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Resource windfalls, macroeconomic stability and growth : the role of political institutions
Arezki, Rabah - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424793
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Understanding export diversification : key drivers and policy implications
Giri, Rahul; Quayyum, Saad Noor; Yin, Rujun Joy - 2019
We identify key factors, from large set of potential determinants, that explain the variation in export diversification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021886
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Export diversification in low-income countries and small states : do country size and income level matter?
Lee, Dongyeol; Zhang, Huan - 2019
Export structure is less diversified in low-income countries (LICs) and especially small states that face resource … constraints and small economic size. This paper explores the potential linkages between export structure and economic growth and … its volatility in LICs and small states, using a range of indices of export concentration differing in the coverage of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022019
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The level of productivity in traded and non-traded sectors for a large panel of countries
Mano, Rui; Castillo, Marola - 2015
This paper explains in detail the construction of series for productivity in the traded and nontraded sectors for a panel of 56 countries spanning 1989–2012. The level of productivity in each sector is defined as real value added per worker in constant 2005 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281918
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Time Series Analysis of Export Demand Equations : A Cross-Country Analysis
Montenegro, Claudio - 1998
The paper estimates export demand elasticities for a large number of developing and developed countries, using time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400714
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Border and Behind-The-Border Trade Barriers and Country Exports
Sadikov, Azim M. - 2007
country''s exports? To answer this question, I develop a model where a country can export two types of products …: differentiated and homogeneous. I show that export signatures and registration procedures reduce overall exports by increasing … price data on differentiated products due to their heterogeneity makes them more sensitive to export signatures. Regressions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400884
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An Evaluation of the World Economic Outlook Forecasts
Timmermann, Allan - 2006
The World Economic Outlook (WEO) is a key source of forecasts of global economic conditions. It is therefore important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401878
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Resource Windfalls, Macroeconomic Stability and Growth : The Role of Political Institutions
Kazimov, Kazim - 2011
We use a new dataset on non-resource GDP to examine the performance of commodity-exporting countries in terms of macroeconomic stability and economic growth in a panel of up to 129 countries during the period 1970-2007. Our main findings are threefold. First, we find that overall government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399309
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Exports, Inflation, and Growth
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 1997
World Bank, covering 160 countries in the period 1985-1994. First, the linkages between the propensity to export and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399605
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Crises, labor market policy, and unemployment
Bernal Verdugo, Lorenzo Ernesto; Furceri, Davide; … - 2012
Using a sample of 97 countries spanning the period 1980?2008, we estimate that financial crises have a large negative impact on unemployment in the short term, but that this effect rapidly disappears in the medium term in countries with flexible labor market institutions, whereas the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009572447