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The Global Sanctions Data Base – Release 3 : COVID-19, Russia, and Multilateral Sanctions
Syropoulos, Constantinos; Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; … - 2022
period of coverage from 1950-2019 to 1950-2022, which includes two special periods – COVID-19 and the war between Russia and … trade. We also obtain estimates of the effects on trade of the 2014 sanctions on Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014241203
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How Do Institutions Affect the Impact of Natural Disasters?
Bos, Jaap W.B; Gröschl, Jasmin; Lamers, Martien; Li, … - 2023
In this paper we study how differences in the quality of countries’ institutions affect the impact of natural hazards in these countries. To do so, we first build a new data set that allows us to adequately control for countries’ development and geological characteristics and,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014264154
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The Role of Institutions and Immigrant Networks in Firms’ Offshoring Decisions
Moriconi, Simone - 2019
The offshoring of production by multinational firms has expanded dramatically in recent decades, increasing these firms’ potential for economic growth and technological transfers across countries. What determines the location of offshore production? How do countries' policies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892039
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Slavery, Corruption, and Institutions
Rauscher, Michael - 2019
We develop a model where firms profit from coercing workers into employment under conditions violating national law and international conventions and where bureaucrats benefit from accepting bribes from detected perpetrators. Firms and bureaucrats are heterogeneous. Employers differ in their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859047
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What Drives Financial Development? A Meta-Regression Analysis
Doucouliagos, Chris - 2020
This paper offers a meta-regression analysis of the literature on the drivers of financial development. Our results based on 1900 estimates suggest that institutional quality is positively correlated to both private sector credit and stock market capitalization (both as share of GDP). Domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012830987
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Institutions and Offshoring Decision
Nicolini, Marcella - 2021
Several papers have proven that the institutional environment of the receiving country can influence the choice to establish an FDI. Property rights theory suggests that contract enforcement matters differentially across sectors. This paper is the first attempt to test whether institutions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316890
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The Sword and the Shield : The Economics of Targeted Sanctions
Ahn, Daniel P. - 2019
estimate the impact on firm performance from smart sanctions deployed by the U.S. and EU against Russia beginning in 2014. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012871020
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Do China and Russia Undermine US Sanctions? Evidence from DiD and Event Study Estimation
Gutmann, Jerg; Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2022
panel difference-in-differences estimations and an event study design. Motivated by the claim that China and Russia … purposefully undermine US sanction efforts, we test whether target countries’ trade with China and Russia increases under US trade … sanctions. We find no evidence for systematic sanction busting. Russia does not change its trade patterns with sanctioned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014241320
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One Size Does Not Fit All : TFP in the Aftermath of Financial Crises in Three European Countries
Abele, Christian; Bénassy-Quéré, Agnès; Fontagné, … - 2021
We analyse the impact of both the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and the European sovereign and banking crisis of 2011-13 on firm-level productivity in France, Italy and Spain. We show that relying on a single break date in 2008 misses both the Eurozone crisis and countries' institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013246463
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Energy Contagion in the COVID-19 Crisis
Heinlein, Reinhold - 2020
We investigate the relationship between oil prices and stock markets of selected oil importers and oil exporters at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. We provide evidence in favour of energy contagion, in term of significantly higher correlations between oil and stock markets returns during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831660