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Effects of Fiscal Policy Shocks in an Open Economy : Evidence from Canada
Tsoungui Belinga, Vincent De Paul - 2017
What is the impact of fiscal policy shocks on key macroeconomic variables in Canada? This question triggered renewed … interest in the aftermath of the 2008-09 Great Recession. Indeed, as in many advanced economies, fiscal policy in Canada … explicitly accounts for spillovers from the U.S., Canada's main trading partner, and for oil price fluctuations. The findings …
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Regional Integration and Technology Diffusion : The Case of the North America Free Trade Agreement
Schiff, Maurice - 2017
Canada and the United States …
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Review of International Practices for Determining Medium-Term Resource Needs of Spending Agencies
Di Francesco, Michael - 2017
practices used in Australia, Austria, Canada, and the Netherlands to determine program costs as part of medium-term expenditure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971664
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Import Protection, Business Cycles, and Exchange Rates : Evidence from the Great Recession
Bown, Chad P. - 2017
five industrialized economies -- the United States, European Union, Australia, Canada and South Korea. There is evidence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975289
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Fiscal Federalism in Bosnia-Herzegovina : The Dayton Challenge
Johnson, Noel D. - 2017
The authors describe Bosnia's current arrangements in fiscal federalism, outline the unique challenges that the Dayton system proposed, and draw lessons for the design of fiscal federal systems in ethnically diverse economies. Traditional economic models of federalism suggest a government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012746907
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Canada-Wheat : Discrimination, Non-Commercial Considerations, and State Trading Enterprises
Trachtman, Joel P. - 2016
disciplines. This paper assesses a recent dispute brought by the United States against Canada, alleging that WTO rules require …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747625
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The World is Not Yet Flat : Transport Costs Matter !
Behrens, Kristian - 2017
The paper provides evidence of the effects of changes in transport costs on the geographic concentration of industries. The analysis uses micro-level commodity flow data and micro-geographic plant-level data to construct industry-specific ad valorem trucking rates and continuous measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012967491
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Wider Economic Benefits of Investments in Transport Corridors and the Role of Complementary Policies
Melecky, Martin - 2018
This paper estimates the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral and North-South-East-West Highways in India on welfare, social inclusion, and environmental quality. The analysis uses district-level data for 1994-2011 and the difference-in-difference method. The results suggest that the highways...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926890
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The Sooner, the Better : The Early Economic Impact of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli - 2020
The size of the economic shocks triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of the associated non-pharmaceutical interventions have not been fully assessed, because the official economic indicators have not been published. This paper provides estimates of the economic impacts of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012832929
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Covid-19 and Food Protectionism : The Impact of the Pandemic and Export Restrictions on World Food Markets
Espitia, Alvaro - 2020
This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and uncooperative trade policies on world food markets. It quantifies the initial shock due to the pandemic under the assumption that products that are more labor intensive in production are more affected through workers' morbidity and containment...
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