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Inequality in China : trends, drivers and policy remedies
Jain Chandra, Sonali; Khor, Niny; Mano, Rui; Schauer, … - 2018
China has experienced rapid economic growth over the past two decades and is on the brink of eradicating poverty …. However, income inequality increased sharply from the early 1980s and rendered China among the most unequal countries in the … world. This trend has started to reverse as China has experienced a modest decline in inequality since 2008. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011866405
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Trade Costs and Location of Foreign Firms in China
International Monetary Fund - 2005
entry matters more than access to the rest of China, which is consistent with market fragmentation due to underdeveloped …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400961
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Political institutions, state building, and tax capacity : crossing the tipping point
Gaspar, Vítor; Jaramillo, Laura; Wingender, Philippe - 2016
this paper, we attempt via four case studies-Spain, China, Colombia, and Nigeria-to illustrate that the improvements in tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716283
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China's impacts on SSA through the lens of growth and exports
Mu, Yibin; Wang, Chu; Wu, Dong - 2017
The analysis of China's impacts on the 44 SSA countries reveals that: (i) after joining the WTO in 2001, China has … started to impact significantly on SSA growth: one-percent increase in China's GDP per capita leads to 0.02 percent increase … on the SSA's GDP per capita; (ii) oil and investment-goods exporters benefit more from China's growth; (iii) compared to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011781254
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The valuation effects of geographic diversification : evidence from U.S. banks
Götz, Martin; Laeven, Luc; Levine, Ross - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009572530
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The size distribution of manufacturing plants and development
Kothari, Siddharth - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479484
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Regional disparities, growth, and inclusiveness
Floerkemeier, Holger; Spatafora, Nikola; Venables, Anthony - 2021
We discuss regional disparities in economic performance and living standards. We first set out some key facts, and provide a conceptual framework to help analyze whether such disparities are efficient, or instead reflect market and/or policy failures. We examine whether policy attempts to reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518295
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Inequality and locational determinants of the distribution of living standards in India
Balasubramanian, Sriram; Dhir, Rishabh Kumar; Loungani, … - 2021
Using 2011-12 consumption micro-data, we find that nearly one-third of the variation in living standards in India can be explained by location alone. Consumption levels and locational inequality are positively related. In effect, from an individual's perspective, living standards are higher in...
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Regional disparities and fiscal federalism in Russia
Dynnikova, Oksana; Kyobe, Annette; Slavov, Slavi - 2021
This paper examines how regional disparities have evolved in Russia and how Russia's system of intergovernmental fiscal relations is managing these disparities. Regional disparities have fallen over the past two decades but remain relatively high. Socioeconomic outcomes remain worse in lagging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012613358
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Demographics and the housing market : Japan's disappearing cities
Hashimoto, Yūko; Hong, Gee Hee; Zhang, Xiaoxiao - 2020
How does a shrinking population affect the housing market? In this study, drawing on Japan's experience, we find that there exists an asymmetric relationship between housing prices and population change. Due to the durability of housing structures, the decline in housing prices associated with...
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