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Nitsch, Volker (contributor) - 2005

Politicians travel extensively abroad, for various reasons. One purpose of external visits is to improve bilateral economic relations. In this paper, I examine the effect of state visits on international trade. I use a large data set covering the travel activities of the heads of state of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003202927

On the time-varying impact of China's bilateral political relations on its trading partners (1960-2022)

Afonso, António; Mignon, Valérie; Saadaoui, Jamel - 2023

We assess the impact of China's bilateral political relations with three main trading partners-the US, Germany, and the UK-on current account balances and exchange rates, over the 1960Q1-2022Q4 period. Relying on the lag-augmented VAR approach with time-varying Granger causality tests, we find...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014443830

Pricing pollution

Mideksa, Torben K. - 2020

its intensity (i.e., the tax rate or the quota level) to price pollution. When countries price pollution non …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213052

Trade and the environment : new methods, measurements, and results

Cherniwchan, Jevan; Copeland, Brian Richard; Taylor, … - 2016

We review recent research linking international trade to the environment, with a focus on new results and methods. The review is given structure by a novel decomposition linking changes in emissions to changes in productive activity at the plant, firm, industry, and national levels. While some...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544125

The carbon footprint of global trade imbalances

Mahlkow, Hendrik; Wanner, Joschka - 2023

International trade is highly imbalanced both in terms of values and in terms of embodied carbon emissions. We show that the persistent current value trade imbalance patterns contribute to a higher level of global emissions compared to a world of balanced international trade. Specifically, we...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014414198

Findings of the signal approach for financial monitoring in Kazakhstan

Abberger, Klaus; Nierhaus, Wolfgang; Shaikh, Shynar - 2009

This study concentrates on the signal approach for Kazakhstan. It focuses on the properties of individual indicators … in 2009 is signalled in advance. -- currency crises ; leading economic indicators ; signal approach ; Kazakhstan …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003883094

Early warning system for economic and financial risks in Kazakhstan

Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; Dlugosch, Dennis; Kolb, Benedikt - 2009

-prudential indicators. The system will be tested using a case study referring to Kazakhstan. The main novelty of the study lies in designing … economic environment of Kazakhstan and in studying the interaction of these composite indicators. An additional innovation is … data which until now have not been used much in this area of research. -- banking crisis ; leading indicators ; Kazakhstan …

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Dutch disease scare in Kazakhstan : is it real?

Égert, Balázs (contributor); … - 2007

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Mining matters : natural resource extraction and local business constraints

Haas, Ralph de; Poelhekke, Steven - 2016

We estimate the impact of local mining activity on the business constraints experienced by 22,150 firms across eight resource-rich countries. We find that with the presence of active mines, the business environment in the immediate vicinity (20 km) of a firm deteriorates but business constraints...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011565667

Economic returns to speaking the right language(s)? : evidence from Kazakhstan's shift in state language and language of instruction

Aldashev, Alisher; Danzer, Alexander M. - 2014

This paper investigates the economic returns to language skills and bilingualism. The analysis is staged in Kazakhstan …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010438031

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