Economic Integration and Unemployment in Mercosur

For the 11 Th . Minerva Program Economic Integration of Mercosur

Fiscal Policy, Economic Integration and Unemployment

In this paper fiscal policy is examined for an open economy characterised by unemployment due to efficiency wages. We allow for capital and firm mobility in a model where the government chooses the level of wage, source-based capital and profit taxation. The taxing choices of governments are analyzed in scenarios which differ with respect to the constraints imposed on the set of available taxes...

economic optimization and energy consumption in tray dryers

دراین پروژه به بررسی مدل سازی خشک کردن مواد غذایی با استفاده از هوای خشک در خشک کن آزمایشگاهی نوع سینی دار پرداخته شده است. برای آنالیز انتقال رطوبت در طی خشک شدن به طریق جابجایی، یک مدل لایه نازک برای انتقال رطوبت، مبتنی بر معادله نفوذ فیک در نظر گفته شده است که شامل انتقال همزمان جرم و انرژی بین فاز جامد و گاز می باشد. پروفایل دما و رطوبت برای سه نوع ماده غذایی شامل سیب زمینی، سیب و موز در طی...

Unemployment and Economic Welfare

David Andolfatto is a professor of economics at the the University of Waterloo and the University of Western Ontario. Paul Gomme is an economic advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Both authors are members of the Centre for Research on Economic Fluctuations and Employment in Montreal, Canada. They thank LutzAlexander Busch, Gordon Myers, and Ed Nosal for helpful comments and critic...

Price Integration in MERCOSUR Countries: A Fractional Cointegration Analysis

This paper examines price integration in the MERCOSUR countries of Argentina and Brazil after the creation of this regional economic agreement using a fractional cointegration analysis. The results suggest that Argentine wheat and corn prices are fully cointegrated with the corresponding world prices, whereas Brazilian wheat prices are not cointegrated with the world price. These results suppor...