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Globalization and poverty
Harrison, Ann E. (ed.) - 2013
Over the past two decades, the percentage of the world's population living on less than a dollar a day has been cut in … half. How much of that improvement is because of-or in spite of-globalization? While anti-globalization activists mount … loud critiques and the media report breathlessly on globalization's perils and promises, economists have largely remained …
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Globalization and poverty
Harrison, Ann E. (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377127
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The Global 1970s and the Echo of the Great Depression
Taylor, Alan M. - 2009
The Great Depression ushered in a long era of deglobalization that lasted for many decades. An old conventional wisdom (e.g. Polanyi) argues that the common aspect of this shock across all countries, a deep depression, can explain the large and persistent global shift away from orthodox liberal...
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The decline of Latin American economies : growth, institutions, and crises
Edwards, Sebastian (ed.) - 2007
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Monetary policy rules : [papers based on the National Bureau of Economic Research Conference on Research in Business Cycles, held at Stanford University, 1998]
Taylor, John B. (ed.) - 2001 - Paperback ed.
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Theory and Practice of Commercial Policy : 1945-1990
Krueger, Anne O. - 1990
In this paper, the evolution of thought regarding protectionist trade policies in developed and in developing countries is examined and contrasted. In the developing countries distrust of markets and a belief in the infant industry argument led to highly protectionist trade regimes. The...
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When Does Trade Hurt? Market, Transition and Developing Economies
Krishna, Kala - 2002
This paper argues that labor market distortions in transition and developing economies help explain differential impacts of trade liberalization. We assume that workers differ in ability. In a market economy their earnings depend on their ability. However, earnings are independent of ability due...
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Forms of Democracy, Policy and Economic Development
Persson, Torsten - 2005
The paper combines insights from the recent research programs on constitutions and economic policy, and on history, institutions and growth. Drawing on cross-sectional as well as panel data, it presents new empirical results showing that the form of democracy (rather than democracy vs....
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Learning From the Doers : Developing Country Lessons for Advanced Economy Growth
Chari, Anusha - 2014
through the lens of trade, fiscal, and debt reforms in the developing world offer relevant, practical lessons for recovery in …
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