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Behind the scenes of the telecommunications miracle: An empirical analysis of the Indian market
Biancini, Sara - 2010
We analyze the demand and supply characteristics of the Indian telecommunications market, in order to assess the potential effectiveness of universal access policies in developing countries. We provide some empirical evidence on the supply and demand characteristics, using a small...
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How does private foreign borrowing affect the risk of sovereign default in developing countries?
Celasun, Oya; Harms, Philipp - 2007
We argue that increased foreign borrowing by the private sector reduces the risk that a developing country's government defaults on its foreign debt. We present a simple model in which private foreign borrowing reflects a surge of private entrepreneurship. A larger "entrepreneurial class" raises...
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India's Reform of External Sector Policies and Future Multilateral Trade Negotiations
Srinivasan, T.N. - 2001
I evaluate India's transition from an inward-oriented development strategy to greater participation in the world … economy. While tariff rates have decreased significantly over the past decade, India is still one of the more autarkic … countries. Despite improvement over the past in export performance, India continues to lag behind its South- and East Asian …
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The rise of the Southern economies: Implications for the WTO-multilateral trading system
Nenci, Silvia - 2008
The rise of the emerging southern economies – China, India, Brazil, and South Africa (CIBS) – as both economic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284701
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Developing countries as exporters of services: looking beyond success episodes
Langhammer, Rolf J. - 2000
The paper departs from the perception that trade in services in general and developing countries' exports in services in particular are dynamic segments of world trade. Both total trade data as well as US import trade figures do not support this perception. Success episodes such as the recent...
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Relationship between Trade Liberalisation, Economic Growth and Trade Balance: An Econometric Investigation
Parikh, Ashok; Stirbu, Corneliu - 2004
This is a study of 42 developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America in which we first examine the impact of trade liberalisation on economic growth, investment share of GDP, openness, trade balance and current accounts (as percentages of GDP). Both panel data and country by country data...
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Worker Remittances and Capital Flows to Developing Countries
Kuckulenz, Anja; Buch, Claudia M. - 2004
Worker remittances constitute an increasingly important mechanism for the transfer of resources from developed to developing countries, and remittances are the second-largest source, behind foreign direct investment, of external funding for developing countries. Yet, literature on worker...
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Fear of floating and fear of pegging: An empirical anaysis of de facto exchange rate regimes in developing countries
Zhou, Jizhong; von Hagen, Jürgen - 2004
This paper uses a panel probit model with simultaneous equations to explain the joint determination of de facto and de jure exchange rate regimes in developing countries since 1980. We also derive an ordered-choice panel probit model to explain the causes of discrepancies between the two regime...
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Wages and informality in developing countries
Meghir, Costas; Narita, Renata; Robin, Jean-Marc - 2012
It is often argued that informal labor markets in developing countries promote growth by reducing the impact of regulation. On the other hand informality may reduce the amount of social protection offered to workers. We extend the wage-posting framework of Burdett and Mortensen (1998) to allow...
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Determinants of International Migration: Empirical Evidence for Migration from Developing Countries to Germany
Rotte, Ralph; Vogler, Michael - 1998
available on overall moves (1981-1995) and asylum migration (1984-1995). The estimation results confirm the importance of the …
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