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This paper develops an adaptive learning model under uncertainty that examines evolution of capital account polices over time and across developing regions. In the framework, countries' past experiences and IMF programs influence policymakers' beliefs about the impact of capital account...
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formal sector wage premium. The opposite is true for labor market regulation. Finally, we show that the so-called overhiring …
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of regulation and is almost exclusively based on international cross-section data for the post-1995 period. This paper …
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We model entry by entrepreneurs into new markets in developing economies with regulatory barriers in the form of licence fees and bureaucratic delay. Because laissez faire leads to quot;excessivequot; entry, a licence fee can increase welfare by discouraging entry. However, in the presence of a...
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This paper examines how stringent de facto firing regulations affect firm size throughout the developing world. We exploit a large firm level dataset across 63 countries and within country variation in the enforcement of the labor codes in countries with very different de jure firing...
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We explore whether finance influences the impact of labour market institutions on unemployment. Using a data set of 18 OECD countries over 1980-2004, we estimate a panel VectorAutoRegressive model. We check whether causalities from labour market variables to unemployment are affected by...
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. These allow accounting for both the direct effects of sectoral regulation on within-sector performance and the indirect … effects of sectoral regulation on firms in other sectors through intersectoral input-output linkages. Our econometric … at the global technological frontier and a catch up term. We assume that regulation can affect productivity growth both …
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as they attempt to reform their frameworks for financial regulation. These economies are striving to balance the quest … objectives can in fact reinforce one another. I also discuss aspects of macroeconomic policies and cross-border regulation that …
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Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...
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A central assumption of the canonical cheap talk literature is that people misreport their private information if this is to their material benefit. Recent evidence from laboratory experiments with student subjects suggests, however, that while many people do report the payoff-maximizing...
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