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This book demonstrates that there is sufficient evidence on the Nigerian economy and society to inform many policy …
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range of macro policy issues that will impact the economy and markets in the years ahead. The primary goal of this book is …
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We use a new dataset on non-resource GDP to examine the performance of commodity-exporting countries in terms of macroeconomic stability and economic growth in a panel of up to 129 countries during the period 1970-2007. Our main findings are threefold. First, we find that overall government...
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We develop a simple estimation procedure for general equilibrium (GE) comparative static analysis of gravity models. Non-linear solvers of estimated models are replaced by (constrained) regressions. Applied economists can more readily generate results, with more intuition about the working of...
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This paper presents a meta-analysis of recent microeconometric evaluations of active labor market policies. Our sample consists of 199 program estimates drawn from 97 studies conducted between 1995 and 2007. In about one-half of these cases we have both a short-term impact estimate (for a...
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global political economy, Asian economic development and East Asian studies will find this book a fresh and invaluable …
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economies’ has been widely used to refer to the high-growth economies, and includes China, India, Mongolia and Vietnam. In this …
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volume in the series International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE). This series consists of an annual volume with a single … Political Economy. …
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This paper provides a comprehensive empirical assessment of the relation between the cyclicality of fiscal policy, output volatility, and economic growth, using a large cross-section of 88 countries over the period 1960 to 2004. Identification of the effects of (endogenous) cyclical fiscal...
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This book is the thirteenth volume in the International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) series which explores the … latest developments in political economy. A collection of eight papers, the book concentrates on the deregulation of domestic … crisis. Scholars and students with an interest in political economy, financialisation, and economic performance will find …
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