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It takes many years for more efficient electronic payments to be widely used, and the fees that merchants (consumers) pay for using those services are increasing (decreasing) over time. We address these puzzles by studying payments system evolution with a dynamic model in a twosided market...
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which network externalities in the demand for currency can generate multiple stable steady states for the dollarization … estimates, which confirm the existence of network externalities, the paper discusses several policies that could result in a …
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Using a simple model of two-sided markets, we show that, in the social optimum, platform pricing leads to an inherent cost recovery problem. This result is driven by the positive externality of participation that users on either side of the market exert on the opposite side. The contribution of...
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multilayer network framework is applied to link debt and equity exposures across countries. Use of this approach-that examines … of financial contagion.The structure of the global financial network has changed since the global financial crisis … and contagion remain similar in that network is highly susceptible to shocks from central countries and those with large …
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for higher quality goods. We test the proposed theory using a highly disaggregated Argentinean firm-level wine export …
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Despite the appreciation of the exchange rate, the eight Central and Eastern European countries (the CEE-8) that entered the European Union in May 2004 have achieved a decade of impressive export growth, expanding significantly their shares of world markets. Does this mean that the real exchange...
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Price index compilers frequently face situations where price observations are missing due to seasonal unavailability, supply shortages, or the discontinuation of products. Incorrect treatment of such situations can result in biased price indices. This paper presents statistical imputation...
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period 1970-2013. The focus is on large changes in product market regulation in seven individual network industries …
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Germany and the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia (the CE4) have been in a process of deepening economic integration which has lead to the development of a dynamic supply chain within Europe—the Germany-Central European Supply Chain (GCESC). Model-based simulations suggest two key...
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We explore the contribution of product-quality upgrading to the export performance of six fast-growing Asian economies: China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand. We focus on measuring the impact of quality upgrading on the changes in these countries' sectoral export shares...
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