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Trade Policies and Development: Some New Issues
Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990
The 1980s have seen the beginnings of a change of heart among developing country policymakers, as the import-substitution consensus of the previous decade has all but evaporated. It is paradoxical that the 1980s should have become the decade of trade liberalization in LDCs, since this has also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005281315
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Telecommunications Infrastructure And Economic Development: A Simultaneous Approach
Röller, Lars-Hendrik; Waverman, Leonard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
This paper investigates how telecommunications infrastructure affects economic growth. This issue is important and has received considerable attention in the popular press concerning the creation of the 'information superhighway' and its potential impacts on the economy. We use evidence from 21...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123589
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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083828
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The Effects of Direct Foreign Investment on Domestic Firms: Evidence from Firm Level Panel Data in Emerging Economies
Konings, Jozef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
This paper uses firm level panel data to investigate empirically the effects of direct foreign investment (DFI) on the …. To this end a unique firm level panel data set is used with detailed information on foreign ownership at the firm level … variables in the general methods of moment technique for panel data. Only in Poland, I find that foreign firms perform better …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124164
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Financial Repression in a Natural Experiment: Loan Allocation and the Change in the Usury Laws in 1714
Temin, Peter; Voth, Hans-Joachim - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
If in general, financial deepening aids economic growth, then financial repression should be harmful. We use a natural experiment – the change in the English usury laws in 1714 – to analyse the effects of interest rate restrictions. Based on a sample of individual loan transactions, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662086
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Innovation in Cities: Science-Based Diversity, Specialization and Localized Competition
Audretsch, David B; Feldman, Maryann P - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
Whether diversity or specialization of economic activity better promotes technological change and subsequent economic growth has been the subject of a heated debate in the economics literature. The purpose of this paper is to consider the effect of the composition of economic activity on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662217
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Dismantling Discrimination Against Developing Countries: Access, Rules and Differential Treatment
Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper discusses the challenges confronting developing countries seeking to overcome discrimination in world trade rules and policies. The major sources of discrimination in both developed and developing countries in the areas of market access opportunities and WTO disciplines are briefly...
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Does Local Financial Development Matter?
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
We study the effects of differences in local financial development within an integrated financial market. To do so, we construct a new indicator of financial development by estimating a regional effect on the probability that, ceteris paribus, a household is shut off from the credit market. By...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667081
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Political Predation and Economic Development
Azam, Jean-Paul; Bates, Robert H; Biais, Bruno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
Economic growth occurs as resources are reallocated from the traditional sector to the more productive modern sector. Yet, the latter is more vulnerable to political predation. Hence, political risk hinders development. We analyse a politico-economic game between citizens and governments, whose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667096
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Economic Development and the WTO After Doha
Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper analyses what actions could be taken in the context of the WTO Doha negotiations to assist countries to benefit from deeper trade integration. It discusses the policy agenda that confronts many developing countries and identifies a number of focal points that could be used both as...
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