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Historical business cycles and market integration
Uebele, Martin - 2009
Diese Dissertation befasst sich mit europäischer und US-amerikanischer Konjunkturgeschichte und Marktintegration im 19 … parameters yields higher postwar aggregate volatility relative to the period before World War I. Concerning market integration … metal hull and steam ship as well as the relevance of American wheat for the world wheat market have perhaps been overstated. …
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Consumption Smoothing? Livestock, Insurance and Drought in Rural Burkina Faso
Kazianga, Harounan; Udry, Christopher - 2004
This paper explores the extent of consumption smoothing between 1981 and 1985 in rural Burkina Faso. In particular, we examine the extent to which livestock, grain storage and interhousehold transfers are used to smooth consumption against income risk. The survey coincided with a period of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444164
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Dynamic Optimization of Area Revenue Insurance and Consumption Smoothing
Lin, Shanshan; Mullen, Jeffrey D.; Wetzstein, Michael - 2010
This study examines the interaction between insurance, credit and liquidityconstraints using a stochastic dynamic model. A risk averse farmer whoseobjective is to manage both production and market risk is assumed tomaximize the expected utility of life-time consumption by using both arearevenue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446127
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Labor supply responses to adverse shocks under credit constraints: evidence from Bukidnon, Philippines
Malapit, Hazel Jean; Redoblado, Jade Eric; … - 2008
The ability of households to insure consumption from adverse shocks is an important aspect of vulnerability to poverty. How is consumption insurance achieved in a low-income setting where formal credit and insurance markets have been observed to be imperfect or missing? Using 2003 data from the...
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Consumption Smoothing and Vulnerability in Russia
Gerry, Christopher; Li, Carmen A. - 2007
Applying bootstrapped quantile regression to the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) data, we examine the channels through which individuals experience and seek to cope with changes in consumption. We find that married individuals living in small households, with educated heads in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477193
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The Response of Consumption in Russian Households to Economic Shocks
Stillman, Steven - 2001
This paper examines the extent to which consumption in Russian households responds to exogenous income shocks. During the time period studied in this paper (1994 - 1998), Russia experienced two major economic crises. Both featured extreme movements in the real ruble-dollar exchange rate. The...
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Are the poor more vulnerable to income shocks? An analysis of consumption insurance in rural India
Maitra, Pushkar - 2001
and for the different land classes. Our estimation results also show that consumption tracks income more closely for the … higher for the poorer households compared to the richer households. The results are robust to alternative estimation …
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The forgotten lender: the role of multilateral lenders in sovereign debt and default
Bru Muñoz, María
Tradicionalmente, la literatura sobre default soberano ha pasado por alto el papel de los prestamistas multilaterales. Sin embargo, estos acreedores suponen un porcentaje significativo de los préstamos a los países emergentes y presentan una serie de características que los hacen muy...
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Network effects, compatibility, and adoption of standards
Grajek, Michał - 2005
standard and international trade. The estimation results allow us to formulate some interesting policy conclusions. …
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Asymmetrische Effekte der Geldpolitik auf die Industrie in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - eine Untersuchung auf Branchenebene
Hock, Thorsten - 2003
Die Arbeit setzt sich mit Unterschieden des geldpolitischen Transmissionsprozesses im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe der Bundesrepublik Deutschland auseinander. Dazu wird der Sektor nach der Systematik der BACH-Datenbank der europäischen Kommission in 10 Branchen eingeteilt. An eine kurze Betrachtung...
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