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The Monetary Policy in the System of State Regulation of the Indian Economy

open access: yesVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2015
The main task of this research is the analysis of India's monetary policy and its place in the system of state regulation of the economy. The article highlights the main directions of the Indian monetary policy in 1990-2000s aiming to raise ...
N. V. Galistcheva
doaj   +5 more sources

Effects of electronic markets on prices, spikes in prices, and price dispersion: A case study of the tea market in India

open access: yesAgribusiness, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 1117-1138, Fall 2023., 2023
Abstract Buyers and sellers in developing countries are often restricted from accessing distant markets by asymmetric price information and costly searches. Electronic marketplaces can reduce transaction costs and improve market performance. This study uses monthly panel data from 2000 to 2017 and applies a fixed effects approach using Driscoll and ...
Pallavi Rajkhowa, Lukas Kornher
wiley   +1 more source

Exchange rates and macroeconomic fundamentals: Evidence of instabilities from time‐varying factor loadings

open access: yesJournal of Applied Econometrics, Volume 38, Issue 6, Page 857-877, September/October 2023., 2023
Summary We examine the relationship between exchange rates and macroeconomic fundamentals using a two‐step maximum likelihood estimator through which we compute time‐varying factor loadings. Factors are obtained as principal components, extracted from vintage macro‐datasets that combine FRED‐MD and OECD databases. Using 14 currencies over 1990–2021, we
Eric Hillebrand   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monetary integration and purchasing power parity between Singapore and Britain during the 19th century

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the development of purchasing power parity between Singapore and Britain during the 19th century. Using new monthly data from 1831 to 1872, it finds that real exchange rates became more stable after the late 1850s. This convergence was supported by growing connections in international bullion markets, which reduced exchange
Atsushi Kobayashi
wiley   +1 more source

China inside out: Explaining silver flows in the triangular trade, c. 1820s‒70s

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper analyses a new large dataset of silver prices, as well as silver and merchandise trade flows in and out of China in the crucial decades of the mid‐nineteenth century when the Empire was opened to world trade. Silver flows were associated with the interaction between heterogeneous monetary preferences and availability of specific ...
Alejandra Irigoin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Between famine and freedom: Food prices during the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945–9

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how the Indonesian War of Independence (1945‒9) influenced staple food prices, and how fluctuations in those prices, in turn, shaped the trajectory and dynamics of the conflict. We compiled a dataset comprising more than 8600 prices for staple foods covering the entire Indonesian archipelago from 1939‒49, allowing us to
Ingrid de Zwarte   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond National Currency: The Plurality of Early Modern Money

open access: yesHistory Compass, Volume 24, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Diversity in money leaps at historians of early modern societies, whether they analyse account books, legal documents, travelogues and diaries, or try to make sense of a sum casually mentioned in a source from the period. The plurality of money objects contrasts with the homogeneous, singular currencies imposed by nation‐states in the 19th and
Sebastian Felten
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Social Responsibility and Wages in the Global Apparel Supply Chain

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 4655-4670, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Through corporate codes of conduct, apparel companies seek to ensure that basic labor rights and standards are upheld in their global supply chains. Wages, a key subject in corporate codes, have received less attention in part due to the difficulty of accessing firm‐level wage data from suppliers.
Jinsun Bae, Sarosh Kuruvilla
wiley   +1 more source

Optimization‐Based Energy Management for Grid‐Connected Photovoltaic–Battery Systems in Smart Grids Using Demand Response and Particle Swarm Optimization

open access: yesEngineering Reports, Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2025.
An optimized energy management system using Particle Swarm Optimization significantly improves cost‐efficiency and battery stability in grid‐connected PV‐BESS smart grids. The proposed method outperforms linear programming and demonstrates robust performance under variable weather conditions, supporting reliable renewable integration and demand ...
Subhasis Panda   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Edmund Burke, Parliamentary Reform, and ‘Nabob’ Influence: a Novel Argument

open access: yesParliamentary History, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 233-249, June 2025.
Abstract Edmund Burke steadfastly opposed parliamentary reform throughout his career, a stance well‐established in the realm of Burkean studies. However, the nuanced motivations underlying his position have not been thoroughly investigated. Specifically, the partisan dimensions influencing Burke's opposition to reform, rooted not in lofty moral or ...
Ioannis Chountis
wiley   +1 more source

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