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Tackling Corruption to Create a More Just and Prosperous World
Kim, Jim Yong - 2016
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, spoke about how corruption poses an enormous obstacle to economic and … social development, and the global goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030. He defined corruption as stealing from the poor …. The Bank that has zero tolerance for corruption, has opened itself to scrutiny, and is influencing governments and the …
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The international economics of natural resources and growth
Thorvaldur Gylfason (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003497703
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International taxation and multinational firm location decisions
Barrios Cobos, Salvador; Huizinga, Harry; Laeven, Luc; … - 2008
Using a large international firm-level data set, we estimate separate effects of host and parent country taxation on the location decisions of multinational firms. Both types of taxation are estimated to have a negative impact on the location of new foreign subsidiaries. In fact, the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805989
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Does WTO membership make a difference at the extensive margin of world trade?
Felbermayr, Gabriel (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003463001
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Natural resource endowment : a mixed blessing?
Thorvaldur Gylfason - 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/10009010049
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Natural disasters and the effect of trade on income : a new panel IV approach
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Gröschl, Jasmin - 2011
Does trade openness cause higher GDP per capita? Since the seminal instrumental variables (IV) estimates of Frankel and Romer [F&R](1999) important doubts have surfaced. Is the correlation spurious and driven by omitted geographical and institutional variables? In this paper, we generalize F&R's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009240715
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Nature, power, and growth
Thorvaldur Gylfason - 2001
This essay reviews the relationship between natural-resource abundance and economic growth around the world, and … protection, corruption, and income inequality. The cross-sectional data show, moreover, that the share of the primary sector in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397924
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Natural resources and economic growth : what is the connection?
Thorvaldur Gylfason - 2001
abundant natural capital tend to have (a) less trade and foreign investment, (b) more corruption, (c) less education, and (d …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399567
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The real exchange rate in the long run : Balassa-Samuelson effects reconsidered
Bordo, Michael D.; Choudhri, Ehsan U.; Fazio, Giorgio; … - 2014
Historical data for over hundred years and 14 countries is used to estimate the long-run effect of productivity on the real exchange rate. We find large variations in the productivity effect across four distinct monetary regimes in the sample period. Although the traditional Balassa-Samuelson...
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Naturally negative : the growth effects of natural disasters
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Gröschl, Jasmin Katrin - 2013
Growth theory predicts that natural disasters should, on impact, lower GDP per capita. However, the empirical literature does not offer conclusive evidence. Most existing studies use disaster data drawn from damage records of insurance companies. We argue that this may lead to estimation bias as...
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