INTRODUCTION The effect of the crust on the reflected compressional wave P P has been studied extensively by Gutenberg and Richter (1935), Mei (1943), Byerly et al (1949), and Papazachos (1964). Most of the quantitative work in these studies has involved determination of the amplitude ratio P P / P or the variation in the angle of incidence. Although Gutenberg and Richter attempted to investiga...

This paper reassessed the hedging properties of four major safe-haven currencies (US dollar, Swiss franc, euro, yen) in international stock portfolios covering most representative world macroeconomic areas. The main contribution to existing literature is emphasis on optimal and asset-allocation strategies. A further distinguishing feature an accurate comparison, inside a multivariate framework,...

It has been argued that the institutions of the CFA Franc zone may have reduced in°ation but that they also induced misalignment of the real exchange rate and that this is the explanation for their dismal revenue performance. This paper uses a panel of 22 countries in sub-Saharan Africa to estimate revenue performance over the period from 1980 to 1996. It ¯nds that the poor cumulative relative ...

Abstract This paper analyzes the exchange rate pass-through to consumer prices for 85 categories of goods and services in Switzerland. The estimates are computed using a synthetic difference-in-differences approach that exploits large Swiss franc appreciation followed unexpected removal franc-Euro floor January 2015. overall 1-year all-items is 0.12, which shows highly incomplete. There an impo...

Transparent Conducting Oxides in the ZnO-In2O3-SnO2 System Cathleen A. Hoel, Thomas O. Mason, Jean-Franc-ois Gaillard, and Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier* Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, Department ofMaterials Science andEngineering, NorthwesternUniversity, 2220CampusDrive, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3108, and Department of Civil and E...

Franc J.G.M. Klaassen, PhD (1) and Prof. Jan R. Magnus, PhD (2) 1. Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 11, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-205254191, Fax: +31-20-5254254. E-mail: [email protected]. 2. CentER for Economic Research, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-13-4663092, Fax: +31-134663066. E-mail: magnus@u...