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Benchmarking the future : a dynamic, multi-regional, multi-sectoral trade model for the analysis of climate policies

Klepper, Gernot; Springer, Katrin - 2000

For analyzing the impact of climate change and of international climate policies on the international division of labor and on regional welfare the use of a disaggregated multi–sectoral, multi–regional dynamic computable general equilibrium model is appropriate. This paper discusses the...

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On the heterogeneous trade and welfare effects of GATT/WTO membership

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Larch, Mario; Yalçin, Erdal; … - 2020

We build on the latest developments in the structural gravity literature to quantify the partial and general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive database covering manufacturing trade for 186 countries over the period 1980-2016, we find that the...

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On the effects of sanctions on trade and welfare : new evidence based on structural gravity and a new database

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Syropoulos, Constantinos; Yalçin, … - 2019

Using a new, global data base covering the years 1950 to 2015, we study the impact of sanctions on international trade and welfare. We make use of the rich dimensionality of our data and of the latest developments in the structural gravity literature. Starting with a broad evaluation by sanction...

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Is foreign aid concentrated increasingly on needy and deserving recipient countries? : an analysis of Theil indices, 1995-2015

Bickenbach, Frank; Mbelu, Asithandile; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2017

By tracking the changes in different margins of Theil indices during the period 1995-2015, we re-consider the question of whether bilateral and multilateral donors have targeted aid increasingly to particularly needy recipient countries with relatively good governance in order to improve the...

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Reaching a climate agreement : do we have to compensate for energy market effects of climate policy?

Peterson, Sonja; Weitzel, Matthias - 2014

Because of large economic and environmental asymmetries among world regions and the incentive to free ride, an … additionally an "equal loss" Scenario where welfare losses relative to a Business as usual Scenario are equal for all Major world …

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Democracy and aid donorship

Fuchs, Andreas; Müller, Angelika - 2018 - This version: September 2018

Almost half of the world's states provide bilateral development assistance. While previous research takes the set of …

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Shooting the messenger of good news : a critical look at the World Bank's success story of effective aid

Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2002

In a report presented at the UN Conference on Financing for Development in March 2002, the World Bank claims that the … policies. However, the World Bank's success story rests on an extremely weak foundation: First, the institution's contribution … the distribution of World Bank financing. Second, the picture portrayed in the report takes a bad turn if only two …

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Analysing bioenergy and land use competition in a coupled modelling system : the role of bioenergy in renewable energy policy in Germany

Delzeit, Ruth; Gömann, Horst; Holm-Müller, Karin; … - 2010

target on German agriculture and world agricultural prices. A main result of the simulations is that accounting for existing …

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Adaptive forecasting of exchange rates with panel data

Morales-Arias, Leonardo; Dross, Alexander - 2010

This article investigates the statistical and economic implications of adaptive forecasting of exchange rates with panel data and alternative predictors. The candidate exchange rate predictors are drawn from (i) macroeconomic ‘fundamentals’, (ii) return/volatility of asset markets and (iii)...

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Global income distribution and poverty : implications from the IPCC SRES scenarios

Calzadilla, Alvaro - 2010

The Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) has been widely used to analyze climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation. The storylines behind these scenarios outline alternative development pathways, which have been the base for climate research and other studies at global,...

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