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Benefits and challenges of integrating South and Southeast Asia
Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. - 2012
production networks. In the 1970-80´s, South Asia stagnated due to its inward-oriented growth strategy and lack of infrastructure … connectivity-resulting in low trade integration and regional connectivity within the region and with Southeast and East Asia …. However, since 1991, South Asia, particularly India has adopted a Look East policy and opened its market raising huge …
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A Theory of Economic Disintegration
Janeba, Eckhard; Schulz, Karl - 2020
We develop a theory of economic disintegration with both endogenously formed tax and trade policies. We show very generally that, contrary to conventional wisdom, a country’s disintegration from an integrated area leads to a deeper integration inside the area. Similarly, the departure of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012425612
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Foreign Influence and Domestic Policy : A Survey
Aidt, Toke Skovsgaard - 2019
In an interconnected world, economic and political interests inevitably reach beyond national borders. Since policy choices generate external economic and political costs, foreign state and non-state actors have an interest in inflencing policy actions in other sovereign countries to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889683
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Gradualism and Uncertainty in International Union Formation
Konstantinidis, Nikitas - 2021
This paper introduces a new theoretical framework of international unions qua coalitions of countries adopting a common policy and common supranational institutions. We introduce a general class of non-cooperative spatial bargaining games of coalition formation among three countries in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316888
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Public Spending and Government Performance in Europe and Asia : Tigers Today and in the Future
Schuknecht, Ludger - 2022
In this study, I will look at the spending role of government and the outcomes of government activity in Europe and … Asia. Public spending and performance patterns differ hugely across countries. Asian “tigers” and some advanced countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013296721
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The Brexit Conundrum Worsens the UK's Relationship with the European Union
Ryan, John T - 2019
This paper examines the shortcomings in the UK government's Brexit negotiation strategy which reflected Prime Minister Theresa May's weak political leadership. The Prime Minister focused on securing the short-term political survival of her government amidst turbulent and fractious domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861473
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Globalization, economic freedom and human rights
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - 2010
Using the KOF Index of Globalization and two indices of economic freedom, we empirically analyze whether globalization and economic liberalization affect governments' respect for human rights using a panel of 106 countries over the 1981-2004 period. According to our results, physical integrity...
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Democracy and Growth: Evidence of a New Measurement
Gründler, Klaus; Krieger, Tommy - 2015
We present a novel approach for measuring democracy based on Support Vector Machines, a mathematical algorithm for pattern recognition. The Support Vector Machines Democracy Index (SVMDI) is continuously on the 0-1-interval and enables a very detailed measurement of democracy for 188 countries...
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Memorable Encounters? Own and Neighbours' Experience with IMF Conditionality and IMF Stigma
Andone, Irina; Scheubel, Beatrice D. - 2017
While the consequences and effectiveness of IMF conditionality have long been the focus of research, the possible negative impact of IMF conditionality on countries’ willingness to ask for an IMF programme - often termed ‘IMF stigma’ - has recently received attention particularly from...
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Policy Coordination under Model Disagreement and Uncertainty
Hefeker, Carsten; Neugart, Michael - 2019
What are the incentives for governments to coordinate their policies internationally when there is model disagreement and uncertainty? We build a model where countries disagree on policy targets and how policies affect the economies, and show that uncertainty not only determines the type of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018168