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Convergence in institutions and market outcomes: cross-country and time-series evidence from the business environment and enterprise performance surveys in transition economies
Mitra, Pradeep; Muravyev, Alexander; Schaffer, Mark E. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market …. The authors find substantial evidence of convergence in a number of dimensions. The pattern of growth at the country … activity taking place in 2002, the middle of the period analyzed. Throughout, the regional patterns suggest greater convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005106885
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MACRO-MICRO FEEDBACK LINKS OF IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENT IN TURKEY
Cakmak, Erol H.; Dudu, Hasan; Saracoglu, Sirin; Diao, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008
Agricultural production is heavily dependent on water availability in Turkey, where half the crop production relies on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005057614
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Grain price spikes and beggar-thy-neighbor policy responses : a global economywide analysis
Jensen, Hans G; Anderson, Kym - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
When prices spike in international grain markets, national governments often reduce the extent to which that spike affects their domestic food markets. Those actions exacerbate the price spike and international welfare transfer associated with the terms of trade change. Several recent analyses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010889039
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Poverty impacts of the volume-based special safeguard mechanism
Ivanic, Maros; Martin, Will - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
The volume-based Special Safeguard Mechanism was proposed as essential for small, poor farmers and became the proximate cause of the collapse of the Doha Agenda negotiations in 2008. But is it helpful for these farmers, given that it is likely to be applied when farm output is depressed and many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010889040
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Small business tax policy, informality, and tax evasion -- evidence from Georgia
Bruhn, Miriam; Loeprick, Jan - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Using a panel of administrative data and regression discontinuity analysis, this paper examines how the introduction of preferential tax regimes for Georgian micro and small businesses in 2010 affects formal firm creation and tax compliance. The results show that the new tax regime for micro...
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Short- and long-run impacts of food price changes on poverty
Ivanic, Maros; Martin, Will - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
This study uses household models based on detailed expenditure and agricultural production data from 31 developing countries to assess the impacts of changes in global food prices on poverty in individual countries and for the world as a whole. The analysis finds that food price increases...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010889044
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Corporate governance and bank insolvency risk : international evidence
Anginer, Deniz; Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Huizinga, Harry; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
This paper finds that shareholder-friendly corporate governance is positively associated with bank insolvency risk, as proxied by the Z-score and the Merton's distance to default measure, for an international sample of banks over the 2004-08 period. Banks are special in that"good"corporate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010903281
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Dynamics of demand for rainfall index insurance : evidence from a commercial product in India
Stein, Daniel - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
This paper analyzes the dynamic nature of rainfall insurance purchasing decisions, specifically looking at whether and why receiving an insurance payout induces a greater chance of purchasing insurance again the next year. This analysis uses customer data from the Indian micro-finance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010903283
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The African financial development and financial inclusion gaps
Allen, Franklin; Carletti, Elena; Cull, Robert; Qian, Jun; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
This paper investigates the African financial development and financial inclusion gaps relative to other peer developing countries. The paper uses a set of variables related to financial development and inclusion. It first estimates the gaps between African countries and other developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010903291
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Investment climate reforms and job creation in developing countries : what do we know and what should we do ?
Rahman, Aminur - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
This paper reviews the literature on the role of the investment climate reforms in job creation. It finds that the current landscape of employment and private sector activity in developing countries indicates a number of potential channels through which investment climate reforms can positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010903297