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Emissions and growth : trends and cycles in a globalized world
Cohen, Gail; Jalles, João Tovar; Loungani, Prakash; … - 2017
Recent discussions of the extent of decoupling between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and real gross domestic product (GDP) provide mixed evidence and have generated much debate. We show that to get a clear picture of decoupling it is important to distinguish cycles from trends: there is an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011799677
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Disposal is not free : fiscal instruments to internalize the environmental costs of solid waste
Matheson, Thornton - 2019
This paper provides an overview of global solid waste generation, its environmental costs, and fiscal instruments that … can be used to encourage waste reduction and finance proper disposal. Countries-especially island nations--struggle to … manage an ever-increasing volume of solid waste, generation of which is projected to exceed 2 billion tons a year by 2025 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012155061
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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
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Labor market flexibility and unemployment : new empirical evidence of static and dynamic effects
Bernal Verdugo, Lorenzo Ernesto; Furceri, Davide; … - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009572457
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Fiscal policy and the current account : are microstates different?
Endegnanew, Yehenew; Amo-Yartey, Charles; Turner-Jones, … - 2012
This paper examines the empirical link between fiscal policy and the current account focusing on microstates defined as countries with a population of less than 2 million between 1970 and 2009. The paper employs panel regression and panel vector autoregression (VAR) on 155 countries of which 42...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009572529
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Short-term wholesale funding and systemic risk : a global CoVaR approach
Lopez-Espinosa, German; Moreno, Antonio; Rubia, Antonio; … - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009572535
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Central bank credit to the government : what can we learn from international practices?
Jácome, Luis Ignacio; Matamoros-Indorf, Marcela; … - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009423901
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Foreign banks : trends, impact and financial stability
Claessens, Stijn; Horen, Neeltje van - 2012
This paper introduces a comprehensive database on bank ownership for 137 countries over 1995-2009, and reviews foreign bank behavior and impact. It documents substantial increases in foreign bank presence, with many more home and host countries. Current market shares of foreign banks average 20...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424698
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Commodity price volatility and the sources of growth
Cavalcanti, Tiago; Mohaddes, Kamiar; Raissi, Mehdi - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424700
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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