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Motiviert durch die wachsende globale Bedeutung der sogenannten Emerging Economies werden in dieser Arbeit Analysen im Bereich von drei Unterdisziplinen der empirischen Wirtschaftsforschung durchgeführt. In drei Kapitel wird hierbei das Thema der wachsenden Bedeutung dieser Länder mit den...
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We review the literature on the political economy of international organizations (IOs). Considering IOs as products of the preferences of various actors rather than monolithic entities we focus on national politicians, international bureaucrats, interest groups, and voters. By looking into the...
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extent the presence of IMF, World Bank, regional Multilateral Development Banks, WTO and Global Environmental Facilities has … international organizations affect the environment directly via their impact on CO2 emissions. Projects financed by World Bank, ADB …; environmental governance is not affected. -- International Organizations ; Environment, Governance ; IMF ; World Bank ; WTO ; Trade …
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The paper presents univariate and panel unit root tests for gasoline and oil price convergence over the last decade. We test for the absolute versus relative version of the law of one price (LOOP) and estimate the speed of convergence as well as its development over time. Our results show that...
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The paper presents univariate and panel unit root tests for gasoline and oil price convergence over the last decade. We test for the absolute versus relative version of the LOOP and estimate the speed of convergence as well as its development over time. Our results show that the absolute version...
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We empirically analyze convergence of European producer and consumer prices for diesel fuel and investigate the role of excise taxation. By comparing the speed of convergence of prices and taxes we find a surprisingly fast speed of convergence for consumer prices. While this can in part be...
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We investigate whether and to what extent Chinese development finance affects infant mortality, combining 92 demographic and health surveys (DHS) for a maximum of 53 countries and almost 55,000 sub-national locations over the 2002-2014 period. We address causality by instrumenting aid with a set...
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The paper presents univariate and panel unit root tests for gasoline and oil price convergence over the last decade. We test for the absolute versus relative version of the LOOP and estimate the speed of convergence as well as its development over time. Our results show that the absolute version...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014068595