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The intensive margin in trade
Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Klenow, Peter J.; Meleshchuk, … - 2018
in exports across trading partners should occur on the extensive margin. This paper subjects this theoretical prediction … to a reality check drawing upon the World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database (EDD) which has firm-level exports from 50 … developing countries to all destinations. Around 50 percent of the variation in exports across trading partners is shown to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947522
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Growth and risk : a view from international trade
Krishna, Pravin; Levchenko, Andrei A.; Maloney, William F. - 2020
(Harmonized System 10- digit) bilateral exports to the United States. The patterns in the data are consistent with the theory. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257050
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Tracing the local impacts of exports on poverty and inequality in Mexico
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos; Vazquez, Emmanuel; … - 2020
Evidence on the effect of exports on welfare at the local level is scarce. Using a unique data set of international … provides new evidence on the impact of a significant rise in exports on poverty and inequality at the local level. The analysis … implements an instrumental variable approach that combines the initial structure of exports across municipalities with global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390606
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The oil nouveau-riche and arms imports
Vézina, Pierre-Louis - 2020
Countries that strike it rich when exploring for oil and gas often fail to see growth materialize. This paper shows that one way things can get messy is via squandering new wealth, based on future resource revenues, on arms imports. In the five years following a giant oil or gas discovery, arms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297208
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Exports and productivity : the role of imported inputs and investment in R&D
Manghnani, Ruchita - 2020
The empirical evidence on within firm productivity improvements from exports has largely been understated because the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241379
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From currency depreciation to trade reform : how to take Egyptian exports to new levels?
Youssef, Hoda; Zaki, Chahir - 2019
The Arab Republic of Egypt is yet to meet its exports potential, which has been historically hampered by several … export performance. This paper analyzes Egypt's exports along three dimensions that are key for export performance and future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008374
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Taking another look at policy research on China's accession to the World Trade Organization
Ianchovichina, Elena; Martin, Will - 2019
exports and set the stage for China's increases in domestic value added and reduction in China's involvement in global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059055
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The use of data analytics techniques to assess the functioning of a government’s financial management information system : an application to Pakistan and Cambodia
Hashim, Ali; Piatti-Fünfkirchen, Moritz; Cole, Winston; … - 2019
Public financial management enablesgovernment to implement policy. Financial management information systems are a central element of PFM in that they facilitate government financial transactions and subject them to rigorous budgetary controls. Therefore, the adequate use of FMIS systems supports...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002673
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Balancing control and flexibility in public expenditure management : using banking sector innovations for improved expenditure control and effective service delivery
Piatti-Fünfkirchen, Moritz; Hashim, Ali; Farooq, Khuram - 2019
The control protocols that underlie public expenditure management have direct implications for a government's ability to pursue fiscal discipline and service delivery objectives. The literature recognizes the inherent challenge in balancing control with flexibility and that these two objectives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121173
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Are budget rigidities a source of fiscal distress and a constraint for fiscal consolidation?
Muñoz S., Ercio; Olaberria, Eduardo - 2019
This paper studies whether budget rigidities affect the probability of countries getting into fiscal distress and reduce the likelihood of governments performing fiscal adjustments. Budget rigidities are constraints that limit the ability of the government to change the size and structure of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012113828