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Southern African economic integration : evidence from an augmented gravity model
Warin, Thierry; Wunnava, Phanindra V.; Tengia, Optat; … - 2009
This paper investigates the feasibility of creating a common-currency union consisting of 16 countries in Southern Africa. We estimate an augmented-gravity model that includes public deficit, public debt, public expenditure, inflation, and the foreign reserves position. We also integrate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879350
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Corruption, networking and foreign ownership : recent evidence from CEE countries
Pal, Sarmistha - 2013
returns to foreign investment at very high level of corruption, giving rise to negative or even an insignificant relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010195528
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The value of redistribution : natural resources and the formation of human capital under weak institutions
Agüero, Jorge M.; Balcázar, Carlos Felipe; Maldonado … - 2017
We exploit time and spatial variation generated by the commodities boom to measure the effect of natural resources on human capital formation in Peru, a country with low governance indicators. Combining test scores from over two million students and district-level administrative data on mining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704263
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Job satisfaction among young workers in Eastern and Southern Africa : a comparative analysis
McKay, Andrew D.; Newell, Andrew; Rienzo, Cinzia - 2018
The creation of job opportunities for the increasingly educated youth population is a major current policy challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, even though very little is known about the extent to which young workers in the region are satisfied with the employment they currently have. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810162
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Key players in economic development
Amarasinghe, Ashani; Hodler, Roland; Raschky, Paul A.; … - 2020
This paper analyzes the role of networks in the spatial diffusion of local economic shocks in Africa. We show that road and ethnic connectivity are particularly important factors for diffusing economic spillovers over longer distances. We then determine the key players, i.e., which districts are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194175
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The extractive industry's impact on economic growth in SADC countries
Nhabinde, Simeão; Heshmati, Almas - 2020
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries are rich in natural resources and in most of them their … indirect impacts that the extractive industries in the SADC countries have on their economic growth. The study also examines … the hypothesis of economic convergence. Its empirical results are based on data from the 11 founding SADC countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012266066
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Low, high and super congestion of a renewable natural resource under autarky and trade
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2021
Numerous developing economies depend vitally on renewable natural-resource (NR)-based commodities. This study develops a general equilibrium model to examine the steady-state impact of changes in a small economy's NR congestion under open access and optimal regulation. This issue has often been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509173
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Population growth and the tragedy of the commons : can trade prevent natural resource and welfare collapse?
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2024
Many developing countries depend crucially on open-access renewable natural resources (NR). Trade is generally viewed as hurting the long-term health of NR in commodity-exporting countries. I examine whether trade might be beneficial in the case of population growth. Dynamic general equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015044989
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The impact of globalization and technology transfer on manufacturing employment and skills in Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2013
played by trade and FDI in determining employment. The empirical results obtained lend support to globalization having a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226717
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An empirical survey of the ramifications of a green economy
Heshmati, Almas - 2014
The unprecedented deterioration of our global environment has increased the necessity of relying upon Green Economic policies as critical and effective environmental management tools. The current situation has stimulated extensive research and debate among global interest groups. This has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339613