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Intellectual Property Rights and International R&D Competition

Scandizzo, Stefania - 2021

participation in the World Trade Organization, or, more controversially, some form of bilateral punishment, may be used …

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Measuring Quarterly Economic Growth from Outer Space

Beyer, Robert; Hu, Yingyao; Yao, Jiaxiong - 2022

This paper presents a novel framework to estimate the elasticity between nighttime lights and quarterly economic activity. The relationship is identified by accounting for varying degrees of measurement errors in nighttime light data across countries. The estimated elasticity is 1.55 for...

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Is Education Neglected in Natural Resources-Rich Countries? An Intergenerational Approach in Africa

Atsebi, Jean-Marc; Ouedraogo, Rasmané; Séri, Regina - 2022

,890 districts. We find that mineral discoveries and productions positively affect educational IM for primary education in Africa for …

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Taylor Visits Africa

Goncalves, Carlos - 2016

Many low-income countries do not use interest rates as their main monetary policy instrument. In East Africa, for … found for Brazil. More surprisingly, they are smaller than South Africa's, the continent's sole long-term inflation targeter …

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Remittances and Macroeconomic Volatility in African Countries

Jidoud, Ahmat - 2015

This paper investigates the channels through which remittances affect macroeconomic volatility in African countries using a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model augmented with financial frictions. Empirical results indicate that remittances - as a share of GDP - have a significant...

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Road to Industrialized Africa : Role of Efficient Factor Market in Firm Growth

Nose, Manabu - 2018

informality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This paper explores how land market and labor regulations affect factor allocative …

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Is Regional Trade Integration a Growth and Convergence Engine in Africa?

Gammadigbe, Vigninou - 2021

Africa and its major Regional Economic Communities (RECs). The results of the instrumental variable and panel fixed …-effects estimation show that RTI promotes economic growth in Africa. However, it fosters income divergence, reflecting the distribution …

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The Global Financial Crisis and Workers' Remittances to Africa : What's the Damage?

Barajas, Adolfo - 2011

Using data on the distribution of migrants from Africa, GDP growth forecasts for host countries, and after estimating … percentage points, with migrants to Europe hardest hit while migrants within Africa relatively unaffected by the crisis. The …

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The Relationship between the Foreign Exchange Regime and Macroeconomic Performance in Eastern Africa

Stotsky, Janet Gale - 2012

Africa. The study focuses on seven countries, five of which decisively liberalized their foreign exchange regimes. The study …

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Bond Markets in Africa

Mu, Yibin - 2013

corporate bond markets in Africa. It then applies an econometric model to analyze the key determinants of African government …

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