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Bank Competition and Credit Constraints in Developing Countries: New Evidence
LEON, Florian - HAL - 2014
Whether competition helps or hinders small firms' access to finance is in itself a much debated question in the economic literature and in policy circles, especially in the developing world. Economic theory offers conflicting predictions and empirical contributions provide mixed results. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821369
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Do National Numerical Fiscal Rules Really Shape Fiscal Behaviours in Developing Countries? A Treatment Effect Evaluation
Tapsoba, Rene - HAL - 2012
This paper analyses the effect of National Numerical Fiscal Rules (FRs) upon fiscal discipline in 74 developing countries over the period 1990-2007. It is the first study that assesses the impact of FRs on budgetary outcomes while controlling for the self-selection problem. It finds that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821462
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Employment and decent work in the era of flexicurity
Boyer, Robert - HAL - 2006
This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that the dynamism of employment is always contradictory to the enforcement of some forms of security for workers. Contemporary theorizing now recognizes the specificity of the wage-labour nexus. Consequently, minimum security is required for good...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738946
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Bank Competition and Credit Constraints in Developing Countries: New Evidence
LEON, Florian - HAL - 2014
Bank Competition and Credit Constraints in Developing Countries: New Evidence Whether competition helps or hinders small firms' access to finance is in itself a much debated question in the economic literature and in policy circles, especially in the developing world. Economic theory offers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899284
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Deforestation and Seigniorage in Developing Countries: A Tradeoff?
Combes, Jean-Louis; Motel, Pascale Combes; Minea, Alexandru - HAL - 2014
Most of countries covered by natural forests are developing countries, with limited ability to levy taxes and restrained access to international credit markets; consequently, they are amenable to draw heavily on two sources of government financing, namely seigniorage and deforestation revenues....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899412
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Bank Competition and Credit Constraints in Developing Countries: New Evidence
LEON, Florian - HAL - 2014
Whether competition helps or hinders small firms' access to finance is in itself a much debated question in the economic literature and in policy circles, especially in the developing world. Economic theory offers conflicting predictions and empirical contributions provide mixed results. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899689
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Eight years of Doha trade talks : where do we stand
Bouet, Antoine; Laborde, David - HAL - 2010
. We study how this trade reform can be more development-friendly. …In 2001, the World Trade Organization launched a highly ambitious program of multilateral liberalization. Eight years … evaluation of these various proposals shows how trade negotiations have been following countries' strategic interests. In eight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368021
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Firm Productivity and Investment Climate in Developing Countries: How Does Middle East and North Africa Manufacturing Perform?
Plane, Patrick; Veganzones, Marie-Ange; Kinda, Tidiane - HAL - 2011
Firm productive performances in five Middle East and North African (MENA) economies and eight manufacturing industries are compared to those in 17 other developing countries. Although the broad picture hides some heterogeneity, enterprises in MENA often performed inadequately compared to MENA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278333
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Firm Productivity and Investment Climate in Developing Countries: How Does Middle East and North Africa Manufacturing Perform?
Plane, Patrick; Veganzones, Marie-Ange; Kinda, Tidiane - HAL - 2011
Firm productive performances in five Middle East and North African (MENA) economies and eight manufacturing industries are compared to those in 17 other developing countries. Although the broad picture hides some heterogeneity, enterprises in MENA often performed inadequately compared to MENA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278338
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Regional Agreements and Welfare in the South: When Scale Economies in Transport Matter
Carrere, Céline - HAL - 2011
depend on the distance between trade partners, the volume of trade, and the level of development. Under a plausible …This paper focuses on two issues that challenge the accepted pessimistic view that regional trade agreements (RTAs … welfare analysis of an RTA affected by the endogeneity of transport costs (i.e. by the joint determination of trade quantities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805091