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Cross-region transfers in a monetary union : evidence from the US and some implications
Pennings, Steven - 2020
US federal transfers to individuals are large, countercyclical, vary geographically, and are often credited for helping stabilize regional economies. This paper estimates the short-run effects of these transfers using plausibly exogenous regional variation in temporary stimulus packages and...
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Impacts of COVID-19 on household welfare in Tunisia
Kokas, Deeksha; López Acevedo, Gladys; El Lahga, Abdel … - 2020
effects. Combining the labor shock and price shock simultaneously, the simulations in this paper show an increase in poverty …
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Financial systems, growth, and volatility : searching for the perfect fit
Islam, Roumeen - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559753
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Winners and losers from COVID-19 : global evidence from Google search
Abay, Kibrom A.; Tafere, Kibrom; Woldemichael, Andinet - 2020
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the world, researchers are attempting to quantify the economic fallout from the pandemic as it continues to unfold. Estimating the economic impacts of a prevailing pandemic is fraught with uncertainties about the epidemiology of the disease and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241326
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Policies to support businesses through the COVID-19 shock : a firm-level perspective
Cirera, Xavier; Cruz, Marcio José Vargas da; Davies, Elwyn - 2021
Relying on a novel dataset covering more than 120,000 firms in 60 countries, this paper con-tributes to the debate about D policies to support businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic. While governments around the world have implemented a wide range of policy support measures, evidence on the...
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The quality of fiscal adjustment and the long-run growth impact of fiscal policy in Brazil
Blanco, Fernando; Herrera Aguilera, Santiago - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377826
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Should consumption sub-aggregates be used to measure poverty?
Christiaensen, Luc J.; Ligon, Ethan; Sohnesen, Thomas Pave - 2020
surveys that try to measure expenditures on a comprehensive consumption aggregate. This paper investigates the use of … consumption "sub-aggregates" instead. The use of consumption sub-aggregates is theoretically justified if and only if all the … consumption measures remains an unmet challenge …
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Public expenditure and consumption volatility
Herrera Aguilera, Santiago (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003745117
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Covid-19 and food protectionism : the impact of the pandemic and export restrictions on world food markets
Espitia, Alvaro; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2020
initial shock due to the pandemic under the assumption that products that are more labor intensive in production are more … domestic food markets could magnify the initial shock. The analysis shows that, in the quarter following the outbreak of the … percent on average. Escalating export restrictions would multiply the initial shock by a factor of 3, with world food prices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241198
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Scarred but wiser : World War 2's COVID legacy
Lokshin, Michael; Kolchin, Vladimir; Ravallion, Martin - 2020
The paper formalizes and tests the hypothesis that greater exposure to big shocks induces stronger societal responses for adaptation and protection from future big shocks. Support for this hypothesis is found in various strands of the literature and in new empirical tests using cross-country...
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