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As at today, it is an indisputable fact that the climate is changing and there is a scientific consensus that the world is becoming a warmer place principally attributable to human activities. Regrettably, the physical impacts of future climate change on humans and the environment will include...
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Burundi, a small fragile economy, went through sporadic civil war since its independence in 1962 during which rampant insecurity had adverse impact on the country’s social and economic development. While Burundi is agriculturally rich, high rate of growth of rural population places...
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So far no existing study has analyzed what determines people’s trust in the IMF, the World Bank, and the WTO even though – in the absence of democratic accountability – this is one of the few ways to assess the legitimacy of these institutions. This study is intended to fill this gap in...
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China’s economic rise has transformed the global economy in a number of manufacturing industries. This paper … investigates whether China’s transformative influence extends to the new green economy. Drawing on the debate about how China is … already visible, other influences are beginning to be felt – arising from China’s coordination, innovation and financing power. …
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compounded by various regulatory and institutional factors in China. It is also compounded by the fact that the government has …-think these approaches as ways to stimulate innovation in China. …
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In this study, we examine the wealth effects of regulatory changes intended to improve corporate governance by protecting minority shareholders from expropriation by controlling shareholders. Using data from publicly traded Chinese firms, we find that these new regulations significantly...
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domestic technology diffusion. I identify four de facto research centers in China and investigate whether the effect of R …
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This paper analyzes the impact of Research and Development (R&D) on the productivity of China's high technology … differences across three major regions in China, we use a novel semiparametric approach that allows us to model heterogeneities …
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China’s policy-makers argued that WTO accession and the accompanying trade liberalization would have a beneficial … impact on the domestic economy. China’s import tariffs differed tremendously across industry in the earlier years, but …
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enforcement of patent rights in China that hamper patent quality. These range from inadequate review systems to requirements and … practices that generally weaken the efficiency and effectiveness of the patent enforcement environment, which in-turn ultimately … somewhat discourage building of quality patents and related innovation in China. …
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