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This paper examines the advantages and drawbacks of alternative methods of estimating oil supply and oil demand … conclusion that the one-month oil supply elasticity is close to zero, which implies that oil demand shocks are the dominant …
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Motivated by the observed international reserve hoarding behavior in the post-1997 crisis period, we explore the Mrs … psychological reasons, holding a relatively high level of international reserves reduces the vulnerability to speculative attacks …
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Comprehensive and international comparable leading indicators across countries and continents are rare. In this paper …, we use a free and instantaneous available source of leading indicators, the ifo World Economic Survey (WES), to forecast …
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cases is characterised by internal adjustment, exhibiting slowing domestic demand growth. In some cases, the adjustment was …
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We empirically analyze the effect of UN and US economic sanctions on life expectancy and its gender gap in target countries. Our sample covers 98 less developed and newly industrialized countries over the period 1977–2012. We employ a matching approach to account for the endogeneity of...
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by bilateral trade determinants (which underpin the patterns of “international value-added linkages”) and the global …
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lack of a coercive global authority that is able to enforce efficient international environmental regulations. In our model … individual regions voluntarily commence international negotiations on public good provision, which are accompanied by side …, it is applicable to various international externality problems …
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The recent deployment of fibre-optic submarine cables (SMCs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) raised the prospects for the digital economy expansion and the whole sub-continent take-off, but also exposed countries and populations to new sources of vulnerability. This paper provides empirical evidence...
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We analyze the demand and supply characteristics of the Indian telecommunications market, in order to assess the … and demand characteristics, using a small time-series-cross-section dataset on Indian States. We suggest that the price … elasticity of demand for mainlines might be sensibly higher than the levels usually found in developed countries, while the …
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countrywide gun demand shock starting in late 2012, we show that U.S. states with legislation preventing immediate handgun …
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