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expenditure during the period 1970-2013 using a panel dataset on 153 countries. We find that terrorism has only a marginal …This paper provides an empirical analysis of how the frequency and severity of terrorism affect government revenue and … robust to alternative specifications and empirical strategies. On the other hand, we find strong evidence that terrorism is …
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We combine some newly developed panel co-integration techniques and common factor analysis to analyze the behavior of …
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This paper applies the maximum likelihood panel cointegration method of Larsson and Lyhagen (2007) to test the strong … contrasted to those from the Pedroni (1995) cointegration tests and fully modified OLS and dynamic OLS esimators of the …
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This paper studies the role of airlift supply on the tourism sector in the Caribbean. The paper examines the relative … structural panel VAR and individual country VARs. Among the four airlift supply measures, increasing the number of flights is …
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Like the theory of the second best that the 2006 congress marks, the VAT is now fifty years old. Judged by the extent and speed of its spread around the world, and the revenue that it raises, the VAT would seem to have been a remarkable success. Over the last few years, however, it has come...
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Containing inflation has turned out to be one of the most challenging aspects of economic management in Iraq. This paper posits that conventional as well as unconventional factors explain inflation dynamics in the recent past. We build a theoretical model based on the insights into the workings...
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This paper analyses the fiscal effects of armed conflict and terrorism on low- and middle-income countries. An analysis … estimates are consistent with the hypothesis that conflict and terrorism have a significant negative impact on growth through … conflict and terrorism …
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threat to vulnerable countries that are highly dependent on a weather-sensitive sector like tourism. Using a novel … multidimensional index, this study investigates the long-term impact of climate change vulnerability on international tourism in a … panel of 15 Caribbean countries over the period 1995-2017. Empirical results show that climate vulnerability already has a …
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The pervasive use of tax incentives is costly for the Caribbean countries, yet the benefits seem limited. Better policy coordination at the regional level is needed to help overcome the collective action problems and generate more revenue to support the much-needed infrastructure investment....
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