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and performance of German firms. More specifically, we study the sanctions imposed by the EU against Russia in 2014 in … dependent on Russia as an export market and those directly affected by the sanctions. …In this paper, we use a novel firm level dataset for Germany to investigate the effect of sanctions on export behaviour …
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This paper investigates the effect of economic sanctions on employment. We exploit the imposition of a series of … unexpected and unprecedented international economic sanctions on Iran in 2012 and estimate the short-run effects of the change in … import exposure on manufacturing employment at the industry level. Our estimates indicate that the sanctions led to an …
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This paper examines how economic sanctions affect the allocation of workers across formal and informal employment. We … analyse the case of the unprecedented sanctions imposed on Iran in 2012. Employing a difference-in-differences approach, we … different pre-existing exposure to international trade. Our analysis reveals that, following the sanctions, workers in …
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job, but that these jobs go along with lower earnings due to first but not the second sanction. Moreover, first sanctions …With the introduction of a new welfare benefit system in 2005, Germany implemented quite strict benefit sanctions for … cash benefit is withdrawn for three months. A second sanction of the same type within one year implies a complete benefit …
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This paper provides an overview of the complex conceptual and practical challenges that emerging market economies face as they attempt to reform their frameworks for financial regulation. These economies are striving to balance the quest for financial stability with the imperatives of financial...
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This paper examines the relationship between financial development, CO2 emissions, trade and economic growth using simultaneous-equation panel data models for a panel of 12 MENA countries over the period 1990-2011. Our results indicate that there is evidence of bidirectional causality between...
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This paper proposes a simple general equilibrium model with labour market frictions and an imperfect financial market. The aim of the paper is to analyse the transitional dynamics of unemployment and vacancies when financial constraints are in place. We model the financial sector as a...
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From business to politics and academia, the economic effects of the introduction of gender quotas are under scrutiny. We provide new evidence based on the introduction of mandatory gender quotas for boards of directors of Italian companies listed on the stock market. Comparing before and after...
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We investigate corruption as a social dilemma by means of a bribery game in which a risk of collective sanction of the … over time. Reducing the size of the groups while increasing the probability of collective sanction diminishes the officials …
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-labor problem. -- Child labor ; political economy ; international labor standards ; trade sanctions …
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