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Regulation of the Electricity Industry in Bolivia: Its Impact on Access to the Poor, Prices and Quality
Bojanic, Antonio; Krakowski, Michael - 2003
This paper takes stock with the results of utility privatization in Bolivia. This paper deals with the process of … electricity industry has indeed lessen poverty levels in urban Bolivia by making this utility more accessible to larger segments … of the urban population. The same cannot be said, however, about rural Bolivia. The results show that coverage has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442375
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Bolivien: Armut schweißt zusammen
Winter, Johannes - 2007
Die Verstaatlichungspolitik der sozialistischen Regierung spaltet die bolivianische Gesellschaft. Generell ist der Andenstaat ein Land voller Gegensätze: Das Nebeneinander unterschiedlicher Ethnien, starke ökonomische und regionale Disparitäten und die trotz Ressourcenreichtum verbreitete...
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Estimating the Opportunity Cost of Lithium Extraction in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Aguilar-Fernandez, Rodrigo - 2009
is the key factor. The Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia holds the largest source of lithium in the world; however, its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475425
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POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF NATIONALIZATION OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY IN LATIN AMERICA
Cabezas, Brian F. - 2007
past few years, Venezuela and Bolivia have announced plans to renationalizetheir oil and natural gas industry.The first … focusing specifically on four countries – Bolivia,Venezuela, Mexico and Nigeria. There are various components influencing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475604
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Die Bedeutung der hollowing-out Hypothese vor dem Hintergrund einer polit-ökonomischen Analyse der Wechselkursregimewahl
Pfeifer, Günther - 2005
Die hollowing-out Hypothese, auch bekannt unter den Bezeichnungen (two) corner solutions oder bipolar view, besagt, dass für Staaten mit weitgehend ungehindertem Kapitalverkehr nur Ecklösungen, also entweder extrem feste oder sehr flexible Wechselkursregime, langfristig tragbar sind. Mitte der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451145
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Degree of Openness and the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes: A Re-Evaluation with Value-Added Based Openness Measures
Wang, Lars - 2005
The concept of trade openness is broadly applied as a potential predictor in numerous empirical studies, despite the fact that no commonly accepted approach of measuring openness has been developed. The most widely applied (‘traditional’) openness indices are not able to accurately calculate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451196
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Social Models, Growth and the International Monetary System: Implications for Europe and the United States
Costabile, Lilia; Scazzieri, Roberto - 2006
This paper explores the relationship between economic growth and the welfare state. We argue that: (i) the institutional constraints set by the international monetary system may be at least as effective determinants of growth differentials between countries as the different dimensions of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468222
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Los swaps de divisas entre bancos centrales
Esteban García-Escudero, Enrique; Sánchez Pérez, Elisa J.
El dólar continúa desempeñando un papel central en el comercio y los mercados financieros internacionales. La dependencia de los mercados mayoristas de corto plazo (repos, papel comercial, certificados de depósito, swaps) para obtener financiación en dólares hace especialmente vulnerables...
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Central bank currency swap lines
Esteban García-Escudero, Enrique; Sánchez Pérez, Elisa J. - 2020
El dólar continúa desempeñando un papel central en el comercio y los mercados financieros internacionales. La dependencia de los mercados mayoristas de corto plazo (repos, papel comercial, certificados de depósito, swaps) para obtener financiación en dólares hace especialmente vulnerables...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012525197
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Empirical evidence on financial spillovers and contagion to international stock markets
Serwa, Dobromil - 2005
In this thesis different definitions of financial contagion are explored. These definitions are applied to test for evidence of contagion on a number of stock markets and during several turbulent periods. First, we investigate the question whether emerging stock markets are more or less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460744