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Forecasting exports across Europe : what are the superior survey indicators?

Lehmann, Robert - 2019 - This version: September 6, 2019

the best-performing indicators beat a well-specified benchmark model in terms of forecast accuracy. It turns out that four …

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International trade and transnational insecurity : how comparative advantage and power are jointly determined

Garfinkel, Michelle Robin; Skaperdas, Stergios; … - 2009

We augment the canonical neoclassical model of trade to allow for interstate disputes over land, oil, water, or other resources. The costs of such disputes in terms of arming depend on the trade regime in place. Under either autarky or free trade, the larger country (in terms of factor...

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The costs of favoritism : is politically-driven aid less effective?

Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Vreeland, James Raymond; … - 2010

As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically-motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects and generally find that...

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The determinants of election to the United Nations Security Council

Dreher, Axel; Gould, Matthew; Rablen, Matthew; … - 2012

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the foremost international body responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. Members vote on issues of global importance and consequently receive perks - election to the UNSC predicts, for instance, World Bank and IMF loans....

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State or private security supply? : an analysis from the institutional economics perspective

Bretschneider, Wolfgang; Freytag, Andreas; Rieckmann, … - 2022

The issue of internal security has become increasingly complex over the past decades. As there is an increasing overlap between private and public provision of security, the question of how to allocate responsibility for security between the public sphere (state) and the private sphere has...

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Liberalizing Russian gas markets : an economic analysis

Aune, Finn Roar; Golombek, Rolf; Hallre, Hilde; Moe, Arild - 2015

subsidies, and how changes in Russian gas consumption may affect its gas export to Europe. We also examine the importance of … Russian pipeline capacity to Europe, as well as impacts of hypothetical changes in Russian gas export behavior. For this … purpose, we use a detailed numerical model for the energy markets in Europe and Russia - LIBEMOD. Our results suggest that …

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Achieving sustainable energy security : 2030 outlook for ASEAN, People Republic of China and India

Fan, Ying; Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2015

The rapid growth of ASEAN economies, the People's Republic of China and India (called ACI henceforth) - major drivers of Asia and the world economy - during the last five decades has caused significant strains on their scarce resources, particularly energy and contributed to serious problems of...

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Fueling growth when oil peaks : directed technological change and the limits to efficiency

Jarque Andrés, Francisco; Smulders, Sjak - 2012

While fossil energy dependency has declined and energy supply has grown in the postwar world economy, future resource scarcity could cast its shadow on world economic growth soon if energy markets are forward looking. We develop an endogenous growth model that reconciles the current aggregate...

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Does the quality of electricity matter? : evidence from rural India

Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Pelli, Martino; Ural Marchand, Beyza - 2013

This paper estimates the returns to household income due to improved access to electricity in rural India. We examine the effect of connecting a household to the grid and the quality of electricity, defined as hours of daily supply. The analysis is based on two rounds of a representative panel...

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Unconventional gas and the European Union : prospects and challenges for competitiveness

Vollebergh, Herman R. J.; Drissen, Eric - 2014

, first of all, little evidence for a prosperous unconventional gas development in Europe. Second, the U.S. boom has already a …

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