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The Coronavirus and the Great Influenza Epidemic - Lessons from the 'Spanish Flu' for the Coronavirus's Potential Effects on Mortality and Economic Activity
Barro, Robert J. - 2020
.0 percent of world population, implying 150 million deaths when applied to current population. Regressions with annual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839262
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Inequality and the Import Demand Function
Adam, Antonis; Katsimi, Margarita; Moutos, Thomas - 2021
In this paper we build a model of trade in vertically differentiated products and find that income inequality can affect the demand for imports even in the presence of homothetic preferences. The empirical importance of changes in inequality on the demand for imports is then assessed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316611
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Inequality and the import demand function
Adam, Antonis; Katsimi, Margarita; Moutos, Thomas - 2008
In this paper we build a model of trade in vertically differentiated products and find that income inequality can affect the demand for imports even in the presence of homothetic preferences. The empirical importance of changes in inequality on the demand for imports is then assessed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264288
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Turkish delight for some, cold turkey for others?: The effects of the EU-Turkey Customs Union
Adam, Antonis; Moutos, Thomas - 2005
Following Turkey’s application for EU membership in 1987, a Customs Union (CU) between Turkey and the EU, mainly covering trade in manufacturing goods and processed agricultural products, came into effect in 1995. In addition to a large agricultural sector, Turkey also specializes in the...
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