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Fair weather or foul? : the macroeconomic effects of El Niño
Cashin, Paul A.; Mohaddes, Kamiar; Raissi, Mehdi - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281172
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How do climate shocks affect the impact of FDI, ODA and remittances on economic growth?
Drabo, Alassane - 2021
The three main financial inflows to developing countries have largely increased during the last two decades, despite the large debate in the literature regarding their effects on economic growth which is not yet clear-cut. An emerging literature investigates the dependence of their effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605579
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Feeling the heat : climate shocks and credit ratings
Cevik, Serhan; Jalles, João Tovar - 2020
Climate change is an existential threat to the world economy like no other, with complex, evolving and nonlinear dynamics that remain a source of great uncertainty. There is a bourgeoning literature on the economic impact of climate change, but research on how climate change affects sovereign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012486104
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An apocalypse foretold : climate shocks and sovereign defaults
Cevik, Serhan; Jalles, João Tovar - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392493
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This changes everything : climate shocks and sovereign bonds
Cevik, Serhan; Jalles, João Tovar - 2020
Climate change is already a systemic risk to the global economy. While there is a large body of literature documenting potential economic consequences, there is scarce research on the link between climate change and sovereign risk. This paper therefore investigates the impact of climate change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251897
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Weather shocks and output in low-income countries : adaptation and the role of policies
Acevedo Mejia, Sebastian; Baccianti, Claudio; Mrkaic, Mico - 2019
We explore the extent to which macroeconomic policies, structural policies, and institutions can mitigate the negative relationship between temperature shocks and output in countries with warm climates. Empirical evidence and simulations of a dynamic general equilibrium model reveal that good...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103566
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Can Regional Integration Accelerate Development in Africa? : CGE Model Simulations of the Impact of the SADC FTAon the Republic of Madagascar
Hallaert, Jean-Jacques - 2007
Madagascar plans to start phasing out its customs tariffs on imports from the Southern African Development Community in … 2007. This paper uses a CGE model to evaluate the impact of the SADC FTA on Madagascar economy. The results suggest that … the SADC FTA would only have a limited impact on Madagascar''s real GDP because the liberalization affects only a small …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400346
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Evaluating Alternative Approaches to Poverty Alleviation : Rice Tariffs Versus Targeted Transfers in Madagascar
Dorosh, Paul A. - 2008
implications of rice tariffs and targeted transfers in Madagascar, especially in the context of identifying their respective roles …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401437
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How Does a Domestic Tax Reform Effect Protection Against Imports? : The Case of the Republic of Madagascar
Hallaert, Jean-Jacques - 2008
In 2008, Madagascar reformed its domestic tax system. Because the excise duties and VAT regimes were reformed, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401845
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Madagascar : A Competitiveness and Exchange Rate Assessment
Eyraud, Luc - 2009
The purpose of this paper is to assess Madagascar''s competitiveness in recent years, using both price and nonprice … overvalued. We also carry out a comparative analysis of nonprice indicators and find that Madagascar performs less favorably than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401850