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Agency and communication in IMF conditional lending : theory and empirical evidence

Marchesi, Silvia; Sabani, Laura; Dreher, Axel - 2009

the countries' authorities, openness, and transparency, consistently with the theory. -- IMF conditionality ; delegation …

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Poolability and the finance-growth nexus : a cautionary note

Schiavo, Stefano (contributor); Vaona, Andrea (contributor) - 2006

The present contribution tests whether countries can be pooled when studying the financegrowth nexus. Overall, our results point toward a ‘pragmatic’ positive answer, though considerable heterogeneity is present among developing countries.

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The effect of information and communication technologies on urban structure

Ioannides, Yannis M.; Overman, Henry G.; … - 2007

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Demand systems with unit values : a comparison of two specifications

Lahatte, Agénor; Miquel, Ruth; Laisney, François; … - 1997

The availability of quantity information along with expenditure information in some household surveys allows the estimation of price reactions on the basis of unit values. We compare two specifications that have been proposed in this context by Deaton (1990) and Crawford et al. (1997) in order...

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The geography of inter-state resource wars

Caselli, Francesco; Morelli, Massimo; Rohner, Dominic - 2013

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The golden hello and political transitions

Aidt, Toke; Albornoz, Facundo; Gassebner, Martin - 2012

have taken place. We test this unexplored implication of the theory empirically. We find in a world sample from 1970 to …We analyze the influence of IMF and World Bank programs on political regime transitions. We develop an extended version … transitions ; democracy ; autocracy ; IMF ; World Bank …

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Do real exchange rate appreciations matter for growth?

Bussière, Matthieu; Lopez, Claude; Tille, Cédric - 2014

While the impact of exchange rate changes on economic growth has long been an issue of key importance in international macroeconomics, it has received renewed attention in recent years, owing to weaker growth rates and the debate on "currency wars". However, in spite of its prevalence in the...

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Determinants of short-term debt

Buch, Claudia M.; Lusinyan, Lusine - 2000

One key focus of the on-going debate on the integration of international financial markets have been measures to lengthen the maturity of foreign debt. Short-term debt is typically considered to be volatile and thus a potential trigger of currency crises. In contrast to the vivid policy debate...

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Specifying human capital : a review, some extensions, and development effects

Woessmann, Ludger - 2000

, misspecifies the relationship between education and the stock of human capital. Based on human capital theory, the specification of … of education. Cross-country differences in qualityadjusted human capital can account for about half the world …

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Equity premium prediction : are economic and technical indicators instable?

Baetje, Fabian; Menkhoff, Lukas - 2015

We show that technical indicators deliver economic value in predicting the U.S. equity premium. A crucial element of this value stems from the stability of return predictability over the full sample period from 1950 to 2013. Results tentatively improve over time and beat alternatives over...

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