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Measuring Top Incomes and lnequality in the Middle East: Data Limitations and Illustration with the Case of Egypt

Alvaredo, Facundo; Piketty, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

East, with special emphasis to the case of Egypt. It has been noted that high inequality might have contributed to the Arab … income shares in a country like Egypt(or in other Middle East countries). One would need reliable fiscal sources in order to …

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Did Muhammad Ali Foster Industrialization in Early 19th Century Egypt?

Panza, Laura; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Muhammad Ali, who ruled Egypt between 1805 and 1849, intervened in Egyptian markets in an attempt to foster … Egyptian history than from other poor countries at that time since Egypt faced the same terms of trade boom typical of most …

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Macroinsurance for Microenterprises: A Randomized Experiment in Post-Revolution Egypt

McKenzie, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

conduct a randomized experiment in post-revolution Egypt to measure the impact of insuring microenterprises against …

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Trade Integration with Europe, Export Diversification and Economic Growth in Egypt

Dessus, Sébastien; Suwa Eisenmann, Akiko - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

Egypt needs to diversify exports further in order to emerge from its isolation and to draw the maximum advantage from …

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An Egypt-United States Free Trade Agreement: Economic Incentives and Effects

Hoekman, Bernard; Konan, Denise; Maskus, Keith - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper explores the economic impact of a free trade agreement (FTA) between Egypt and the United States, assuming … that Egypt implements both the recently agreed Arab League FTA and a Partnership Agreement with the European Union. An … Egypt-United States agreement would improve Egypt’s economic welfare. Gains would be maximized if the agreement were to …

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Effective Protection and Investment Incentives in Egypt and Jordan During the Transition to Free Trade with Europe

Djankov, Simeon; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper assesses the possible impact of a Euro-Mediterranean Agreement (EMA) on Egypt and Jordan and identifies …

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Deep Integration, Non-Discrimination and Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade

Hoekman, Bernard; Konan, Denise - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

Key questions in evaluating the justification for free trade agreements (FTAs) are whether formal international cooperation is necessary to promote greater contestability of markets through harmonization or recognition of regulatory regimes ("deep integration"), and whether any actions taken to...

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Policy Coordination, Convergence, and the Rise and Crisis of EMU Imbalances

Bertola, Giuseppe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

When economic integration fosters expectations of productivity convergence, capital flows are driven by consumption-smoothing anticipation of income growth patterns as well as by factor-intensity equalization. In the euro area, financial integration eased accumulation of international...

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Growth, Trade, and Inequality

Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We introduce firm and worker heterogeneity into a model of innovation-driven endogenous growth. Individuals who differ in ability sort into either a research sector or a manufacturing sector that produces differentiated goods. Each research project generates a new variety of the differentiated...

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Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework

Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil; Violante, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

What shapes the optimal degree of progressivity of the tax and transfer system? On the one hand, a progressive tax system can counteract inequality in initial conditions and substitute for imperfect private insurance against idiosyncratic earnings risk. At the same time, progressivity reduces...

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