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We use a global computable general equilibrium model to compare the economic performance of alternative climate policies along multiple dimensions, including macroeconomic outcomes, energy prices, and trade competitiveness. Carbon pricing which keeps the aggregate cost lower and preserves better...
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dangers and reasons for India's growth slowdown and proposes policy reforms for sustaining fast growth …
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This paper explores the role of public expenditure in fostering inclusive growth. It starts with a presentation of salient features of public expenditure. Then, it lays out an analytical framework that describes the channels through which public expenditure affects inequality and poverty in the...
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This paper analyzes the drivers of India's growth in the past five decades and considers baseline and upside scenarios … of India's medium-term potential growth. Using a production function approach, the paper assesses the impact of the …
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India's financial sector has faced many challenges in recent decades, with a large, negative, and persistent credit to …
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This paper investigates the empirical characteristics of income inequality in China and a panel of BRIC+ countries over …€”an inverted Ushaped relationship between income inequality and economic development—in China and the panel of BRIC+ countries …. In the case of China, the empirical results indicate that government spending and taxation have opposing effects on …
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estimates potential growth for China, India, and five ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and … Vietnam) during 1993–2013. The main findings include: (i) both China and India have recently exhibited a slowdown in …;(iii) over the longer term, demographic factors will be much more supportive in India and some ASEAN economies than in China …
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There is an extensive literature noting that high inflation can add to income inequality, and a parallel literature assessing the effect of rising food prices on the poor. This paper attempts to combine these strands by dividing inflation into food and nonfood inflation and assessing whether...
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explaining China's and India's growth. Specific financial sector policies are shown to map well the size and changes in the … investment wedge. In the case of China, nonperforming loans, borrowing constraints, and uncertainty over changes in government …
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This paper gauges the potential effects on employment of rebalancing China's exportoriented growth model toward … existing and new services as well as reorienting the production of tradable goods toward domestic markets. In China's case … paper shows that while rebalancing China's growth toward a domestic-demand-led economy would likely raise aggregate e …
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