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On the Link Between the Volatility and Skewness of Growth

Bekaert, Geert - 2012

In a sample of 110 countries over the period 1960-2009, we document a positive relation between the volatility and … with recent theories of financial frictions. The positive relation between volatility and skewness in the cross-section is …

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Commodity Price Volatility and World Market Integration since 1700

Jacks, David S. - 2009

Poor countries are more volatile than rich countries, and we know this volatility impedes their growth. We also know … that commodity price volatility is a key source of those shocks. This paper explores commodity and manufactures price over … the past three centuries to answer three questions: Has commodity price volatility increased over time? The answer is no …

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Uganda Country Economic Memorandum : Economic Diversification and Growth in the Era of Oil and Volatility

World Bank - 2015

The objective of the Ugandan government is to make Uganda an upper - middle income country within thirty years. Economic diversification is a key component of that strategy. The country economic memorandum (CEM) report discusses how the emergence of oil and mineral production can contribute to...

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Financial Development, Growth, and Crisis : Is There a Trade-Off?

Loayza, Norman - 2018

-run growth and another studying its impact on volatility and crisis--has given way to a more nuanced approach that analyzes the …

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Sentiments and Economic Activity : Evidence from U.S. States

Benhabib, Jess - 2017

We examine whether sentiment influences aggregate demand by studying the relationship between the Michigan Survey expectations concerning national output growth and future economic activity at the state level. We instrument for local sentiments with political outcomes, positing that agents in...

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World Development Report 1983 : World Economic Recession and Prospects for Recovery; Management in Development; World Development Indicators

1983

This report is the sixth in an annual series assessing development issues. It reviews recent trends in the international economy and their implications for the developing countries with a special focus on the management and institutional aspects of development. The early recovery in the world...

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The Monetary and Fiscal History of Brazil, 1960-2016

Ayres, Joao - 2019

Brazil has had a long period of high inflation. It peaked around 100 percent per year in 1964, decreased until the first oil shock (1973), but accelerated again afterward, reaching levels above 100 percent on average between 1980 and 1994. This last period coincided with severe balance of...

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The Monetary and Fiscal History of Bolivia, 1960–2017

Kehoe, Timothy J. - 2019

After the economic reforms that followed the National Revolution of the 1950s, Bolivia seemed positioned for sustained growth. Indeed, it achieved unprecedented growth from 1960 to 1977. The rapid accumulation of debt due to persistent deficits and a fixed exchange rate policy during the 1970s...

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Panama : structural change and growth prospects

1985 - 1. print.

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Historical Legacies and African Development

Michalopoulos, Stelios - 2018

As Africa's role on the global stage is rising, so does the need to understand the shadow of history on the continent's economy and polity. We discuss recent works that shed light on Africa's colonial and precolonial legacies. The emerging corpus is remarkably interdisciplinary. Archives,...

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