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Determinants of Long-Term Growth : A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) Approach

Doppelhofer, Gernot - 2000

This paper examines the robustness of explanatory variables in cross-country economic growth regressions. It employs a novel approach, Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE), which constructs estimates as a weighted average of OLS estimates for every possible combination of included...

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International Migration and International Trade

Razin, Assaf - 1992

This paper surveys key developments in the theory of international migration and international trade, and provides a …

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Business Cycle Volatility and Openness : An Exploratory Cross-Section Analysis

Razin, Assaf - 1992

This paper links business cycle volatility to barriers on international mobility of goods and capital. Theory predicts …

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Consumption Risk and International Asset Returns : Some Empirical Evidence

Cumby, Robert E. - 1987

The paper examines if real stock returns in four countries are consistent with consumption-based models of international asset pricing. The paper finds that ex-ante real stock returns exhibit statistically significant fluctuations over time and that these fluctuations cannot be explained by...

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The International Transmission and Effects of Fiscal Policies

Frenkel, Jacob A. - 1986

In recent years the world economy has been subject to large and unsyncronized changes in fiscal policies, high and … builds on a two-country model of the world economy which is applied to the analysis of the transmission and effects of …

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Current Account Reversals and Currency Crises : Empirical Regularities

Milesi-Ferrett, Gian Maria - 1998

This paper studies sharp reductions in current account deficits and large exchange rate depreciations in low- and middle-income countries. It examines which factors help predict the occurrence of a reversal or a currency crisis, and how these events affect macroeconomic performance. It finds...

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Fiscal Policies and the Stock Market : International Dimensions

Razin, Assaf - 1987

. Specifically the paper uses a two-country stochastic general- equilibrium model of the world economy to address issues concerning …

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The International Transmission of Fiscal Expenditures and Budget Deficits in the World Economy

Frenkel, Jacob A. - 1984

This paper analyses the effects of fiscal policies on rates of interest and wealth in the world economy. Uncertainty … exert real effects. It is shown that a current budget deficit(resulting from a tax cut) raises world rates of interest. On … transmission. In the long run, a higher steady-state value of government debt raises the steady-state world rate of interest but …

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Shining a Light on Purchasing Power Parities

Pinkovskiy, Maxim - 2018

study of PPP-adjusted estimates of GDP around the world between 1992 and 2010. First, we find that while market exchange … optimal. Using data from the Penn World Tables, we find that, indeed, it is optimal to only use the latest price data, and …

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Social Security and Democracy

Mulligan, Casey B. - 2002

Many political economic theories use and emphasize the process of voting in their explanation of the growth of Social Security, government spending, and other public policies. But is there an empirical connection between democracy and Social Security program size or design? Using some new...

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