Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 309-338).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Australia, 2004.

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. A.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1998. / Bibliography: leaves 146-153.

Despite considerable research on the British North American colonies and their political relationship with Britain before 1776, little is known about the administration of Nova Scotia from the perspective of Lord Halifax’s Board of Trade in London. The image that emerges from the literature is that Nova Scotia was of marginal importance to British officials, who neglected its administration. This study reintegrates Nova Scotia into the British Imperial historiography through the study of the “official mind,” to challenge this theory of neglect on three fronts: 1) civil government in Nova Scotia became an important issue during the War of the Austrian Succession; 2) The form of civil government created there after 1749 was an experiment in centralized colonial administration; 3) This experimental model of government was highly effective. This study adds nuance to our understanding of British attempts to centralize control over their overseas colonies before the American Revolution.

Despite considerable research on the British North American colonies and their political relationship with Britain before 1776, little is known about the administration of Nova Scotia from the perspective of Lord Halifax’s Board of Trade in London. The image that emerges from the literature is that Nova Scotia was of marginal importance to British officials, who neglected its administration. This study reintegrates Nova Scotia into the British Imperial historiography through the study of the “official mind,” to challenge this theory of neglect on three fronts: 1) civil government in Nova Scotia became an important issue during the War of the Austrian Succession; 2) The form of civil government created there after 1749 was an experiment in centralized colonial administration; 3) This experimental model of government was highly effective. This study adds nuance to our understanding of British attempts to centralize control over their overseas colonies before the American Revolution.

Despite considerable research on the British North American colonies and their political relationship with Britain before 1776, little is known about the administration of Nova Scotia from the perspective of Lord Halifax’s Board of Trade in London. The image that emerges from the literature is that Nova Scotia was of marginal importance to British officials, who neglected its administration. This study reintegrates Nova Scotia into the British Imperial historiography through the study of the “official mind,” to challenge this theory of neglect on three fronts: 1) civil government in Nova Scotia became an important issue during the War of the Austrian Succession; 2) The form of civil government created there after 1749 was an experiment in centralized colonial administration; 3) This experimental model of government was highly effective. This study adds nuance to our understanding of British attempts to centralize control over their overseas colonies before the American Revolution.

Este trabalho buscou entender o prêmio de exportação da soja em grão no porto de Paranaguá, seu mecanismo de formação, padrão sazonal, as principais variáveis responsáveis pelas oscilações diárias e mensais, bem como determinar qual contrato futuro da bolsa de Chicago e prêmio (preços FOB) estão mais relacionados com os preços internos. Para tanto, foram levantadas através da literatura e entrevistas as variáveis potencialmente significativas para explicar as variações do prêmio de exportação da soja em grão. Adicionalmente foram calculadas séries de preços FOB, que foram posteriormente relacionadas com os preços da soja no mercado interno. Através de testes de causalidade foram definidas as principais variáveis explicativas do prêmio. Estas variáveis foram relacionadas ao prêmio através de regressões lineares, utilizando-se dados diários e mensais. O mesmo procedimento foi utilizado para definir a série de preço de exportação mais relacionada com o preço doméstico da soja. Para cada série foi realizado o teste de raiz unitária, objetivando-se verificar a estacionariedade das séries. As variáveis que apresentaram relação causal com o prêmio da soja em grão são: o prêmio do grão defasado, o prêmio do óleo, o prêmio do farelo e o percentual exportado através do porto de Paranaguá para a Europa e Ásia. Estas variáveis apresentaram-se positivamente relacionadas com o prêmio, isto é, uma elevação nas variáveis explicativas tende a elevar a variável dependente (prêmio do grão). Por outro lado, o preço interno do farelo, chuva no porto, estoques no Brasil, na Argentina e nos Estados Unidos são negativamente relacionados ao prêmio, isto é, a elevação dessas variáveis tende a reduzir o prêmio. Os fretes internacionais, tendo como proxy o preço internacional do petróleo, a taxa de câmbio e as cotações da bolsa de Chicago não apresentaram relação causal com o prêmio de exportação da soja em grão. Os resultados mostram também que a relação entre as séries de preços de exportação (FOB) e o preço interno da soja é unicausal, com sentido do preço de exportação para o preço interno. Os preços FOB referenciados nos contratos para o primeiro vencimento da bolsa de Chicago apresentaram a maior elasticidade de transmissão de preços, sendo estes os preços de exportação mais bem relacionados com o preço interno da soja. / This research analyzed the formation process of the Brazilian soybeans export premiums at Paranaguá port, Paraná, including its seasonal behavior and effects of the main related variables. This study determined which future contract in the Chicago Board of Trade and export premium (which results in the price received by exporters - Free on Board Price) is closest to domestic prices. The analysis was accomplished with daily data from 1996 to 2002 and monthly data from 1993 to 2002. Variables potentially relevant were raised through literature review and interviews with exporters, importers and brokers. The effects of these variables were submitted to causality tests, being related to export premiums through linear regression models, using daily and monthly data. The same procedure was used to determine the FOB price most related to internal ones. In order to verify whether the variables are stationary, the series were submitted to Unit Root Tests. The variables that presented causal relationship with the export premium are: soybeans premiums lags, soy-oil premiums, soy-meal premiums and the percentage of exports to Europe and Asia through Paranaguá Port. These variables are positively related to the soybeans premiums, that is, an increase in these independent variables led the premium to rise. Soy-meal domestic price, rain intensity in Paranaguá port, inventories in Brazil, Argentina and United States are all negatively related to the soybeans premiums. On the other hand, international petroleum prices (as a proxy to international freights), exchange rate and CBOT prices did not present causal relationships with soybeans premiums. Results show that export (FOB) prices cause domestics prices. FOB prices referred to first contracts at CBOT showed the largest elasticity of price transmission and, therefore, the strongest relationship with soybeans Brazilian prices.

