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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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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...

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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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Thin capitalization rules and multinational firm capital structure

Blouin, Jennifer L.; Huizinga, Harry; Laeven, Luc; … - 2014

This paper examines the impact of thin capitalization rules that limit the tax deductibility of interest on the capital structure of the foreign affiliates of US multinationals. We construct a new data set on thin capitalization rules in 54 countries for the period 1982-2004. Using confidential...

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Finance, firm size, and growth

Beck, Thorsten; Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Laeven, Luc; … - In: Journal of money, credit and banking : JMCB 40 (2008) 7, pp. 1379-1405

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Location decisions of foreign banks and competitor remoteness

Claessens, Stijn; Horen, Neeltje van - In: Journal of money, credit and banking : JMCB 46 (2014) 1, pp. 145-170

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Foreign banks : trends and impact

Claessens, Stijn; Horen, Neeltje van - In: Journal of money, credit and banking : JMCB 46 (2014), pp. 295-326

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Weltkonjunktur und deutsche Konjunktur im Frühjahr 2006

Schweickert, Rainer (contributor); … - 2006

Die Weltkonjunktur zeigt sich zu Beginn des Jahres 2006 weiter in robuster Verfassung. Zwar deutet sich für die Vereinigten Staaten an, dass die Geldpolitik allmählich die Nachfrage zu dämpfen beginnt; gleichzeitig haben sich aber die konjunkturellen Perspektiven für Japan und Europa...

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What drives bank competition? : Some international evidence

Claessens, Stijn; Laeven, Luc - In: Journal of money, credit and banking : JMCB 36 (2004) 3,2, pp. 563-592

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Regulations, market structure, institutions, and the cost of financial intermediation

Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Laeven, Luc; Levine, Ross - In: Journal of money, credit and banking : JMCB 36 (2004) 3,2, pp. 593-626

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