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Tracking the economic impact of COVID-19 and mitigation policies in Europe and the United States
Chen, Sophia; Igan, Deniz; Pierri, Nicola; Presbitero, … - 2020
We use high-frequency indicators to analyze the economic impact of COVID-19 in Europe and the United States during the early phase of the pandemic. We document that European countries and U.S. states that experienced larger outbreaks also suffered larger economic losses. We also find that the...
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Who will bear the brunt of lockdown policies? : evidence from tele-workability measures across countries
Brussevich, Mariya; Dabla-Norris, Era; Khalid, Salma - 2020
Lockdowns imposed around the world to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic are having a differential impact on economic activity and jobs. This paper presents a new index of the feasibility to work from home to investigate what types of jobs are most at risk. We estimate that over 97.3...
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Growing (un)equal : fiscal policy and income inequality in China and BRIC+
Cevik, Serhan; Correa-Caro, Carolina - 2015
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The Chinese Corporate Savings Puzzle : A Firm-Level Cross-Country Perspective
Tong, Hui - 2010
China’s high corporate savings rate is commonly claimed to be a key driver for the country’s large current account …
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Growing (Un)equal : Fiscal Policy and Income Inequality in China and BRIC+
Cevik, Serhan - 2015
This paper investigates the empirical characteristics of income inequality in China and a panel of BRIC+ countries over …-an inverted Ushaped relationship between income inequality and economic development-in China and the panel of BRIC+ countries. In … the case of China, the empirical results indicate that government spending and taxation have opposing effects on income …
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Should unconventional balance sheet policies be added to the central bank toolkit? : a review of the experience so far
Stone, Mark Richard; Fujita, Kenji; Ishi, Kotaro - 2011
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Central bank balance sheet policies and spillovers to emerging markets
Kumar, Manmohan S.; Wang, Haobin - 2017
We develop a theoretical model that shows that in the near future, the monetary policies of some key central banks in advanced economies (AEs) will have two dimensions-changes in short-term policy rates and balance sheet adjustments. This will affect emerging market economies (EMs), especially...
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What is Different About Family Businesses?
Chami, Ralph - 2001
Family businesses make up forty percent of the Fortune 500 companies in the US, generate about two-thirds of the German GDP, employ about one-half of the labor force in Britain, and account for the majority of the private economies in developing countries. This paper develops a theory of family...
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IMF applications of purchasing power parity estimates
Silver, Mick S. - 2010
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Will natural gas prices decouple from oil prices across the pond?
De Bock, Reinout; Gijón, José - 2011
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