Similar Search Results

Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa

Nunn, Nathan; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

effect on income. However, in Africa rugged terrain afforded protection to those being raided by slave traders. Since the … slave trade retarded subsequent economic development, in Africa ruggedness also has had a historical indirect positive … Africa the indirect positive effect dominates the direct negative effect. Looking within Africa, we provide evidence that the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136410

Catching Up With Eastern Europe? The European Union's Mediterranean Free Trade Initiative

Djankov, Simeon; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

This paper discusses the potential role of a Euro-Mediterranean Agreement (EMA) in helping Middle East and North African governments implement structural economic reforms. The arguments for and against preferential liberalization are summarized, identifying a number of necessary conditions for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136673

Macroeconomic Adjustment Under Bretton Woods and the Post-Bretton-Woods Float: An Impulse-Response Analysis

Bayoumi, Tamim; Eichengreen, Barry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

We use time-series methods to estimate a simple aggregate supply and demand model in order to analyse the comparative performance of fixed and flexible exchange rate systems and test competing hypotheses designed to explain shifts between exchange rate regimes. The paper provides a coherent...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136700

Trade Liberalization and Enterprise Restructuring in Bulgaria, 1992-4

Djankov, Simeon; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

This paper empirically tests the link between trade openness and enterprise restructuring in Bulgaria. It belongs to a recent line of work in the empirical trade literature that investigates the effects of trade policy on firm behaviour. The trade liberalization following the 1991 economic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662077

Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader … institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa’s peculiar history … influence, in and out of Africa, of the slave trades. The essay ends with critical conclusions and suggestions for further …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225960

Human Development in Africa: A Long-run Perspective

Prados de la Escosura, Leandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Long-run trends in Africa’s well-being are provided on the basis of a new index of human development, alternative to … experienced in other developing regions. Within Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa has fallen steadily behind the North since mid-20th …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322973

Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa

Dinkelman, Taryn; Ranchhod, Vimal - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

South Africa and variation in the intensity of this law to identify increases in wages for domestic workers and find no …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365006

Land deals in Africa: pioneers and speculators

Collier, Paul; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Much African land currently has low productivity and has attracted investors purchasing (or leasing) land as a speculative option on higher future prices or productivity. If land deals are to be beneficial they need to induce productivity enhancing investments. Some of these will be publicly...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367429

Growth, History, or Institutions? What Explains State Fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella; Guerzoni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We explore the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for a wide range of economic …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468636

The vulnerability of sub-Saharan Africa to the financial crisis: the case of trade

Berman, Nicolas; Martin, Philippe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

In the early stage of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the conventional wisdom was that financial under-development of sub Saharan African economies may be a blessing in disguise because it insulates them from the direct effects of the crisis. This paper argues that this may also make African...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530377

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last