This thesis investigates the factors that influence the locational choices of foreign firms investing in China and the factors that influence the level of intermediate goods produced by domestic suppliers in China. It finds that some characteristics of the domestic economy are associated with both, and that foreign enterprises? activities are particularly important in determining the output of domestic suppliers. / PhD Doctorate

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-128). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on June 11, 2009) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-98). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Santa Cruz 2003. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 143-153).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, 1987. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-407).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Maryland at College Park, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 427-462).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Northwestern University, 1986. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-326).

Thesis (Ph.D. (Econometrics))-University of Pretoria, 2005. / Abstract in English. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Este trabalho tem como tema os dilemas dos bancos centrais na condução da política monetária quando se vêem diante de bolhas de ativos mobiliários ou imobiliários. Primeiramente será apresentado o conceito teórico de bolha de acordo a tradição da hipótese dos mercados eficientes, por um lado, e segundo as visões que admitem alguma manifestação de irracionalidade/imperfeição no comportamento dos agentes participantes dos mercados financeiros (Keynes, Minsky e Finanças Comportamentais), por outro lado. Em seguida busca-se compreender o comportamento dos principais agentes econômicos no ambiente de finanças desregulamentadas, que surgiu a partir da década de 1970, bem como as vantagens e desvantagens de se adotar uma política monetária passiva diante das bolhas (como prefere a visão neoclássica convencional) ou pró-ativa (como defende a visão alternativa). Por fim, analisam-se como os agentes econômicos brasileiros se comportam nesse contexto, o potencial de geração de bolhas na economia doméstica e quais as dificuldades adicionais do Banco Central do Brasil, em relação às economias centrais, no manejo da política monetária em ambiente de bolhas de ativos. / The subject of this work are the trade-offs and challenges faced by Central Banks in the conduction of the monetary policy in the occurrence of a stock or real state bubble. In this thesis are presented the opinions of economists that believe in the random walk theory and in the efficient market hypothesis, and of those that assume some irrationality in the behavior of financial markets (Keynes, Minsky and Behavioral Finance) in respect of how Central Banks should use the monetary policy in the occurrence of bubbles. First it is showed the theoretic bubble concept under these two viewpoints. After that, the second chapter shows the behavior of main economic agents in the environment of deregulation, which emerged from the 1970s, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of adopting an either passive or active monetary policy to combat bubbles. Finally, the last chapter presents how brazilian economic agents behave in this context, the potential to generate bubbles in the domestic economy and the additional difficulties of the brazilian Central Bank in the management of monetary policy on asset bubbles environment.