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The Great Escape : A Review Essay on Fogel's 'The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100'
Deaton, Angus - 2005
the past, present, and future of human health. Fogel's work places great emphasis on nutrition, not only for the history …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467376
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Is Deflation depressing? Evidence from the Classical Gold Standard
Bordo, Michael D. - 2003
We distinguish between good and bad deflations. In the former case, falling prices may be caused by aggregate supply (possibly driven by technology advances) increasing more rapidly than aggregate demand. In the latter case, declines in aggregate demand outpace any expansion in aggregate supply....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469182
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Recovery from Financial Crises : Evidence from 100 Episodes
Reinhart, Carmen M. - 2014
We examine the evolution of real per capita GDP around 100 systemic banking crises. Part of the costs of these crises …
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Globalization in historical perspective
Bordo, Michael D. (ed.); Taylor, Alan M. (contributor);  … - 2003
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Education for Growth in Sweden and the World
Krueger, Alan B. - 1999
determinant of income for individuals within countries as diverse as Sweden and the United States. At a national level, however … growth among OECD countries. The conclusion comments on policy implications for Sweden based on the human capital literature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471598
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The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism
Acemoglu, Daron - 2014
Africa and Sweden to illustrate that inequality dynamics cannot be understood without embedding economic factors in the …
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Stock Markets, Banks, and Growth : Panel Evidence
Beck, Thorsten - 2002
This paper investigates the impact of stock markets and banks on economic growth using a panel data set for the period 1976-98 and applying recent GMM techniques developed for dynamic panels. On balance, we find that stock markets and banks positively influence economic growth and these findings...
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Disaster risk financing : a global survey of practices and challenges
2015
The publication "provides an overview of the disaster risk assessment and financing practices of a broad range of economies relative to guidance elaborated in G20/OECD Framework for Disaster Risk Assessment and Risk Financing. Based on survey responses provided by 29 economies, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404242
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Disaster Risk Financing : A global survey of practices and challenges
2015
The publication provides an overview of the disaster risk assessment and financing practices of a broad range of economies relative to guidance elaborated in G20/OECD Framework for Disaster Risk Assessment and Risk Financing. The publications is based on survey responses provided by 29...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012447346
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Econometric Measures of Systemic Risk in the Finance and Insurance Sectors
Billio, Monica - 2010
hedge funds, banks, brokers, and insurance companies based on principal components analysis and Granger-causality tests. We … the finance and insurance industries. These measures can also identify and quantify financial crisis periods, and seem to …, banks, insurance companies, and brokers …
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