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Modelling the Egyptian shadow economy : a currency demand and a MIMIC model approach
Hassan, Mai; Schneider, Friedrich - 2016 - January, 20th 2016, Preliminary draft
estimate the size of the shadow economy in Egypt during the last four decades (1976 to 2013). In addition to the standard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418009
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A macroeconomic analysis of energy subsidies in a small open economy
Glomm, Gerhard; Jung, Jürgen - 2015
sector production. The model is calibrated to Egypt and used to study reforms such as reductions in energy subsidies with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479353
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Between hope and despair : Egypt's revolution and migration intentions
Giesing, Yvonne; Hassan, Reem - 2021
Young People in Egypt (HSYPE). Difference-in-difference estimations show that the revolution significantly decreased the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012602185
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Energy expenditure in Egypt : empirical evidence based on a quantile regression approach
Belaïd, Fateh; Rault, Christophe - 2021
This paper investigates the key factors affecting household energy expenditure in Egypt. Based upon the latest 2015 … Egypt are mainly due to variations in income, household size, and housing type. Our findings document substantial … policy implications regarding residential energy efficiency and carbon emissions reduction in Egypt. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012415423
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The impact of economic globalization on the shadow economy in Egypt
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Hassan, Mai - 2017 - This version: 24.03.2017
This study examines the economic globalization and the shadow economy nexus in Egypt. Using time series data from 1976 … to 2013, the impulse response analysis shows that the response of the shadow economy in Egypt to positive shocks in … globalization by reducing the costs of doing business and trade in dealing with sizable shadow economy in Egypt. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011645904
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Was Germany ever united? : evidence from intra- and international trade 1885 - 1933
Wolf, Nikolaus (contributor) - 2008
When did Germany become economically integrated? Within the framework of a gravity model, based on a new data set of about 40,000 observations on trade flows within and across the borders of Germany over the period 1885-1933, I explore the geography of trade costs across Central Europe. There...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771795
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Monthly GDP estimates for inter-war Berlin
Mitchell, James; Solomou, Solomos; Weale, Martin - 2011
We derive monthly and quarterly series of UK GDP for the inter-war period from a set of monthly indicators that were constructed by The Economist at the time. The monthly information is complemented with data for quarterly industrial production, allowing us to employ mixed-frequency methods to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307942
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Brain drain in the age of mass migration : does relative inequality explain migrant selectivity?
Stolz, Yvonne; Baten, Jörg - 2012
Brain drain is a core economic policy problem for many developing countries today. Does relative inequality in source and destination countries influence the brain-drain phenomenon? We explore human capital selectivity during the period 1820-1909.We apply age heaping techniques to measure human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488997
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Measuring inflation expectations in interwar Britain
Lennard, Jason; Meinecke, Finn; Solomou, Solomos - 2021
What caused the recovery from the British Great Depression? A leading explanation - the "expectations channel" - suggests that a shift in expected inflation lowered real interest rates and stimulated consumption and investment. However, few studies have measured, or tested the economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012669620
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The Brexit as a forerunner : monetary policy, economic order and divergence forces in the European Union
Müller, Sebastian; Schnabl, Gunther - 2018
We analyze the effects of the increasingly expansionary monetary policies on the economic order and on the European integration process. We argue that the market orders shaped in postwar Germany and in Margret Thatcher's United Kingdom have long served as cornerstones for growth, prosperity and...
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