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Economic Globalisation and Africa's Quest for Greener and More Inclusive Growth : The Missing Link
Ofori, Isaac K; Freytag, Andreas; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2023
This study examines the contingency and threshold effects of economic freedom in the economic globalisation (EG) and inclusive green growth (IGG) relationship in Africa. Based on macro data for 22 African countries and the Driscoll-Kraay standard errors with fixed effects instrumental variable...
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Protectionism and Economic Growth : Causal Evidence from the First Era of Globalization
Potrafke, Niklas; Ruthardt, Fabian; Wuthrich, Kaspar - 2021
We investigate how protectionist policies influence short-run economic growth. Our empirical strategy exploits an extraordinary tax scandal that gave rise to an unexpected change of government in Sweden. A free-trade majority in parliament was overturned by a protectionist majority in 1887. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013227482
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Financial integration, globalization, and real activity
De Nicolò, Gianni; Juvenal, Luciana - 2012
distinct impact of financial integration and globalization on several dimensions of real activity. We find that: (a) financial … financial integration predict better growth prospects; (c) both advances in financial integration and globalization are … financial integration and globalization indeed foster countries' growth, and there appears to be no trade-off between these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280851
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Does financial integration spur economic growth? : New evidence from the first era of financial globalization
Schularick, Moritz; Steger, Thomas M. - 2006
Does international financial integration boost economic growth? The question has been discussed controversially for a long time. As of yet, robust evidence for a positive impact is lacking (Edison et al., 2002). However, there is substantial narrative evidence from economic history that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276748
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Globalization, cross-border pollution and welfare
Hatzipanayotou, Panos; Lahiri, Sajal; Michael, Michael S. - 2005
We construct a two-good general equilibrium model of international trade for two small open economies where pollution from production is transmitted across borders. Governments in both countries impose emission taxes non-cooperatively. Within this framework, we examine the effect of trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261283
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Can deunionization lead to international outsourcing?
Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Meland, Frode; Straume, Odd Rune - 2005
countries. We further show that globalization - interpreted as either market integration or increased product market competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261336
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Tear down this wall : on the persistence of borders in trade
Nitsch, Volker; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2009
evolution of intra-German trade flows after reunification then provides new insights for both the globalization and border …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266027
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Globalization, redistribution, and the composition of public education expenditures
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hessami, Zohal - 2010
We analyze whether globalization affects the composition of public expenditures for education by integrating arguments … towards lower education. In industrialized countries, on the other hand, globalization has an ambiguous effect on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267052
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Interjurisdictional linkages and the scope for interventionist legal harmonization
Baniak, Andrzej; Grajzl, Peter - 2010
interdependence - the hallmark of globalization - per se does not justify interventionist harmonization unless increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270515
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International trade, factor mobility and the persistence of cultural-institutional diversity
Belloc, Marianna; Bowles, Samuel - 2009
Cultural and institutional differences among nations may result in differences in the ratios of marginal costs of goods in autarchy and thus be the basis of specialization and comparative advantage, as long as these differences are not eliminated by trade. We provide an evolutionary model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271869