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Trade, Foreign Exchange, and Energy Policies in the Islamic Republic of Iran : Reform Agenda, Economic Implications, and Impact on the Poor
Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David - 2013
The Islamic Republic of Iran has committed itself to substantial trade and market reform in its Third Five-Year Development Plan. It started out with nontariff barriers on all products, a dual exchange rate regime with the market rate more than four times the official rate, and domestic energy...
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Economic policy uncertainty and trade : does export sophistication matter?
Yayi, Constant L. - In: Applied economics 56 (2024) 2, pp. 169-185
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Trade, Regulations, and Growth
Bolaky, Bineswaree; Freund, Caroline - 2013
Trade does not stimulate growth in economies with excessive business and labor regulations. The authors examine the effect of openness on growth using cross-country regressions in both levels and changes. Results from the levels regressions imply that increased openness is associated with a...
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Does human capital constrain the impact of foreign direct investment and remittances on economic growth in Ghana?
Agbola, Frank Wogbe - In: Applied economics 45 (2013) 19/21, pp. 2853-2862
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Foreign aid, terrorism and growth : conditional evidence from quantile regression
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Biekpe, Nicholas - 2018
In this study, we investigate the role of development assistance in reducing a hypothetically negative impact of terrorism on economic growth, using a panel of 78 developing nations with data for the period 1984-2008. The empirical evidence is based on interactive Quantile regressions. Domestic,...
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The role of exports, FDI and imports in development : evidence from sub-Saharan African countries
Ahmed, Abdullahi Dahir; Cheng, Enjiang; Messinis, George - In: Applied economics 43 (2011) 25/27, pp. 3719-3731
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Trade and FDI thresholds of CO2 emissions for a green economy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020
beneficial in promoting a green economy for the first and second sample, respectively. Fourth, FDI is beneficial for the green … economy below critical masses of 28.571 of Net FDI inflows (% of GDP) and 33.333 of net FDI inflows (% of GDP) for first and … promoting the green economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. …
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On the determinant of financial development in Africa : geography, institutions and macroeconomic policy relevance
Adekunle, Ibrahim A.; Yinusa, Olumuyiwa Ganiyu; … - 2021
While it is clear that financial depth and economic diversity are prerequisites for the realisation of growth and development objectives, heterogeneous factors that determines financial development remains imperfectly understood. This ambiguity in the structural relations between varied...
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Indigenous and Colonial Origins of Comparative Economic Development : The Case of Colonial India and Africa
Bayly, C. A. - 2012
This paper concerns the institutional origins of economic development, emphasizing the cases of nineteenth-century India and Africa. Colonial institutions-the law, western style property rights, newspapers and statistical analysis-played an important part in the emergence of Indian public and...
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Commercial policy and the brain drain
Berger, Mark C. - In: Applied economics 19 (1987) 2, pp. 143-153
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