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A Gem for Streamlined Dynamic CGE Analysis : Structure, Interface, Data, and Macro Application

Cicowiez, Martin - 2018

This paper provides an overview, macro application, and detailed documentation of GEM-Core, a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model designed for medium- and long-run policy analysis. GEM stands for General Equilibrium Model. GEM-Core can address the issues that typically are...

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Latin American Growth : A Trade Perspective

de la Torre, Augusto - 2019

This paper reviews the determinants of Latin America's uneven growth based on an accounting decomposition that breaks down countries' growth (relative to the world) into three trade-related channels: (i) an export pull measuring the traction exerted by the country's exports, (ii) an external...

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International Trade and Inclusive Growth : A Primer for Busy Policy Analysts

Lederman, Daniel - 2017

This note provides two analytical frameworks for understanding the role of trade in promoting inclusive growth in developing economies. A working definition of inclusive growth focuses on long-term, sustained growth associated with productivity growth and employment opportunities for broad...

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Illicit Activity and Money Laundering from an Economic Growth Perspective : A Model and an Application to Colombia

Villa, Edgar - 2017

econometric estimates of the volume of laundered assets in the Colombian economy. In the model, the licit sector operates in a … to the economy but only redistributes wealth (for example robbery, kidnapping, and fraud). The paper provides a series of … laundered assets in the Colombian economy in the period 1985 to 2013. The paper assembles a data set whose key components are …

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How Natural are Natural Monopolies in the Water Supply and Sewerage Sector? Case Studies from Developing and Transition Economies

Nauges, Céline - 2016

economies in the water industry in four countries (Brazil, Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam) that differ substantially in economic … find evidence of economies of scale in Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam, implying the existence of a natural monopoly. In … customer density in Moldova and Vietnam. The results of this study show that the cost structure of the water and wastewater …

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Do Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills Explain the Gender Wage Gap in Middle-Income Countries? An Analysis Using Step Data

Tognatta, Namrata - 2017

Gender-based wage discrimination is a highly researched area of labor economics. However, most studies on this topic have focused on schooling and paid limited attention to the mechanisms through which cognitive and noncognitive skills influence wages. This paper uses data from adults in seven...

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Digital Trade in MENA : Regulatory Readiness Assessment

Daza Jaller, Lillyana Sophia - 2020

and North Africa region is falling behind in establishing a modern governance framework for the digital economy. The …

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Traders' Dilemma : Developing Countries' Response to Trade Disputes

Devarajan, Shantayanan - 2018

If trade tensions between the United States and certain trading partners escalate into a full-blown trade war, what should developing countries do? Using a global, general-equilibrium model, this paper first simulates the effects of an increase in U.S. tariffs on imports from all regions to...

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The Heterogeneous Effects of Trade Policy Uncertainty : How Much Do Trade Commitments Boost Trade?

Osnago, Alberto - 2018

This paper studies the effects of trade policy uncertainty on the extensive and intensive margins of trade for a sample of 65 exporters at the Harmonized System six-digit level. The paper measures trade policy uncertainty as the gap between binding tariff commitments under trade agreements...

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The Empirical Landscape of Trade Policy

Bown, Chad P. - 2018

concludes that substantial trade policy barriers remain as an important feature of the world economy …

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