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constraints and small economic size. This paper explores the potential linkages between export structure and economic growth and … industries. The empirical analysis finds that export diversification may promote economic growth and reduce economic volatility …
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exports with respect to exchange rates using Papua New Guinean data. In the empirical part, using various econometric methods …, I find the statistically significant elasticities of commodity exports to real exchange rates. In the theoretical part …
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Domestic savings and investment are positively correlated across countries and through time, as Feldstein-Horioka (FH) unveiled 40 years ago. We argue that an interpretation of this correlation based on market failures is more consistent with data patterns than alternative hypotheses. Moreover,...
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. The bi-directional causality results suggest that developing tax capacity and building state institutions need to go hand …
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This paper assesses the impact of climate-related disasters on medium-term growth and analyzes key structural areas … negative impact on medium-term growth, especially for sub-Saharan Africa; and (ii) a disaster's intensity matters much more …
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After impressive growth in the 2000s, China's productivity has more recently stagnated. We use firm-level data to …'s business dynamism. We show that (i) the revenue share of young firms has declined, (ii) the life-cycle growth of young firms … relative to older incumbents has slowed, (iii) weaker life-cycle growth can be explained by slower productivity growth and …
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We analyze the medium-term macroeconomic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lock-down measures on low-income countries. We focus on the impact over the medium-run of the degradation of health and human capital caused by the pandemic and its aftermath, exploring the trade-offs between...
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We measure the impact of frequent exogeneous shocks on small ECCU economies, including changes to global economic activity, tourism flows, oil prices, passport sales, FDI, and natural disasters. Using Canonical-Correlation Analysis (CCA) and dynamic panel regression analysis we find significant...
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