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The impact of trade and economic growth on the environment: revisiting the cross-country evidence
Abdulai, Awudu; Ramcke, Linda - 2009
This paper explores the interrelations between economic growth, international trade and environmental degradation both theoretically and empirically. Panel data from developed and developing countries for the period of 1980 to 2003 is used and previous critique, especially on the econometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263550
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Sustainable development and international distribution: Theory and application to rainforests as carbon sinks
Mohr, Ernst - 1993
A situation is analysed in which two countries negotiate the financing of the incremental costs which accrue if one of them switches from a non-sustainable onto a sustainable development path. The other country's incentive to pay arises as it benefits from the developing country's environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275228
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Are unfair import laws unfair to developing countries: evidence from US antidumping actions 1990 - 2004
Morkre, Morris; Spinanger, Dean; Tran, Lien - 2008
This paper investigates the effects of U.S. AD actions on DCs. It first considers administrative actions by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which decides AD margins for countries. It then considers decision making by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which determines injury to domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263512
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Less aid proliferation and more donor coordination? The wide gap between words and deeds
Aldasoro, Iñaki; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2009
We present a two-step approach of assessing whether major donors of foreign aid have met recent demands for less proliferated and better coordinated aid efforts. First, we calculate Theil indices revealing the concentration of each donor's aid on recipient countries and specific aid sectors....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265231
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Shooting the messenger of good news: a critical look at the World Bank's success story of effective aid
Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2002
In a report presented at the UN Conference on Financing for Development in March 2002, the World Bank claims that the … policies. However, the World Bank's success story rests on an extremely weak foundation: First, the institution's contribution … the distribution of World Bank financing. Second, the picture portrayed in the report takes a bad turn if only two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265537
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Sectoral aid priorities: Are donors really doing their best to achieve the millennium development goals?
Thiele, Rainer; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Dreher, Axel - 2006
We analyze the aid portfolio of various bilateral and multilateral donors, testing whether they have prioritised aid in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In doing so, we combine sectorally disaggregated aid data with indicators reflecting the situation of recipient countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272941
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Two views on institutions and development: The grand transition vs. the primacy of institutions
Paldam, Martin; Gundlach, Erich - 2007
The Grand Transition (GT) view claims that economic development is causal to institutional development, and that many institutional changes can be understood as transitions occurring at roughly the same level (zones) of development. The Primacy of Institutions (PoI) view claims that economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273104
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Assessing the allocation of aid: Developmental concerns and the self-interest of donors
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, … - 2005
measured by the World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA). If the CPIA is replaced by the Kaufmann index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273156
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Do multinational enterprises contribute to convergence or divergence? A disaggregated analysis of US FDI
Mayer-Foulkes, David; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2005
It is a widely held belief that foreign direct investment (FDI) has a positive effect on economic growth. We test this hypothesis by performing convergence regressions derived from a model of endogenous technological change. We estimate the rate of growth in per-capita income, relative to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273167