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Weather shocks and output in low-income countries : adaptation and the role of policies
Acevedo Mejia, Sebastian; Baccianti, Claudio; Mrkaic, Mico - 2019
We explore the extent to which macroeconomic policies, structural policies, and institutions can mitigate the negative relationship between temperature shocks and output in countries with warm climates. Empirical evidence and simulations of a dynamic general equilibrium model reveal that good...
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Factor Immobility and Regional Impacts of Trade Liberalization Evidenceon Poverty From India
Topalova, Petia - 2010
This paper uses the 1991 Indian trade liberalization to measure the impact of trade liberalization on poverty, and to … more exposed to liberalization were concentrated, experienced slower decline in poverty and lower consumption growth. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397333
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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investment : Evidence From Indian Tariff Reform
Edmonds, Eric V. - 2007
a failure to follow the national trend in poverty reduction. Schooling costs appear to play a large role in this … relationship between poverty, schooling, and child labor. Extrapolating from our results, our estimates imply that roughly half of … India''s rise in schooling and a third of the fall in child labor during the 1990s can be explained by falling poverty and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400340
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India : Is the Rising Tide Lifting All Boats?
Topalova, Petia - 2008
impacts of the growth process. Cognizant of the vulnerability of its large population below poverty, India''s authorities have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401684
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How does trade evolve in the aftermath of financial crises?
Abiad, Abdul; Mishra, Prachi; Topalova, Petia - 2010
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The macroeconomic effects of public investment : evidence from advanced economies
Abiad, Abdul; Furceri, Davide; Topalova, Petia - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281181
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The effects of weather shocks on economic activity : what are the channels of impact?
Acevedo, Sebastian; Mrkaic, Mico; Novta, Natalija; … - 2018
Global temperatures have increased at an unprecedented pace in the past 40 years. This paper finds that increases in temperature have uneven macroeconomic effects, with adverse consequences concentrated in countries with hot climates, such as most low-income countries. In these countries, a rise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011866510
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How Does Trade Evolve in the Aftermath of Financial Crises?
Abiad, Abdul - 2011
We analyze trade dynamics following past episodes of financial crises. Using an augmented gravity model and 179 crisis episodes from 1970-2009, we find that there is a sharp decline in a country’s imports in the year following a crisis-19 percent, on average-and this decline is persistent,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403222
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The Macroeconomic Effects of Public Investment : Evidence from Advanced Economies
Abiad, Abdul - 2015
This paper provides new evidence of the macroeconomic effects of public investment in advanced economies. Using public investment forecast errors to identify the causal effect of government investment in a sample of 17 OECD economies since 1985 and model simulations, the paper finds that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014412096