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Pesticide Poisoning of Farm Workers : Implications of Blood Test Results from Vietnam

Dasgupta, Susmita; Meisner, Craig; Wheeler, David - 2012

In this paper, the authors have assessed the incidence and determinants of pesticide poisoning among rice farmers in … negative externalities, and suggest that future research on pesticide-related damage should include information on local water …

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Health Effects and Pesticide Perception as Determinants of Pesticide Use : Evidence from Bangladesh

Dasgupta, Susmita; Meisner, Craig; Huq, Mainul - 2012

pesticide use or handling, and over 87 percent openly admitting to using little or no protective measures while applying … pesticides, overuse is potentially a threatening problem to farmer health as well as the environment. To model pesticide overuse …, the authors used a 3-equation, trivariate probit framework, with health effects and misperception of pesticide risk as …

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Pesticide Traders??? Perception of Health Risks : Evidence from Bangladesh

Dasgupta, Susmita; Meisner, Craig; Mamingi, Nlandu - 2012

As pesticide traders are important sources of information about the health impacts of pesticides, a crucial … understanding of their perception is necessary to guide further pesticide information dissemination efforts through this channel. To … this end, a 2003 survey of 110 Bangladeshi pesticide traders was conducted with questions on the pesticides in stock …

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Crises, Capital Controls, and Financial Integration

Yeyati, Eduardo Levy; Schmukler, Sergio L.; Van Horen, … - 2012

This paper analyzes the effects of capital controls and crises on international financial integration, using data on stocks from emerging economies that trade in domestic and international markets. The cross-market premium (the ratio between the domestic and international market price of...

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Bank Involvement with SMEs : Beyond Relationship Lending

de la Torre, Augusto; Mart??nez Per??a, Mar??a Soledad; … - 2012

The "conventional wisdom" in academic and policy circles argues that, while large and foreign banks are generally not interested in serving SMEs, small and niche banks have an advantage in doing so because they can overcome SME opaqueness through relationship lending. This paper shows that there...

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International Financial Integration through Equity Markets : Which Firms from Which Countries Go Global?

Claessens, Stijn; Schmukler, Sergio L. - 2012

equity, and cross-listing in major world stock markets. Using a large sample of 39,517 firms from 111 countries covering the …

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Country Stakes in Climate Change Negotiations : Two Dimensions of Vulnerability

Buys, Piet; Deichmann, Uwe; Meisner, Craig - 2012

Using a comprehensive geo-referenced database of indicators relating to global change and energy, the paper assesses countries' likely attitudes with respect to international treaties that regulate carbon emissions. The authors distinguish between source and impact vulnerability and classify...

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Internationalization and the Evolution of Corporate Valuation

Gozzi, Juan Carlos; Levine, Ross; Schmukler, Sergio L. - 2012

By documenting the evolution of Tobin's q before, during, and after firms internationalize, the authors provide evidence on the bonding, segmentation, and market timing theories of internationalization. Using new data on 9,096 firms across 74 countries over the period 1989-2000, they find that...

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On the International Transmission of Shocks : Micro-Evidence from Mutual Fund Portfolios

Raddatz, Claudio; Schmukler, Sergio L. - 2012

Using micro-level data on mutual funds from different financial centers investing in equity and bonds, this paper analyzes how investors and managers behave and transmit shocks across countries. The paper shows that the volatility of mutual fund investments is quantitatively driven by investors...

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Financial Globalization in Emerging Countries : Diversification vs. Offshoring

Ceballos, Francisco; Didier, Tatiana; Schmukler, Sergio L. - 2012

transactions take place. The authors find that globalization via the diversification channel expanded throughout the world during …

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