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Regulatory transparency in multilateral agreements controlling exports of tropical timber, e-waste and conflict diamonds
Wolfe, Robert; Baddeley, Shane - 2012
Export restrictions can be problematic if trading partners question either their conformity with international obligations or their possibly unintended negative impacts on others. Regulatory transparency can help. This paper examines how three multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009684779
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Wars and conflicts in the Sahara-Sahel
Walther, Olivier J. - 2017
The Sahel and the Sahara are faced with exceptional political instability involving a combination of rebellions, jihadist insurgencies, coups d’état, protest movements and illegal trafficking. The backdrop to this accumulated violence is a globalised security environment, which blurs the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730180
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Public support for UN missions and attacks on peacekeepers : evidence from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Giray, Burak - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 28 (2022) 4, pp. 305-332
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013553560
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Trade and Investment under Policy Uncertainty: Theory and Firm Evidence
Handley, Kyle; Limão, Nuno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We provide theoretical and empirical evidence that policy uncertainty can significantly affect firm level investment … and entry decisions in the context of international trade. When market entry costs are sunk, policy uncertainty can create … dynamic, heterogeneous firms model we show that: (i) investment and entry into export markets is reduced when trade policy is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083993
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Energy and Climate Change in China
Carraro, Carlo; Massetti, Emanuele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper examines future energy and emissions scenarios in China generated by the Integrated Assessment Model WITCH. A Business-as-Usual scenario is compared with five scenarios in which Greenhouse Gases emissions are taxed, at different levels. The elasticity of China’s emissions is...
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What determines the world heritage list? : an econometric analysis
Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo; Steiner, Lasse - 2011 - This version 22 Nov 2010
The official intention of the UNESCO World Heritage List is to protect the global heritage. However, the existing List is highly imbalanced according to countries and continents. Historical reasons, such as historical GDP, population, and number of years of high civilization, have a significant...
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Europe at the crossroads of the COVID-19 crisis : integrated macroeconomic policy solutions for an asymmetric area
Mendonça, António; Sousa-Vale, Sofia de - In: New challenges for the eurozone governance : joint …, (pp. 45-67). 2021
considered. First, the need for a change in the economic policy concerning the recovery, from a supply-push to a demand …-pull orientation, supported on a fiscal and monetary policy mix, integrated within a comprehensive macroeconomic approach. Second, we … examine the need for a shift in external relations towards a more global integration-oriented policy, with the euro area …
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Bubble thy neighbor : portfolio effects and externalities from capital controls
Forbes, Kristin; Fratzscher, Marcel; Kostka, Thomas; … - 2012
We use changes in Brazil's tax on capital inflows from 2006 to 2011 to test for direct portfolio effects and externalities from capital controls on investor portfolios. The analysis is structured based on information from investor interviews. We find that an increase in Brazil's tax on foreign...
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What really ails the Eurozone? : faulty supranational architecture
Razin, Asaf; Rosenfielde, Steven - In: Contemporary economics 6 (2012) 4, pp. 10-18
and Spain, indulged in excessive deficit spending, financially deregulated, and rapidly expanded credit. Policy responses …
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Reflections on the Eurozone’s challenges
Götz, Marta - In: Contemporary economics 7 (2013) 4, pp. 5-24
This paper considers the primary challenges faced by the Eurozone and caused by the 2008+ crisis. It suggests that one should distinguish among institutional, conceptual (model/paradigm) and real economic challenges. As a factor that influences progress in other areas, the latter topic is a...
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