUTION -- 7. PARTISANSHIP AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE -- 8. CORPORATISM -- 9. HUMP-SHAPED RELATIONSHIPS -- 10. MONETARY POLICY MANAGEMENT: THE PHILLIPS CURVE -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10: ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING APPROACHES AND MANAGEMENT INNOVATION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN THE CHINESE CONTEXT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORITICAL BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESES -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11: THE INTER INDUSTRY LINKAGES IN THE KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE 100 INDEX COMPANIES RETURNS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- 3. EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- 4. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 12: USE OF THE QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL METHOD IN ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF BRANDING ON CUSTOMER VALUE: THE ROLE OF INTERVENTION ANALYSIS IN BUSINESS SETTINGS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL BACKGROUND -- CAUSATION & CAUSAL INFERENCE -- BOX-JENKINS ARIMA, CAUSAL INFERENCES, AND THE INTRUDED TIME SERIES -- RESEARCH HYPOTHESES -- METHODOLOGY -- ANALYSIS -- LIMITATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13: CONSUMER SEARCH BEHAVIOR IN OFFLINE AND ONLINE SHOPPING ENVIRONMENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMICS OF INFORMATION THEORY -- ABSTRACT -- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- EXPERIMENT: EFFECTS OF CONSUMER EFFICIENCY ON SEARCH BEHAVIOR IN OFFLINE AND ONLINE SETTINGS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14: AN EXTENSION OF THE CONFIGURATIONAL FIT METHODOLOGY AND SUPPORT FOR A RESPECIFICATION OF MINTZBERG'S THEORY -- ABSTRACT -- MINTZBERG'S TYPOLOGY -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 15: THE IMPACT OF SELECTION-SOCIALIZATION ON THE CPA PROFESSION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT -- 3. METHODOLOGY -- 4. RESULTS -- 5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16: RISK AND RETURN IN CORPORATE JOINT VENTURING -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THEORETICAL DISCUSSION AND HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT -- 3. DATA, METHODOLOGY AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS -- 4. EMPIRICAL RESULTS AND ANALYSIS -- 5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.