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Good Mine, Bad Mine : Natural Resource Heterogeneity and Dutch Disease in Indonesia
Pelzl, Paul - 2019
We analyse the local effect of exogenous shocks to the value of mineral deposits at the district level in Indonesia using a panel of manufacturing plants. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to model and estimate the effect of heterogeneity in natural resource extraction methods. We...
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Natural Resource Dependence and Monopolized Imports
Arezki, Rabah; Fernandes, Ana M.; Merchan, Federico; … - 2021
This paper explores the effect of natural resource dependence on market concentration of imports. Using a new panel database for importing firms in developing and emerging market economies, the paper shows that higher natural resource dependence is associated with larger market concentration of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013215669
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Oil Price Fluctuations and Exchange Rate Dynamics in the MENA Region : Evidence from Non-Causality-in-Variance and Asymmetric Non-Causality Tests
Nouira, Ridha - 2018
The aim of this paper is to investigate the exchange rate consequences of oil-price fluctuations and to test for the dynamics of oil price volatility by examining interactions between oil market and exchange rate in selected MENA countries (Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908723
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Political Stability and Economic Prosperity : Are Coups Bad for Growth?
Blum, Johannes - 2020
We provide evidence that political instability deteriorates economic growth. We establish this result based on panel difference-in-differences strategies and dynamic panel data models using a large sample of 180 countries, a novel geocoded dataset for 2,660 regions, and micro data for about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012832193
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From Natural Resources to Human Rights
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 2019
Per Magnus Wijkman was the first foreign observer to urge Iceland in print to regulate its fisheries by price. This was in 1975, nine years before the Icelandic fishing quota system came into effect, a system judged discriminatory and unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Iceland in 1998 (but...
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Natural resource endowment: A mixed blessing?
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 2011
that arise along the way. Special attention is given to Norway, the world's third largest oil exporter, and the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274997
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Globalization in the Time of COVID-19
Sforza, Alessandro - 2020
shock has a considerable impact on most economies in the world, especially when a share of the labor force is quarantined … networks. In this paper we incorporate production barriers induced by COVID-19 shock into a Ricardian model with sectoral … of the disruption in production that started in China and then quickly spread across the world. We find that the COVID-19 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837986
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The Econometrics of Oil Market VAR Models
Kilian, Lutz - 2020
Oil market VAR models have become the standard tool for understanding the evolution of the real price of oil and its impact in the macro economy. As this literature has expanded at a rapid pace, it has become increasingly difficult for mainstream economists to understand the differences between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839764
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How Shocks Affect International Reserves? A Quasi-Experiment of Earthquakes
Jinjarak, Yothin; Noy, Ilan; Ta, Quy - 2021
We evaluate the change in international reserves in the aftermath of significant external shocks. We examine the response of international reserves to shocks by using a quasi-experimental setup and focusing on earthquakes. The estimation is done on a panel of 103 countries over the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315174
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COVID-19 shocking global value chains
Eppinger, Peter S.; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Krebs, Oliver; … - 2021
(in contrast to final goods trade) in transmitting the shock. In a hypothetical world without GVCs, the welfare loss due … with input-output linkages to gauge the effects of this adverse supply shock in China on the global economy through … countries even gain from the shock due to trade diversion. As a key methodological contribution, we quantify the role of GVCs …
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