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E-commerce during COVID : stylized facts from 47 economies
Alcedo, Joel; Cavallo, Alberto; Dwyer, Bricklin; … - 2022
We study e-commerce across 47 economies and 26 industries during the COVID-19 pandemic using aggregated and anonymized transaction-level data from Mastercard, scaled to represent total consumer spending. The share of online transactions in total consumption increased more in economies with...
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Technological and economic decoupling in the cyber era
Garcia-Macia, Daniel; Goyal, Rishi - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift toward digital services. Meanwhile, the race for technological and economic leadership has heated up, with risks of decoupling that could set back trade and growth and hinder the recovery from the worst global recession since the Great Depression....
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Unlocking access to finance for SMEs : a cross-country analysis
Fouejieu, Armand; Ndoye Faye, Anta; Sydorenko, Tetyana - 2020
(SMEs) in the world. The paper provides empirical evidence on the drivers of SME access to finance for a large sample of … development and better governance would help close the SME financial inclusion gap between MENAP and CCA regions and the best …
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Scaling up climate mitigation policy in Germany
Black, Simon; Chen, Ruo; Mineshima, Aiko; Mylonas, Victor; … - 2021
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Destabilizing the global monetary system : Germany's adoption of the gold standard in the early 1870s
Wiegand, Johannes - 2019
In 1871-73, newly unified Germany adopted the gold standard, replacing the silver-based currencies that had been … block. Why did Germany switch to gold and set the train of destructive events in motion? Both a review of the … France, which would have severed the link between gold and silver currencies. Without reform, Germany would thus have risked …
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Military Expenditure : International Comparison of Trends
Hewitt, Daniel P. - 1991
This paper analyzes trends in world military expenditure by examining the shares of different country groups and the …
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Real and Nominal Exchange Rates in the Long Run
Adams, Charles - 1991
This paper decomposes longer-run movements in (major) dollar real exchange rates into components associated with changes in nominal exchange rates and price levels, and their comovements. Though the decompositions suggest some permanent movements, they imply that there are large transitory...
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Automating the Price Discovery Process : Some International Comparisons and Regulatory Implications
Domowitz, Ian - 1992
Automated trade execution systems are examined with respect to the degree to which they automate the price discovery process. Seven levels of automation of price discovery are identified, and 47 systems are classified according to these criteria. Systems operating at various levels of automation...
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Cointegration of International Stock Market Indices
Chou, Ray Yeu-Tien - 1994
country stock price indices, including that of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan are …
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E-commerce as a potential new engine for growth in Asia
Kinda, Tidiane - 2019
The use of e-commerce around the world has accelerated in recent years, with Asia, led by China, spearheading the rise …
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