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Reducing Tariffs according to WTO Accession Rules: The Case of Vietnam

Fosse, Henrik Barslund; Raimondos-Møller, Pascalis - CESifo - 2011

When Vietnam entered WTO in 2007 it was granted an accession period up to 2014. During this period tariffs would have … Vietnam has many state-owned enterprises that do not behave in a profit maximizing way. The model simulations show that the … of income will take place among the poor rural households in Vietnam. We propose other tariff reforms that both raise …

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The Value of the Revolving Door: Political Appointees and the Stock Market

Luechinger, Simon; Moser, Christoph - CESifo - 2012

We analyze stock market reactions to announcements of political appointments from the private sector and corporate appointments of former government officials. Using unique data on corporate affiliations and announcements of all Senate-confirmed U.S. Defense Department appointees of six...

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Fundamentals, Misvaluation, and Investment: The Real Story

Chirinko, Robert S.; Schaller, Huntley - CESifo - 2007

Is real investment fully determined by fundamentals or is it sometimes affected by stock market misvaluation? We introduce three new tests that: measure the reaction of investment to sales shocks for firms that may be overvalued; use Fama-MacBeth regressions to determine whether "overinvestment"...

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Testing for Convergence in Stock Markets: A Non-Linear Factor Approach

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Erdogan, Burcu; Kuzin, Vladimir - CESifo - 2009

This paper applies the Phillips and Sul (2007) method to test for convergence in stock returns to an extensive dataset including monthly stock price indices for five EU countries (Germany, France, the Netherlands, Ireland and the UK) as well as the US over the period 1973-2008. We carry out the...

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Asymmetry in Volatility: A Comparison of Developed and Transition Stock Markets

Wdowinski, Piotr; Malecka, Marta - CESifo - 2010

ARCH modelling framework of Engle (1982) and its GARCH generalization of Bollerslev (1986) gave a huge impetus to econometric model building in the field of financial time series with time-varying variance. The main idea of the models was to describe the most typical features of capital markets...

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The Environmental and Macroeconomic Effects of Socially Responsible Investment

Dam, Lammertjan; Heijdra, Ben J. - CESifo - 2008

We analyze the effects of socially responsible investment and public abatement on environmental quality and the economy in a continuous-time dynamic growth model featuring optimizing households and firms. Environmental quality is modelled as a renewable resource. Consumers can invest in...

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Long Run and Cyclical Dynamics in the US Stock Market

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alana, Luis A. - CESifo - 2007

This paper examines the long-run dynamics and the cyclical structure of various series related to the US stock market using fractional integration. We implement a procedure which enables one to consider unit roots with possibly fractional orders of integration both at the zero (long-run) and the...

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Market Effects of Voluntary Climate Action by Firms: Evidence from the Chicago Climate Exchange

Gans, Will; Hintermann, Beat - CESifo - 2011

Why do for-profit firms take voluntary steps to improve the environment? Brand appeal to green consumers or investors, the ability to influence or avoid regulation, or the experience gained for future regulation, have all been suggested as possible reasons. The empirical evidence is decidedly...

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Do Entrepreneurs Matter?

Becker, Sascha O.; Hvide, Hans K. - CESifo - 2013

In the large literature on firm performance, economists have given little attention to entrepreneurs. We use deaths of more than 500 entrepreneurs as a source of exogenous variation, and ask whether this variation can explain shifts in firm performance. Using longitudinal data, we find large and...

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Mitigating Liquidity Constraints: Public Export Credit Guarantees in Germany

Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Heiland, Inga; Yalcin, Erdal - CESifo - 2012

Reportedly, firms often find it impossible to finance large and long-term projects despite positive net present values. Should governments step in and can their assistance be effective? This paper studies the case of public export credit guarantees in Germany. Covering the default risk of...

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