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Does openness imply greater exposure ?
Calderán, César - 2005
"External exposure can be measured by the sensitivity of first and second moments of economic growth to openness and foreign shocks. This paper provides an empirical evaluation of external exposure using panel data methods for a worldwide sample of countries. Controlling for domestic conditions,...
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What happens when a country does not adjust to terms of trade shocks? : The case of oil-rich Gabon
Zafar, Ali - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522931
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Market presence, contestability, and the terms-of-trade effects of regional integration
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2001
How firms react to a given shock may depend on the degree to which rivals are present and on whether potentially viable entrants to that market exist. A preferred supplier market presence and threat of entry lessen a nonmember country's price reaction to most-favored-nation trade liberalization...
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Domestic Terms of Trade in Pakistan : Implications for Agricultural Pricing and Taxation Policies
World Bank - 2013
In 2008 the Government of Pakistan agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to increase the tax/Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio by 3.5 percentage points over the medium term. This commitment has rekindled the debate regarding the agricultural income tax. Advocates of an agricultural...
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The current account as a dynamic portfolio choice problem
Didier, Tatiana - 2009
"The current account can be understood as the outcome of investment decisions made by domestic and foreign investors. These decisions can be decomposed into a portfolio rebalancing and a portfolio growth component. This paper provides empirical evidence of the importance of portfolio rebalancing...
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Neither a borrower nor a lender : does China's zero net foreign asset position make economic sense?
Dollar, David - 2005
successful institutional reform and productivity growth are likely to lead to more negative net foreign asset positions than …
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The dot-com bubble, the Bush deficits, and the U.S. current account
Kraay, Aart - 2005
interpreted as reflecting exogenous changes in perceived or real productivity, while budget deficits are usually understood as a …
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Economic policies and productivity change in industry : an internat. comparison
Nishimizu, Mieko; Page, John M. - 1987
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Increasing formality and productivity of Bolivian firms
2009
small firms. Measures to boost the productivity of micro and small firms in general will both help overall economic growth …
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Gender in Bolivian production : reducing differences in formality and productivity of firms
2009
productivity of small informal firms. Using data from firm surveys, national household surveys, and qualitative data from focus … groups, the study conducts a gender analysis of formality and productivity in six different sectors in Bolivia. The findings … productivity and scale of women-owned businesses. Two general priorities emerge: promoting women's access to productive assets to …
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