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Measures of Fixed Capital in Agriculture
Butzer, Rita - 2017
agriculture and the process of development. Unfortunately, cross-country data sets on agricultural fixed capital are rare. Using a … fixed capital in agriculture, based on national accounts data. The fixed capital measure differs remarkably from the Food … and Agriculture Organization's data series on tractors, which has been widely utilized as a proxy for agricultural fixed …
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Weakness in Investment Growth : Causes, Implications and Policy Responses
Kose, M. Ayhan - 2017
Investment growth in emerging market and developing economies has slowed sharply since 2010. This paper presents a … comprehensive analysis of the causes and implications of this slowdown and presents a menu of policy responses to improve investment …, declining foreign direct investment inflows, elevated private debt burdens, heightened political risk, and adverse spillovers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961222
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The Nexus of Energy Supply and Human Health
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2017
Uses of main primary energy resources, such as coal, oil, and solid biomass, are directly linked with adverse impacts on human health. Air pollution emitted from various activities in the energy supply chains is the main risk factor to human health, along with accidental and occupational risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951510
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Toward a Sustainable Global Energy Supply Infrastructure : Net Energy Balance and Density Considerations
Kessides, Ioannis - 2017
This paper complements previous work on the economics of different energy resources by examining the growth potential of alternative electricity supply infrastructures as constrained by innate physical limits. Coal-fired generation meets the criteria of longevity (abundance of energy source) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976199
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The Impact of Positive Agricultural Income Shocks on Rural Chinese Households
Leight, Jessica - 2018
evidence of decreased agricultural investment, increased investment in non-agricultural businesses, and increased migration as … among households who had not previously diversified out of agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919648
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Financial Globalization in Emerging Economies : Much Ado About Nothing?
Levy-Yeyati, Eduardo Levy - 2014
relevant for emerging markets as they integrate financially with the rest of the world. This paper argues that, because of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068213
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Emerging and Developing Economies : Ten Years after the Global Recession
Kose, M. Ayhan - 2020
Although emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) weathered the global recession a decade ago relatively well, they now appear less well placed to cope with the substantial downside risks facing the global economy. In many EMDEs, the room for monetary and fiscal policies to respond to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012841602
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Financial Globalization and Market Volatility : An Empirical Appraisal
Cordella, Tito - 2017
This paper computes a new financial globalization index for a large sample of countries for 1992-2016. Unlike other measures, the financial globalization index corrects for the heteroscedasticity of global volatility. This leads to a downward adjustment of financial globalization trends for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954311
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Negative Interest Rate Policies : Sources and Implications
Arteta, Carlos - 2017
Against the background of continued growth disappointments, depressed inflation expectations, and declining real equilibrium interest rates, a number of central banks have implemented negative interest rate policies (NIRP) to provide additional monetary policy stimulus over the past few years....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968211
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Antidumping and Market Competition : Implications for Emerging Economies
Bown, Chad P. - 2017
major tool in the trade policy arsenal. The paper examines these concerns in light of important ways in which the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974987