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The impact of government spending on GDP in a remitting country
Al-Abri, Almukhtar S.; Genc, Ismail H.; Naufal, George - 2018
The literature on remittances is large and growing. However, its focus has mainly been on the effects of remittance inflows on the receiving economies. Little has been done on the sending economies. In this paper, we use data from Saudi Arabia, one of the top remitting countries in the world, to...
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Counteracting unemployment in crises : non-linear effects of short-time work policy
Gehrke, Britta; Hochmuth, Brigitte - 2018
Short-time work is a labor market policy that subsidizes working time reductions among firms in financial difficulty to prevent layoffs. Many OECD countries have used this policy in the Great Recession. This paper shows that the effects of short-time work are strongly time dependent and...
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Fiscal multipliers in the COVID-19 recession
Auerbach, Alan J.; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; McCrory, Peter B. - 2021
In response to the record-breaking COVID19 recession, many governments have adopted unprecedented fiscal stimuli. While countercyclical fiscal policy is effective in fighting conventional recessions, little is known about the effectiveness of fiscal policy in the current environment with...
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On the exposure of the BRIC countries to global economic shocks
Belke, Ansgar; Dreger, Christian; Dubova, Irina - 2017
China) countries. The results reveal a strong impact of international variables on GDP growth. In contrast to the other … countries, China plays a crucial role in determining global trade and oil prices. Hence, the change in the Chinese growth …
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On the relationship between public and private investment in the euro area
Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - 2014
This paper explores the long run relationship between public and private investment in the euro area in terms of capital stocks and gross investment flows. Panel techniques ac-counting for international spillovers are employed. While private and public capital stocks are cointegrated, the...
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Fiscal incidence on the island : Grenada's fiscal system and its incidence
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Gómez Aliaga, Guillermo; … - 2024
This paper examines the distributional effects of fiscal policy in Grenada. Using data from the 2017-2018 Living Conditions and Household Budgets Survey and following the Commitment to Equity (CEQ) analysis framework, we estimate the effects of fiscal policy interventions on inequality and...
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COVID-19 private pension withdrawals and unemployment tenures
Sainsbury, Tristram; Breunig, Robert; Watson, Timothy - 2022
This is the first study to evaluate the effects of early pension withdrawal policies on tenures on unemployment payments in the COVID-19 context. We use a novel set of linked whole-of-population administrative records to examine more than half-a-million Australians who found themselves newly on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013273943
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The economic burden of chronic diseases : estimates and projections for China, Japan and South Korea
Bloom, David E.; Chen, Simiao; Kuhn, Michael; McGovern, … - 2017
China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular … non-communicable diseases over the period 2010-2030 are $16 trillion for China (measured in real USD with the base year …-effectiveness analysis by identifying some intervention strategies to reduce disease prevalence in China that are cost beneficial and …
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The economic impact of non-communicable disease in China and India : estimates, projections, and comparisons
Bloom, David E.; Cafiero, Elizabeth T.; McGovern, Mark E.; … - 2013
This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the … five main NCDs will total USD 27.8 trillion for China and USD 6.2 trillion for India (in 2010 USD). For both countries, the … that the costs are much larger in China than in India mainly because of China's higher income and older population. Rough …
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Is the Chinese growth miracle built to last?
Prasad, Eswar S. (contributor) - 2007
, especially those related to having an open capital account, do not loom large in the case of China. In the process of securing …, especially those related to having an open capital account, do not loom large in the case of China. In the process of securing …
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