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Trade and Industrial Policies with Heterogeneous Firms : The Role of Country Asymmetries

Pflüger, Michael - 2010

This paper explores the role of country asymmetries for trade and industrial policies with heterogeneous firms. Our analysis delivers a number of novel results. First, trade policies, infrastructure policies and industrial policies which improve the business conditions in one country have...

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Political Economy of Industrialization and Industrial Parks in Ethiopia

Kebede, Selamawit; Heshmati, Almas - 2023

This study investigates the political economy of industrialization in Ethiopia. It discusses the economic and political institutions during three political regimes and assesses the industrial sector's performance across these different regimes. Further, it evaluates the different industrial...

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Social Stability Challenged : Pandemics, Inequality and Policy Responses

Perugini, Cristiano - 2020

The public health measures implemented by governments to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic will produce significant economic consequences that are likely to exacerbate social and economic inequalities. In this paper we provide a framework to analyse how income inequality, besides other...

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The Legacies of Slavery in and Out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015

The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic,...

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Does Reform Work? An Econometric Examination of the Reform-Growth Puzzle

Babetskii, Ian; Campos, Nauro F. - 2021

Why are socially beneficial reforms not implemented? One simple answer to this question (which has received little attention in the literature) is that this may be caused by generalized uncertainty about the effectiveness of reforms. If agents are unsure about whether a proposed reform will...

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The Rise of the East and the Far East : German Labor Markets and Trade Integration

Dauth, Wolfgang - 2012

We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" – China and Eastern Europe – in the period 1988-2008 on German local labor markets. Using detailed administrative data, we exploit the cross-regional variation in initial industry structures and use...

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An Empirical Growth Model for Major Oil Exporters

Esfahani, Hadi Salehi - 2012

Venezuela), plus Indonesia which is a former member, and Mexico and Norway, which are members of the OECD. Overall, the test … income is established for six of the nine economies considered. The exceptions, Mexico and Norway, do not possess sufficient … reserves of Mexico and Norway are expected to last 9 and 10 years respectively, as compared to reserve-production ratios of …

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Export-Led Growth after Covid-19 : The Case of Portugal

Naudé, Wim; Cameron, Martin - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted trade and global value chains. Small open economies such as Portugal are particularly vulnerable. In this paper we consider the impact of the pandemic on the country's exports, arguing that an export-led recovery is possible. The challenge is to identify...

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Impacts of Rural Electrification in Rwanda

Bensch, Gunther - 2011

Rural electrification is believed to contribute to the achievement of the MDG. In this paper, we investigate electrification impacts on different indicators. We use household data that we collected in Rwanda in villages with and without electricity access. We account for self-selection and...

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Rural Windfall or a New Resource Curse? Coca, Income, and Civil Conflict in Colombia

Angrist, Joshua D. - 2007

Natural and agricultural resources for which there is a substantial black market, such as coca, opium, and diamonds, appear especially likely to be exploited by the parties to a civil conflict. Even legally traded commodities such as oil and timber have been linked to civil war. On the other...

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