Showing 1 - 10 of 141
The authors turn to the large family of institutions that came into existence in post-Soviet Eurasia (and, in some ways, beyond it) over the last two decades. The researchers review their current state, agenda, real and perceived mandate, and their respective achievements and constraints. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014118027
Building upon earlier work by Willenbockel (2013; MPRA Paper No.51501), this study provides an extended ex-ante computable general equilibrium (CGE) assessment of the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement between the member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894604
Can governments still use trade to reward and punish partner countries? While WTO rules and the pressures of globalization restrict states' capacity to manipulate trade policies, politicization of trade is likely to occur where governments intervene in markets. We examine state ownership of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978766
Implications of Bilateral and Sub-regional Trade The paper analyses the impact of bilateral trade and multilateral trade agreements amongst SAARC countries on their agreements with the developed countries. Multilateral agreements for economic development contribute to socio-economic development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107437
One elusive question still attracts the attention of the researchers and policy makers whether government has a positive or negative role in the growth of a country. Washington consensus depressed the role of the government as an anchor of growth, while the post Washington consensus again...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114083
This research paper offers a selective survey of gravity equation in the International Trade. Gravity equation was first introduced in the Sixties as a purely empirical proposition to explain bilateral trade flow. The data was taken from the SAARC countries to evaluate the factors affecting the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647271
This paper implements an experimental test of a game-theoretic model of equilibrium profiling. Attackers choose a demographic “type” from which to recruit, and defenders choose which demographic types to search. Some types are more reliable than others in the sense of having a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108439
High terrorist attack frequency and intensity in Pakistan provides a unique data to study the impact of terrorism on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108879
, and acts of terrorism. We show this fact for football (soccer) by adjusting power laws that show a close relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109120
This study aims to investigate the impact of terrorism on Pakistani industry excess returns and systematic risk. Value … wise impact on excess returns was introduced in the standard CAPM framework. Terrorism as a phenomenon, not an event in … suggests a mixed effect of terrorism on the systematic risk of some industries. Transportation, Tobacco and Automobiles …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109623