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Employment impacts of upstream oil and gas investment in the United States
Agerton, Mark; Hartley, Peter Reginald; Medlock, … - 2015
Technological progress in the exploration and production of oil and gas during the 2000s has led to a boom in upstream investment and has increased the domestic supply of fossil fuels. It is unknown, however, how many jobs this boom has created. We use time-series methods at the national level...
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A crude shock : explaining the impact of the 2014-16 oil price decline across exporters
Grigoli, Francesco; Herman, Alexander; Swiston, Andrew - 2017
The decline in oil prices in 2014-16 was one of the sharpest in history, and put to test the resilience of oil exporters. We examine the degree to which economic fundamentals entering the oil price decline explain the impact on economic growth across oil exporting economies, and derive policy...
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Oil Windfalls in Ghana : A DSGE Approach
Dagher, Jihad - 2010
We use a calibrated multi-sector DSGE model to analyze the likely impact of oil windfalls on the Ghanaian economy, under alternative fiscal and monetary policy responses. We distinguish between the short-run impact, associated with demand-related pressures, and the medium run impact on...
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Network determinants of cross-border merger and acquisition decisions
Didier, Tatiana; Herrador, Sebastián; Pinat, Magali - 2019
This paper assesses whether cross-border M and A decisions exhibit network effects. We estimate exponential random graph models (ERGM) and temporal exponential random graph models (TERGM) to evaluate the determinants of cross-country M and A investments at the sectoral level. The results show...
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International Corporate Governance Spillovers : Evidence from Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions
Albuquerque, Rui - 2013
We develop and test the hypothesis that foreign direct investment promotes corporate governance spillovers in the host country. Using firm-level data on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate governance in 22 countries, we find that cross-border M&As are associated with...
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How large and persistent is the response of inflation to changes in retail energy prices?
Abdallah, Chadi; Kpodar, Kangni - 2020
We estimate the dynamic effects of changes in retail energy prices on inflation using a novel monthly database, covering 110 countries over 2000:M1 to 2016:M6. We find that (i) inflation responds positively to retail energy price shocks, with effects being, on average, modest and transitory....
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Economic Integration, Business Cycle, and Productivity in North America
Kose, M. Ayhan - 2004
This paper examines the effect of the major Canada-U.S. trade agreements on the dynamics of business cycles and … productivity in Canada. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its predecessor, the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement … business cycles in Canada and the United States since the early 1980s, country-specific and idiosyncratic factors remain …
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A comprehensive greenhouse gas mitigation strategy for The Netherlands
Batini, Nicoletta; Black, Simon; Luca, Oana; Parry, Ian … - 2021
The Netherlands has ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the future - to cut them by 49 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 95 percent by 2050. These targets and the likely new EU-wide targets under the recent EU Green Deal entail a rapid acceleration in decarbonization....
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An Oil and Gas Model
Krichene, Noureddine - 2007
This paper formulated a short-run model, with an explicit role for monetary policy, for analyzing world oil and gas markets. The model described carefully the parameters of these markets and their vulnerability to business cycles. Estimates showed that short-run demand for oil and gas was price-...
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Measuring Energy Security : Trends in the Diversification of Oil and Natural Gas Supplies
Loungani, Prakash - 2011
We present evidence on one facet of energy security in OECD economies - the extent of diversification in sources of oil and natural gas supplies. Viewed from the perspective of the energy-importing countries as a whole, there has not been much change in diversification in oil supplies over the...
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