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UNLOCKING PRODUCTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP INAFRICA’S LEAST DEVELOPEDCOUNTRIES
Brixiová, Zuzana - William Davidson Institute <Ann Arbor, Mich.> - 2010
economies, development of productive entrepreneurship cannot be left tomarkets alone. The policy analysis suggests that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360486
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Gates, hubs and urban primacyin Sub-Saharan Africa
Pholo Bala, Alain - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics … - 2009
We investigate the impact of changes in international trade and domestic transport costs on the internalgeography of a … partial agglomeration in the hinterland even in case of trade integration. Thereforedepending on the level of transportation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005868644
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Agricultural Import Surges in Developing Countries: Exogenous Factors in their Emergence
Nolte, Stephan; Grethe, Harald - Universität <Berlin, Humboldt-Universität> / … - 2005
quantity or value of imports suddenly exceeds a "normal" level. This somewhat loose concept leaves questions as to how … symmetric surges (a fall after an increase in imports or vice versa), and asymmetric surges (an increase in imports which … remains at a similar level thereafter). It also leaves open the question of whether imports are the right reference, or if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009347556
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Integration des Instrumentes Environment-oriented Cost Management in die Controllingprozesse von Unternehmen in Entwicklungsländern
Wollmann, Ralph - 2001
Vor dem Hintergrund des oft vernachlässigten industriellen Umweltschutzes in Entwicklungsländern entwickelt das Pilotvorhaben zur Unterstützung umweltorientierter Unternehmensführung in Entwicklungsländern (P3U) der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) das Instrument...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005841562
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Over-Nutrition and Changing Health Status in HighIncome Countries - Revised 02/28/08
Huffman, Wallace E.; Huffman, Sonya K.; Rickertsen, Kyrre; … - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2008
Malnutrition and food deprivation, which are concentrated in poor countries, have been along-term concern of economists, but as per capita income in developed countries has grown in the20th century, a new problem of over-nutrition leading to obesity has occurred. This paper developsmodels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360856
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THE DETERMINANTS OF UP-FRONT FEES ON BANK LOANS TO LDCSOVEREIGNS
Hallak, Issam - University <Oxford> / Department of Economics - 2001
The paper explores the determinants of up-front fees on sovereign bank loans.Remuneration of bank loans is typically channelled through the floating interestbenchmark, the interest spread, and a battery of fees. There is substantial evidence of thespread paying for long-run sovereign repayment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870256
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Keeping it Simple: Financial Literacy and Rules of Thumb
Drexler, Alejandro; Fischer, Greg; Schoar, Antoinette - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010
Individuals and business owners engage in an increasingly complex array of financialdecisions that are critical for their success and well-being. Yet a growing literature documentsthat in both developed and developing countries, a large fraction of the population is unpreparedto make these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008845709
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Rent-Seeking Distortions and Fiscal Procyclicality
Ilzetzki, Ethan - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008
explain…fiscal procyclicality better than other common explanations, such as borrowing constraints andmacroeconomic volatility.[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008939830
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Fiscal Policy and Debt Dynamics in Developing Countries
Ilzetzki, Ethan - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2011
Utilizing a new database of tax rates, tax revenues and tax income-elasticities we contribute to the debate on the effects of …fiscal policyon economic activity in a number of ways. First, using both panelGMM and panel VAR methods, we …find that the effects of tax cuts onGDP growth are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008939831
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Procyclical Fiscal Policy in Developing Countries: Truth or Fiction?
Ilzetzki, Ethan; Végh Gramont, Carlos A. - London School of Economics and Political Science; … - 2008
A large empirical literature claims that …fiscal policy in developingcountries is procyclical, in contrast to high-income countries where it is countercyclical. Some authors, however, have questioned this …finding because theliterature has typically ignored endogeneity problems. To settle this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008939834