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Autocratic Transitions and Growth
Nannicini, Tommaso - 2010
In this paper we use a transparent statistical methodology – synthetic control methods – to implement data-driven comparative studies about the impact of autocratic transition on real per capita GDP. The applied methodology compares the growth of countries that experienced a transition to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147271
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Modeling Institutions, Start-Ups and Productivity during Transition
Brixiova, Zuzana - 2010
The transition paths from plan to market have varied markedly across countries. Central and Eastern European and the Baltic countries, which opted for a fast and profound transformation of their institutions including business climates, rapidly narrowed the productivity gap with advanced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147452
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Adopt or Innovate : Understanding Technological Responses to Cap-and-Trade
Calel, Raphael - 2018
Environmental regulations have consistently been found to spur innovation in ‘clean' technologies, with one significant … effect on innovation. Several explanations have been offered, including secondary market failures and a lack of polluter …, contrary to past experience, encouraged innovation rather than adoption. I discuss how these contrasting findings can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012925254
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What Should We Expect from Innovation? A Model-Based Assessment of the Environmental and Mitigation Cost Implications of Climate-Related R&D
Bosetti, Valentina - 2013
This paper addresses two basic issues related to technological innovation and climate stabilisation objectives: i) Can … innovation policies be effective in stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations? ii) To what extent can innovation policies … technical progress in the energy sector. We evaluate a range of innovation policies, both as a stand-alone instrument and in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013094894
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Asymmetry in Volatility : A Comparison of Developed and Transition Stock Markets
Wdowinski, Piotr; Malecka, Marta - 2021
ARCH modelling framework of Engle (1982) and its GARCH generalization of Bollerslev (1986) gave a huge impetus to econometric model building in the field of financial time series with time-varying variance. The main idea of the models was to describe the most typical features of capital markets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316234
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Shadow Economies and Corruption All Over the World : What Do We Really Know?
Schneider, Friedrich - 2021
Estimations of the size and development of the shadow economy for 145 countries, including developing, transition and highly developed OECD economies over the period 1999 to 2003 are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (as a percent of "official" GDP) in 2002/03 in 96 developing...
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Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Transition Economies : Surveying the Surveyable
Égert, Balázs - 2013
This paper surveys recent advances in the monetary transmission mechanism (MTM). In particular, while laying out the functioning of the separate channels in the MTM, special attention is paid to exploring possible interrelations between different channels through which they may amplify or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012754233
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Chinese Experience with Global 3G Standard-Setting
Whalley, John - 2009
development of an innovation society, and reduced reliance on foreign intellectual property with high license fees. Consistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764968
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Crisis
Fidrmuc, Jan - 2012
We investigate the effects of economic crises on the subsequent economic performance, economic reform, democratization and institutional change. Our analysis is based on a sample of post-communist countries, most of which experienced severe economic crises during the 1990s. We find that the...
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Foreign Aid in Areas of Limited Statehood
Dreher, Axel - 2017
We review the aid effectiveness literature to assess whether foreign aid given to areas of limited statehood can be expected to promote economic and social outcomes in the recipient country. We distinguish different types of aid, motives for granting it, recipient country policies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961083