This paper is concerned with the saddle-path stability of monetary growth rules in a two-country two-sector dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model. Alongside standard features of emerging economies, such as a combination of producer and local currency pricing for exports, fiscal dominance and oil exports, this model also incorporates informal labour and production sectors and examines how...

in literature about inflation targeting, main factor is interest rate. in new surveys, price of some assets as housing is important in inflation targeting. iran inflation targeting is based on money changes and is not based on interest rate and housing price. in this paper, we want to survey problems of wrong policy of iran policy makers. we reveal that, using rate of deposit profit and growth ...

background global health policy is created largely through a collaborative process between development agencies and aid-recipient governments, yet it remains unclear whether governments retain ownership over the creation of policy in their own countries. an assessment of the power structure in this relationship and its influence over agenda-setting is thus the first step towards understanding ...

In most of the literatures on two-warehouse inventory decision models, the last-in-first-out (LIFO) dispatching policy has always been assumed. This presumption, however, is not in line with the actual practice of most business entities. To enhance the freshness of merchandise or goods, businesses commonly follow the first-in-first-out procedure (FIFO). This inconsistency forms the base and mai...

In his paper “Should the two-headed disk be greedy? Yes, it should” Hofri defined a “greedy policy” as follows. Assuming that the range of disk addresses is [OJ], a request at location x is served by the closest arm while the other arm jockeys to a new position, z, where z = (1/3)x or z = 2/3 +x/3 depending on whether x is larger or smaller than l/2. Hofri proved that this policy minimizes the ...

The theme of this article focuses on how policy discourse and research discourse meet in contract research in higher education. The interplay of these discourses has con'sequences for researchers who have to balarlce conflicting demands, which we view as links between research and policy cycles. Two evaluation studies on the introduction and effects of new policy instruments are discussed, focu...

OBJECTIVE To examine the differences in exposure to food marketing on television between English children in Ontario, and French and English children in Quebec as each group is influenced by different advertising policies. METHODS In total, 428 children aged 10-12 completed television viewing diaries for 7 days. During the same week, 32 television stations were recorded between 6 am and 12 am...