Armington Elasticities for Brazil - 1986-2002: New Estimates

Price and income elasticities of demand for red meat in iran 1959-1986

Dengue viruses in Brazil, 1986-2006.

A total of 4,243,049 dengue cases have been reported in Brazil between 1981 and 2006, including 5,817 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS) and a total of 338 fatal cases. Although all Brazilian regions have been affected, the Northeast and Southeast regions have registered the highest number of notifications. DENV-1 and DENV-4 were isolated for the first time in the...

Meta-Regression Estimates for CGE Models: A Case Study for Input Substitution Elasticities in Production Agriculture

The selection of appropriate parameters for computable general equilibrium (CGE) models critically affects the results of applied economic modeling exercises. Valid and reliable parameter selection models are needed, and typically comprise direct estimation, expert opinion, or copycatting of results from seminal studies. The purpose of this study is to use meta-analysis to summarize and more ac...

A Bayesian Exploration of the Relationship Between Crime and Unemployment in New Zealand for the Time Period: 1986-2002

Traditionally, crime-unemployment studies focus on providing inference towards demonstrating causality. However, a definitive model of the complex crime unemployment nexus which can explain the relationship for any given geographical domain, social grouping or economic jurisdiction in any time period has not yet been constructed. Rather than attempting to explain the crime/unemployment relation...

Transit Price Elasticities and Cross - Elasticities

This paper summarizes price elasticities and cross elasticities for use in public transit planning. It describes how elasticities are used, and summarizes previous research on transit elasticities. Commonly used transit elasticity values are largely based on studies of shortand medium-run impacts performed decades ago when real incomes where lower and a larger portion of the population was tran...