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Nonperforming loans and macrofinancial vulnerabilities in advanced economies
Nkusu, Mwanza - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424826
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170075
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Mask mandates save lives
Hansen, Niels-Jakob Harbo; Mano, Rui - 2021
We quantify the effect of mask mandates in the United States. Our regression discontinuity design exploits county-level variation in COVID-19 cases, hospital admissions, and deaths across the border between states with and without mandates. We find a significant and substantial effect-mask...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605500
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Nonperforming Loans and Macrofinancial Vulnerabilities in Advanced Economies
Nkusu, Mwanza - 2011
We analyze the link between nonperforming loans (NPL) and macroeconomic performance using two complementary approaches. First, we investigate the macroeconomic determinants of NPL in panel regressions and confirm that adverse macroeconomic developments are associated with rising NPL. Second, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399141
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Income inequality and education revisited : persistence, endogeneity, and heterogeneity
Coady, David P.; Dizioli, Allan - 2017
This paper presents new results on the relationship between income inequality and education expansion-that is, increasing average years of schooling and reducing inequality of schooling. When dynamic panel estimation techniques are used to address issues of persistence and endogeneity, we find a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704587
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Investing in public infrastructure : roads or schools?
Atolia, Manoj; Li, Bin; Marto, Ricardo; Melina, Giovanni - 2017
Why do governments in developing economies invest in roads and not enough in schools? In the presence of distortionary taxation and debt aversion, the different pace at which roads and schools contribute to economic growth turns out to be central to this decision. Specifically, while costs are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704410
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Education and health for inclusiveness
Filmer, Deon; Gatti, Roberta; Rogers, Halsey; … - 2021
We discuss existing shortfalls and inequalities in the accumulation of human capital-knowledge, skills, and health. We analyze their immediate and systemic causes, and assess the scope for public intervention. The broad policy goals should be to improve: the quality, and not just the quantity,...
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Narrowing vertical fiscal imbalances in four European countries
Karpowicz, Izabela - 2012
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Demand patterns in France, Germany, and Belgium : can we explain the differences?
Lebrun, Igor; Pérez Ruiz, Esther - 2014
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Regional Labor Market Disparities in Belgium
Estevão, Marcello M. - 2002
Regional labor market discrepancies have been widening in Belgium in the last two decades and are more evident within …-unemployment provinces. Using a structural VAR, it is also shown that labor market dynamics in Belgium produce a strong attenuating effect on … short-run adjustment is over, there is less labor migration in Belgium than in the United States or Europe, corroborating …
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