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We investigate whether globalization influenced credit market deregulation over the period 1970-2010. Globalization is … measured by the KOF indices of globalization. Credit market deregulation is measured by the credit market freedom indicators of … positive correlation between globalization and credit market deregulation. We account for reverse causality by using predicted …
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This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the … period 1970-2014 and employ an IV approach to deal with the endogeneity of globalization measures. We find that the link … between globalization and income inequality differs across different groups of countries. There is a robust positive …
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We introduce the revised version of the KOF Globalisation Index, a composite index measuring globalization for every … along the different dimensions of globalization. We also disentangle trade and financial globalization within the economic … dimension of globalization and use time-varying weighting of the variables. The new index is based on 43 instead of 23 variables …
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relationship between globalization and social justice as measured by a new indicator for 31 OECD countries. The results show that … countries that experienced rapid globalization enjoy social justice. When the KOF index of globalization increases by one …
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We examine how trade openness influences income inequality within countries. The sample includes 139 countries over the period 1970-2014. We employ predicted openness as instrument to deal with the endogeneity of trade openness. The effect of trade openness on income inequality differs across...
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We examine how trade openness influences income inequality within countries. The sample includes 139 countries over the period 1970-2014. We employ predicted openness as instrument to deal with the endogeneity of trade openness. The effect of trade openness on income inequality differs across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012592197
This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the … period 1970-2014 and employ an IV approach to deal with the endogeneity of globalization measures. We find that the link … between globalization and income inequality differs across different groups of countries. There is a robust positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794029
Globalization is blamed for many socio-economic shortcomings. I discuss the consequences of globalization by surveying … the empirical globalization literature. My focus is on the KOF indices of globalization (Dreher 2006a and Dreher et al … globalization and several outcome variables. Studies published more recently identify causal effects. The evidence shows that …
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governments seems to be limited by the globalization, which indeed impairs social expenditures. …
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