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Does NGO Aid Go to the Poor? : Empirical Evidence From Europe
Nancy, Gilles - 2006
This paper studies the aid allocation of European nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Once population is controlled for, poverty consistently appears as the main worldwide determinant of NGO aid allocation. NGOs do not respond to strategic considerations. Their funding source does not seem to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402984
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Do subnational fiscal rules foster fiscal discipline? : new empirical evidence from Europe
Kotia, Ananya; Lledó, Victor D. - 2016
This paper studies how fiscal rules interact with the intergovernmental fiscal framework to foster fiscal discipline among European subnational governments. We use political variables describing the fiscal attitudes of the central government as instruments to obtain consistent estimates of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011705636
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Apocalypse then : the evolution of the North Atlantic economy and the global crisis
Bayoumi, Tamim A.; Bui, Trung - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422418
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Cross-Border Coordination of Prudential Supervision and Deposit Guarantees
International Monetary Fund - 2008
The scramble to expand deposit guarantees in Europe in response to recent financial turmoil confirms that the on-going integration of European financial markets requires closer coordination of prudential policies and financial safety nets. We study the optimal design of prudential supervision...
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Climate mitigation in China : which policies are most effective?
Parry, Ian W. H.; Shang, Baoping; Wingender, Philippe; … - 2016
For the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, China pledged to reduce the carbon dioxide (CO2) intensity of GDP by 60 … level fiscal and regulatory policy options for reducing CO2 emissions in China in terms of their impacts on emissions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715095
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The impact of environmental policy on innovation in clean technologies
Eugster, Johannes - 2021
This paper studies the effect of climate change mitigating policies on innovation in clean energy technologies. Results suggest that the tightening of environmental policies since the early 1990s have made a statistically and economically significant contribution to the increase in clean...
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Financial regulation, climate change, and the transition to a low-carbon economy : a survey of the issues
Demekas, Dimitri G.; Grippa, Pierpaolo - 2021
There are demands on central banks and financial regulators to take on new responsibilities for supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy. Regulators can indeed facilitate the reorientation of financial flows necessary for the transition. But their powers should not be overestimated....
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Reconsidering climate mitigation policy in the UK
Arregui, Nicolas; Parry, Ian W. H. - 2020
The UK has pledged to cut greenhouse gases 57 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, to be emisisons neutral by 2050, and to phase out internal combustion engine vehicles by 2030. Much progress has been made, but fully achieving these ambitious objectives with the current policy framework will be...
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Has Chinese aid benefited recipient countries? : evidence from a meta-regression analysis
Mandon, Pierre; Woldemichael, Martha Tesfaye - 2022
This paper employs a meta-regression analysis of 473 estimates from 15 studies to take stock of the empirical literature on Chinese aid effectiveness. After accommodating publication selection bias, we find that, on average, Beijing's foreign assistance has had a positive impact on economic and...
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What Drives China's Growing Role in Africa?
Wang, Jian-Ye - 2007
What role does China play in Africa''s development? What drives China''s increasing economic involvement in the … continent? This paper attempts to provide a quantified assessment of China''s multifaceted influence as market, donor, financer … government policies, markets for each other''s exports, Africa''s demand for infrastructure, and differences in China''s approach …
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