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Does Trade and Technology Transmission Facilitate Inequality Convergence? An Inquiry into the Role of Technology in Reducing the Poverty of Nations
Das, Gouranga Gopal - 2007
Based on stylized evidence showing variation of the Gini coefficient of income inequality across skill cohorts and on the rapid rise in trade in technology-intensive goods, the ripple effects of technology transmission and income inequality are explored in a global Computable General Equilibrium...
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Global Climate Change Mitigation, Fossil-Fuel Driven Development, and the Role of Financial and Technology Transfers : A Simple Framework
Wiegand, Johannes - 2022
; (iv) ultimately, a superior option—for both the world’s climate and growth prospects—is the development of clean energy …
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How Do Climate Shocks Affect the Impact of FDI, ODA and Remittances on Economic Growth?
Drabo, Alassane - 2022
The three main financial inflows to developing countries have largely increased during the last two decades, despite the large debate in the literature regarding their effects on economic growth which is not yet clear-cut. An emerging literature investigates the dependence of their effects on...
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When is Growth Pro-Poor? Cross-Country Evidence
Kraay, Aart - 2006
Growth is pro-poor if the poverty measure of interest falls. This implies three potential sources of pro-poor growth …: (a) a high rate of growth of average incomes; (b) a high sensitivity of poverty to growth in average incomes; and (c) a … poverty-reducing pattern of growth in relative incomes. I empirically decompose changes in poverty in a large sample of …
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Eye of the Storm : The Impact of Climate Shocks on Inflation and Growth
Cevik, Serhan; Jalles, João Tovar - 2023
What is the impact of climate change on inflation and growth dynamics? This is not a simple question to answer as climate shocks tend to be ubiquitous, but with opposing effects simultaneously on demand and supply. The extent of which climate-related shocks affect inflation and economic growth...
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Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change : A Cross-Country Analysis
Kahn, Matt - 2019
world real GDP per capita by more than 7 percent by 2100. On the other hand, abiding by the Paris Agreement, thereby …
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A Possible Approach to Fiscal Rules in Small Islands - Incorporating Natural Disasters and Climate Change
Nakatani, Ryota - 2019
A big challenge for the economic development of small island countries is dealing with external shocks. The Pacific Islands are vulnerable to natural disasters, climate change, commodity price changes, and uncertain donor grants. The question that arises is how should small developing countries...
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Optimal Control of a Global Model of Climate Change with Adaptation and Mitigation
Atolia, Manoj - 2019
The Integrated Assessment Model (IAM) has extensively treated the adverse effects of climatechange and the appropriate mitigation policy. We extend such a model to include optimalpolicies for mitigation, adaptation and infrastructure investment studying the dynamics of thetransition to a low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012895108
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Climate Disaster Risks - Empirics and a Multi-Phase Dynamic Model
Mittnik, Stefan - 2019
Recent research in financial economics has shown that rare large disasters have the potential to disrupt financial sectors via the destruction of capital stocks and jumps in risk premia. These disruptions often entail negative feedback effects on the macroeconomy. Research on disaster risks has...
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Waiting for Godot? The Case for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Small Island States
Cevik, Serhan - 2022
Global warming is the most significant threat to ecosystems and people’s health and living standards, especially in small island states in the Caribbean and elsewhere. This paper contributes to the debate by analyzing different options to scale up climate change mitigation and adaptation. In...
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