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Institutions and development in MENA region : evidence from the manufacturing sector

Araissi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali - 2015

This paper examines the role of institutions (including civil law origin), financial deepening and degree of regime authority on growth rates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using panel data through a fixed effect model. The results reveal that English civil law origin and the...

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On the effects of COVID-19 safer-at-home policies on social distancing, car crashes and pollution

Brodeur, Abel; Cook, Nikolai; Wright, Taylor - 2020

distancing, travel and pollution is in its infancy. We pair a differences-in-differences framework and synthetic control methods … with rich cellular tracking and high frequency air pollution data. We find that state and U.S. county safer … range from $7 billion to $24 billion while the benefits from reduced pollution could range from $650 million to $13 …

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Did the Arab Spring reduce MENA countries' growth?

Araissi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali; Haimoun, Nathir - 2019

This paper examines the economic ramifications of the recent political reconfigurations that the MENA region witnessed, commonly known as the Arab Spring, utilizing MENA countries data during period 2005-2016. Using the Arellano-Bond dynamic panel estimation, the paper estimates a growth model...

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Energy consumption, economic growth and CO2 emissions in Middle East and North African countries

Arouri, Mohamed; Youssef, Adel Ben; M'henni, Hatem; … - 2012

This article extends the recent findings of Liu (2005), Ang (2007), Apergis et al. (2009) and Payne (2010) by implementing recent bootstrap panel unit root tests and cointegration techniques to investigate the relationship between carbon dioxide emissions, energy consumption, and real GDP for 12...

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Institutions, culture, and wetland values

Mayula Chaikumbung; Doucouliagos, Chris; Scarborough, Helen - 2018

Do institutions and culture affect environmental values? In this article we analyze 1,041 environmental valuations of 223 wetlands in 38 developing countries, to examine the effect of institutions and culture on environmental values. We assess three dimensions of institutional quality: economic...

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Institutions and economic performance : what can be explained?

Commander, Simon; Nikoloski, Zlatko - 2010

Institutions are now widely believed to be important in explaining performance. In this paper, we analyze whether commonly used measures of institutions have any significant, measurable impact on performance, whether of countries or firms. We look at three 'levels' of institutions and associated...

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The effect of pollution on worker productivity : evidence from call-center workers in China

Chang, Tom; Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; Gross, Tal; … - 2016

We investigate the effect of pollution on worker productivity in the service sector by focusing on two call centers in … China. Using precise measures of each worker's daily output linked to daily measures of pollution and meteorology, we find … that higher levels of air pollution decrease worker productivity by reducing the number of calls that workers complete each …

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Something in the air? : pollution, allergens and children's cognitive functioning

Marcotte, Dave E. - 2016

Poor air quality has been shown to harm the health and development of children. Research on these relationships has focused almost exclusively on the effects of human-made pollutants, and has not fully distinguished between contemporaneous and long-run effects. This paper contributes on both of...

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The lifelong costs of urban smogs

Ball, Alastair - 2017

Exposure to smoggy days is a common part of urban life, but can be avoided by vulnerable populations with municipal investment in warnings. This paper provides the first evidence on the long-term effects of early exposure to smog. Variation comes from exposure to the Great London Smog of 1952....

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The spillover effects of pollution : how exposure to lead affects everyone in the classroom

Gazze, Ludovica; Persico, Claudia; Spirovska, Sandra - 2020

Evidence shows that lead-exposed children are more disruptive and have lower achievement. However, we know less about how lead-exposed children affect the learning environment of their classroom peers. We estimate these spillover effects using new data on children's blood lead levels (BLLs)...

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