Este trabalho buscou entender o prêmio de exportação da soja em grão no porto de Paranaguá, seu mecanismo de formação, padrão sazonal, as principais variáveis responsáveis pelas oscilações diárias e mensais, bem como determinar qual contrato futuro da bolsa de Chicago e prêmio (preços FOB) estão mais relacionados com os preços internos. Para tanto, foram levantadas através da literatura e entrevistas as variáveis potencialmente significativas para explicar as variações do prêmio de exportação da soja em grão. Adicionalmente foram calculadas séries de preços FOB, que foram posteriormente relacionadas com os preços da soja no mercado interno. Através de testes de causalidade foram definidas as principais variáveis explicativas do prêmio. Estas variáveis foram relacionadas ao prêmio através de regressões lineares, utilizando-se dados diários e mensais. O mesmo procedimento foi utilizado para definir a série de preço de exportação mais relacionada com o preço doméstico da soja. Para cada série foi realizado o teste de raiz unitária, objetivando-se verificar a estacionariedade das séries. As variáveis que apresentaram relação causal com o prêmio da soja em grão são: o prêmio do grão defasado, o prêmio do óleo, o prêmio do farelo e o percentual exportado através do porto de Paranaguá para a Europa e Ásia. Estas variáveis apresentaram-se positivamente relacionadas com o prêmio, isto é, uma elevação nas variáveis explicativas tende a elevar a variável dependente (prêmio do grão). Por outro lado, o preço interno do farelo, chuva no porto, estoques no Brasil, na Argentina e nos Estados Unidos são negativamente relacionados ao prêmio, isto é, a elevação dessas variáveis tende a reduzir o prêmio. Os fretes internacionais, tendo como proxy o preço internacional do petróleo, a taxa de câmbio e as cotações da bolsa de Chicago não apresentaram relação causal com o prêmio de exportação da soja em grão. Os resultados mostram também que a relação entre as séries de preços de exportação (FOB) e o preço interno da soja é unicausal, com sentido do preço de exportação para o preço interno. Os preços FOB referenciados nos contratos para o primeiro vencimento da bolsa de Chicago apresentaram a maior elasticidade de transmissão de preços, sendo estes os preços de exportação mais bem relacionados com o preço interno da soja. / This research analyzed the formation process of the Brazilian soybeans export premiums at Paranaguá port, Paraná, including its seasonal behavior and effects of the main related variables. This study determined which future contract in the Chicago Board of Trade and export premium (which results in the price received by exporters - Free on Board Price) is closest to domestic prices. The analysis was accomplished with daily data from 1996 to 2002 and monthly data from 1993 to 2002. Variables potentially relevant were raised through literature review and interviews with exporters, importers and brokers. The effects of these variables were submitted to causality tests, being related to export premiums through linear regression models, using daily and monthly data. The same procedure was used to determine the FOB price most related to internal ones. In order to verify whether the variables are stationary, the series were submitted to Unit Root Tests. The variables that presented causal relationship with the export premium are: soybeans premiums lags, soy-oil premiums, soy-meal premiums and the percentage of exports to Europe and Asia through Paranaguá Port. These variables are positively related to the soybeans premiums, that is, an increase in these independent variables led the premium to rise. Soy-meal domestic price, rain intensity in Paranaguá port, inventories in Brazil, Argentina and United States are all negatively related to the soybeans premiums. On the other hand, international petroleum prices (as a proxy to international freights), exchange rate and CBOT prices did not present causal relationships with soybeans premiums. Results show that export (FOB) prices cause domestics prices. FOB prices referred to first contracts at CBOT showed the largest elasticity of price transmission and, therefore, the strongest relationship with soybeans Brazilian prices.

This thesis investigates the emergence and establishment of an early public monitoring system of the Swedish economy prior to the First World War. The study relies on a careful examination of the source materials with the view to map why and how the monitoring of the Swedish economy emerged, who demanded it, how the public supervision of the economy was organised and administrated and the results of the efforts. The common driving force was an increasing political interest in Sweden and elsewhere over the labour issue towards the end of the nineteenth century. In fact, the establishment of the monitoring system of the Swedish economy was largely the result of a broader international statistical respons to the labour question by the end of that century. The emergence of a public monitoring of the economy was driven by a general need for measuring the effect of industrialisation on the labour market, especially the growing problems with episodes of involuntary unemployment in the industrialised countries towards the end of the century. The thesis is divided in two parts with a total of ten chapters. It is written within a traditional narrative structure, that is, the beginning, the middle and the end. The first part examines the emergence of the surveillance of the labour market and consists of three chapters according to the narrative structure covering the period 1893-1913. The second part consists of three chapters that investigate the establishment of a monthly economic survey of the Swedish economy between 1910 and 1914, structured in the same way as the part one. The establishment of this early public monitoring of the Swedish economy should be regarded as a forerunner of the National Institute of Economic Research (Konjunkturinstitutet) 1937.