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Outsourcing Tariff Evasion : A New Explanation for Entrepot Trade
International Monetary Fund - 2005
Traditional explanations for indirect trade carried out through an entrepôt have focused on savings in transport costs and on the role of specialized agents in processing and distribution. We provide an alternative perspective based on the possibility that entrepôts may facilitate tariff...
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Fear of Service Outsourcing : Is it Justified?
Amiti, Mary - 2004
The recent media and political attention on service outsourcing from developed to developing countries gives the … impression that outsourcing is exploding. As a result, workers in industrial countries are anxious about job losses. This paper … aims to establish what are the hypes and what are the facts. The results show that although service outsourcing has been …
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How important are debt and growth expectations for interest rates?
Rafiq, Sohrab - 2015
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The financial wealth of corporations : a first look at sectoral balance sheet data
Hashimoto, Yūko; Kinoshita, Noriaki - 2016
This paper analyzes the nonfinancial corporation (NFC) sector's financial balance sheets using data available from the OECD. In our sample of 20 advanced economies, corporate debt in percent of GDP-a frequently used indicator in the context of corporate balance sheet adjustments-has remained...
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Gender diversity in senior positions and firm performance : evidence from Europe
Christiansen, Lone; Lin, Huidan; Pereira, Joana; … - 2016
This paper examines the link between gender diversity in senior corporate positions and financial performance of 2 million companies in Europe. We document a positive association between corporate return on assets and the share of women in senior positions and establish two potential channels...
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A closer look at sectoral financial linkages in Brazil I : corporations’ financial statements
Karpowicz, Izabela; Lipinsky, Fabian; Park, Jongho - 2016
Understanding the interplay between firms' balance sheets and the macro-economic environment is important for understanding of the Brazilian economy. A close examination of developments in the nonfinancial corporate sector up to the early 2015 reveals weak equity growth, declining profitability,...
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Nonfinancial firms in Latin America : a source of vulnerability?
González-Miranda, Maria - 2012
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Global liquidity through the lens of monetary aggregates
Chung, Kyuil; Lee, Jong Eun; Loukoianova, Elena; Park, Hail - 2014
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Corporate sector resilience in India in the wake of the COVID-19 shock
Górnicka, Lucyna; Ogawa, Sumiko; Xu, TengTeng - 2021
To assess the resilience of India's corporate sector against COVID-19-related shocks, we conducted a series of stress tests using firm-level corporate balance sheet data. The results reveal a differential impact across sectors, with the most severe impact on contact-intensive services,...
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Dominican Republic : sectoral financial positions and macroeconomic vulnerabilities
Cerovic, Svetlana; Saboin, Jose - 2016
This paper examines the financial position of the key sectors of the Dominican Republic. It contributes to macroeconomic surveillance by identifying financial interlinkages and vulnerabilities through the balance sheet approach. The balance sheet of the economy has been weakening, particularly...
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