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Business cycle synchronization in the EMU : core vs. periphery
Belke, Ansgar; Domnick, Clemens; Gros, Daniel - 2017
This paper examines business cycle synchronization in the European Monetary Union with a special focus on the core-periphery pattern in the aftermath of the crisis. Using a quarterly index for business cycle synchronization by Cerqueira (2013), our panel data estimates suggest that it is...
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The births of new private-owned enterprises in an environment of state-owned enterprises
Zhao, Zhong; Liang, Zheng - 2023
China is a central concern for the government and society. In this paper, we apply agglomeration theories to distinguish the … i census, we measure the formation of new POEs at the city-industry level, and the agglomeration forces of distance … downstream SOEs are concentrated. However, the agglomeration effects from the incumbent POEs are either insignificant or …
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It's the way people move! : labour migration as an adjustment device in Russia
Pastore, Francesco; Semerikova, Elena - 2020
This paper aims to assess the role of migration as an adjustment mechanism device to favor convergence across states and regions of Russia. In contrast to previous studies, we use variations in the population of a region as a proxy of its net migration rate and apply spatial econometric...
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Migration as an adjustment mechanism in the crisis? : a comparison of Europe and the United States 2006-2016
Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - 2018
We estimate whether migration can be an equilibrating force in the labour market by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour market shocks. Based on fixed-effects regressions using...
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Economic geography of contagion : a study on Covid-19 outbreak in India
Chakraborty, Tanika; Mukherjee, Anirban - 2022
We propose a regional inequality-based mechanism to explain the heterogeneity in the spread of Covid-19 and test it using data from India. We argue that an area characterized by coreperiphery economic structure creates regional inequality in which the periphery remains dependent on the core for...
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Germs, globalization, and trade spillovers : how could COVID-19 affect African economies and AfCFTA
Das, Gouranga Gopal; Maswana, Jean-Claude; Hirano, Yumeka - 2023 - Draft version
Drawing on selective stylized facts, the paper evaluates the growth-effects for African countries and the disruptive potentials resulting from the COVD-19 pandemic, as African countries are involved in intra-regional integration processes. As AfCFTA involving 55 countries (ratified by 22...
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A contribution to the theory of fertility and economic development
Gori, Luca; Sodini, Mauro - 2018
The aim of this research is to build on a theory for explaining economic development in a (neoclassical) growth model with endogenous fertility. The economy is comprised of overlapping generations of rational and identical individuals and identical competitive firms producing with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130325
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A parsimonious model of longevity, fertility, HIV transmission and development
Gori, Luca; Manfredi, Piero; Sodini, Mauro - 2018
A central policy issue in the battle against HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is whether and when high-prevalence countries might become fully autonomous in designing and implementing their own intervention policies aimed to control the disease. The aim of this research is twofold. First, it...
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Epictetusian rationality and evolutionary stability
Ponthiere, Gregory - 2023
An economic interpretation of Epictetus's precept of 'Taking away aversion from all things not in our power' consists of extending the do- main of indifference beyond its boundaries under non-ethical preferences, so as to yield indifference between outcomes differing only on things out- side...
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A parsimonious model of optimal social distancing and vaccination during an outbreak
Gori, Luca; Manfredi, Piero; Marsiglio, Simone; Sodini, … - 2023
Motivated by the complicated control issues of COVID-19, this article aims at investigating the optimal control of an epidemic of a Susceptible-Infective-Removed-Susceptible (SIRS) infection, where social distancing is the only control action in a first stage, whereas a combination of social...
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