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Trade and inclusive growth
Bacchetta, Marc; Cerra, Valerie; Piermartini, Roberta; … - 2021
This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition, especially from EMEs like China, spurring trade tensions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518909
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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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A Barrel of Oil or a Bottle of Wine : How Do Global Growth Dynamics Affect Commodity Prices?
Saadi Sedik, Tahsin - 2011
This paper investigates the causes of extreme fluctuations in commodity prices from 1990 to 2010. Analyzing two very distinct commodities-crude oil and fine wine, we find that macroeconomic factors are the main determinants of commodity prices. Although supply constraints have the expected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403684
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Globalization and Growth in the Twentieth Century
Crafts, N. F. R. - 2000
globalization backlash reminiscent of the 1930s is analyzed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399816
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Income inequality in small states and the Caribbean : stylized facts and determinants
McIntyre, Meredith A.; Bejar, Pablo; Komatsuzaki, Takuji; … - 2021
Rising income inequality has emerged as a major policy issue facing policymakers, but there is a dearth of empirical work on inequality in small states, including the Caribbean. Despite data limitations, the empirical analysis using a sample of small states finds that increased openness and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518290
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Explaining Russia's Output Collapse : Aggregate Sources and Regional Evidence
Dolinskaya, Irina - 2001
This paper explores sources of the output collapse in Russia during transition. A modified growth accounting framework … productivity are assessed using data on sub-national regions within Russia. Privatization and entry of private firms are found to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403640
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Financial Crisis, Economic Recovery and Banking Development in Russia, Ukraine, and Other FSU Countries
Marin, Dalia - 2004
afterward in Russia and other former Soviet Union countries. Before the crisis a banking failure arose owing to the coexistence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404142
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Russia's Output Collapse and Recovery : Evidence from the Post-Soviet Transition
Kvintradze, Eteri - 2010
decline in world energy prices. However, the domination of virtual forces—value transfers from the energy sector to strategic … enterprises—suggests that high world energy prices are masking an inefficient manufacturing sector, and that the Russian economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404334
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Determinants of Development Financing Flows From Brazil, Russia, India, and China to Low-Income Countries
Mwase, Nkunde - 2011
BRICs development financing flows have increased significantly and are expected to become more prominent in the post-crisis era. We investigate the potential implications on the country-allocation of loan commitments and the degree of concessionality using a panel vector autoregression model and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397783
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How Russia Affects the Neighborhood : Trade, Financial, and Remittance Channels
Espinosa-Bowen, Jaime - 2009
We test the extent to which growth in the 11 CIS countries (excluding Russia) was associated with developments in … Russia, overall, as well as through the trade, financial and remittance channels over the last decade or so. The results … point to the continued existence of economic links between the CIS countries and Russia, though these links may have altered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402216