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Loss-of-learning and the post-Covid recovery in low-income countries
Buffie, Edward F.; Adam, Christopher S.; Zanna, Luis-Felipe - 2022
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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COVID-19 impact and mitigation policies : a didactic epidemiological-macroeconomic model approach
Ansah, John P.; Epstein, Natan; Nalban, Valeriu - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392496
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Increasing productivity growth in middle income countries
Abdychev, Aidar; Jirasavetakul, La-Bhus Fah; Jonelis, Andrew - 2015
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COVID-19 and SME failures
Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier; … - 2020
, Education, and Other Services are among the most affected sectors. The jobs at risk due to COVID-19 related SME business …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012391969
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The role of e-government in promoting Foreign Direct Investment inflows
Al-Sadiq, Ali J. - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487235
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International trade and corporate market power
Gonzalez-Garcia, Jesus; Yang, Yuanchen - 2020
This paper examines the effect of international trade on corporate market power in emerging market economies and developing countries, with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis is based on a large firm-level dataset, tariff data by sector and agreggate indicators of international...
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Remittance concentration and volatility : evidence from 72 developing countries
Hosny, Amr - 2020
This paper contributes to the literature by introducing the role of geographic concentration of the source of remittances. Specifically, using data over 2010-2015 for 72 developing countries, we study the impact of (i) large remittances and (ii) the geographic concentration of the source of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252729
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Some policy lessons from country applications of the DIG and DIGNAR models
Gurara, Daniel Zerfu; Melina, Giovanni; Zanna, Luis-Felipe - 2019
Over the past seven years, the DIG and DIGNAR models have complemented the IMF and World Bank debt sustainability framework (DSF) analysis, over 65 country applications. They have provided useful insights in the context of program and surveillance work, based on qualitative and quantitative...
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Do fiscal rules cause fiscal discipline over the electoral cycle?
Eklou, Kodjovi M.; Joanis, Marcelin - 2019
This paper estimates the causal effect of fiscal rules on political budget cycles in a sample of 67 developing countries over the period 1985-2007. We exploit the geographical pattern in the adoption of fiscal rules to isolate an exogenous source of variation in the adoption of national fiscal...
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What drives innovation? : lessons from COVID-19 R&D
Agarwal, Ruchir; Gaulé, Patrick - 2021
To examine the drivers of innovation, this paper studies the global R and D effort to fight the deadliest diseases and … and innovation can be very large, as demonstrated by aggregate flow of clinical trials increasing by 38% in 2020, with …, while economists are naturally in favor of market size as a driving force for innovation (i.e.'if the market size is …
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