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Financial sector development in Brunei Darussalam : depth, acces, and efficiency : a comparative analysis

Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; Bhattacharyay, Madhurima - 2022

Financial sector development plays an important role in promoting economic growth and welfare of the citizen of a country. On the other hand, financial sector instability or vulnerability, can adversely affect the economic growth and cause major disruptions in the country. This paper examines...

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Towards a macroprudential surveillance and remedial policy formulation system for monitoring financial crisis

Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2009

Several developing economies witnessed a large number of systemic financial and currency crises since the 1980s which resulted in severe economic, social, and political problems. The devastating impact of the 1982 and 1994-95 Mexican crises, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the 1998 Russian...

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Early warning system for economic and financial risks in Kazakhstan

Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; Dlugosch, Dennis; Kolb, Benedikt - 2009

composite indicators for the real economy, the banking sector, the overall financial sector and finally the international …

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Economy wide impact of the trade integration between Japan and India : a computable general equilibrium analysis

Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; Mukhopadhyay, Kakali - 2013

, the study evaluates the economy wide impact of the proposed CEPA between India and Japan at 2020. The study has used a … leaks) in Japan in March 2011 will have short-term negative impacts on the economy but is unlikely to affect the expected … gains from CEPA between India and Japan. The short negative impact may be significant but in the long-run Japanese economy …

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Thinking of incentivizing care? : the effect of demand subsidies on informal caregiving and intergenerational transfers

Costa-Font, Joan; Jiménez-Martín, Sergi; Vilaplana … - 2016

We still know little about what motivates the informal care arrangements provided in old age. The introduction of demand-side subsidies such as unconditional caregiving allowances (cash benefits designed either to incentivize the provision of informal care, or compensate for the loss of...

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More than a ban on smoking? : behavioural spillovers of smoking bans in the workplace

Costa-Font, Joan; Salmasi, Luca; Zaccagni, Sarah - 2022

Are workplace smoking bans (WSBs) more than a ban on smoking? We study whether WSBs influence smoking cessation and exert behavioural spillover effects on (i) a set of health behaviours, and (ii) on individuals not directly affected by the bans. Drawing upon quasi-experimental evidence from...

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The "welcomed lockdown" hypothesis : when do mobility restrictions influence mental wellbeing?

Costa-Font, Joan; Knapp, Martin; Vilaplana Prieto, Cristina - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic and its mobility restrictions have been an external shock, influencing wellbeing. However, does risk exposure affect the welfare effect of lockdowns? This paper examines the 'welcomed lockdown' hypothesis, namely the extent to which there is a level of risk where mobility...

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Caring for carers? : the effect of public subsidies on the wellbeing of unpaid carers

Costa-Font, Joan; D'Amico, Francesco; Vilaplana Prieto, … - 2022

We study the effect of long-term care (LTC) subsidies and supports on the wellbeing of unpaid caregivers. We draw on evidence from a policy intervention, that universalized previously means-tested caregiving supports in Scotland, known as free personal care (FPC). We document causal evidence of...

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Does pharmaceutical price regulation affect the adoption of generic competition? : evidence from the OECD, 1999-2008

Varol, Nebibe; Costa-Font, Joan; McGuire, Alistair - 2011

Generic competition in the pharmaceutical market is an effective cost-containment mechanism that improves static efficiency and stimulates pharmaceutical innovation. There is no prior study that has empirically analysed the relative delays in adoption of generic competition. This paper aims to...

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Divided we survive? : multi-level governance and policy uncertainty during the first wave of Covid-19

Angelici, Marta; Berta, Paolo; Costa-Font, Joan; … - 2021

We compare health system responses to the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy and Spain. In both countries, healthcare is managed at the regional level, but the central government behaved differently in the uncertainty surrounding the first wave, leaving more autonomy to regional...

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