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During the ongoing financial crisis the analysis of similar historical crises has gained more and more attention among economic researchers and forecasters. Existing studies, however, do not tackle the immense heterogeneity that is present in cross-country samples in a formal and consistent way....
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corruption on productivity. Corruption is defined as a “bribe tax” and is compared to another form of institutional inefficiency …, which is often believed to be closely linked with corruption: the “time tax” imposed on firms by red tape. When testing … individual firms appears to vary depending on overall institutional quality: in countries where corruption is more prevalent and …
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Corporation (MCC) was successful in promoting better control of corruption. We employ a difference … corruption over time. We conclude that – if designed properly –conditionality can work. -- Foreign Aid ; Corruption ; Millennium …
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. The new economy poses new challenges to the international regulatory framework, since small distortions due to differing … economy reinforces the need for consistent, transparent, non-discriminatory, simple and enforceable rules. Furthermore …
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Using a new, global data base covering the years 1950 to 2015, we study the impact of sanctions on international trade and welfare. We make use of the rich dimensionality of our data and of the latest developments in the structural gravity literature. Starting with a broad evaluation by sanction...
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By tracking the changes in different margins of Theil indices during the period 1995-2015, we re-consider the question of whether bilateral and multilateral donors have targeted aid increasingly to particularly needy recipient countries with relatively good governance in order to improve the...
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Because of large economic and environmental asymmetries among world regions and the incentive to free ride, an … additionally an "equal loss" Scenario where welfare losses relative to a Business as usual Scenario are equal for all Major world …
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Almost half of the world's states provide bilateral development assistance. While previous research takes the set of …
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The paper discusses the costs and benefits to be expected by least-developed and low-income ("vulnerable") economies if they accede to the WTO, the impact of current debates about WTO reform on vulnerable economies, and measures to make it easier for vulnerable economies to accede to and...
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For analyzing the impact of climate change and of international climate policies on the international division of labor and on regional welfare the use of a disaggregated multi–sectoral, multi–regional dynamic computable general equilibrium model is appropriate. This paper discusses the...
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