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Fiscal discipline and the cost of public dept service: some estiames for OECD countries
Ardagna, Silvia; Caselli, Francesco; Lane, Timothy - 2004
We use a panel of 16 OECD countries over several decades to investigate the effects of government debts and deficits on long-term interest rates. In simple static specifications, a one-percentage-point increase in the primary deficit relative to GDP increases contemporaneous long-term interest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604457
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Inflation Stabilization, Fiscal Deficits and Public Debt Management in Poland
van Wijnbergen, Sweder; Budina, Nina - 1999
Poland edged towards hyperinflation towards the latter half of 1989,but inflation fell dramatically after drastic … reformswere enacted in January of 1990. We analyse the consistency betweenfiscal deficits and inflation targets and assessPoland … fiscal deficits and inflation. We also assessthe impact of financial sector measures on seignioragerevenue and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324428
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Fiscal Discipline and Stability under Currency Board Systems
Grimm, Oliver - 2007
often seen as remedies to overcome economic and financial turmoils and to return to low inflation. A sustainable debt level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011753130
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Does more mean better? Sibling sex composition and the link between family size and children's quality
Baez, Javier E. - 2008
the household or the outcomes of these investments. Results using data from Colombia suggest that family size has negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268778
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Migration, violence and welfare programmes in rural Colombia
Mesnard, Alice - 2009
This paper studies migration decisions of very poor households in an environment with a high level of violence. By matching detailed retrospective data on violence levels in Colombian rural municipalities with a household survey collected for the evaluation of the 'Familias en Acción' welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275745
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The persistent gender earnings gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
Hoyos, Alejandro; Ñopo, Hugo; Peña, Ximena - 2010
This paper surveys gender earnings gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276061
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Entrepreneurial activity and civil war in Colombia: Exploring the mutual determinants between armed conflict and the private sector
Rettberg, Angelika; Leiteritz, Ralf; Nasi, Carlo - 2010
As elsewhere, the Colombian private sector has been accused of promoting or profiting from violence in the country. However, the private sector's role in the armed conflict and the impact of conflict on entrepreneurial activity vary, as reflected by differences in political activism, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280200
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Conflict and its impact on educational accumulation and enrollment in Colombia: What we can learn from recent IDPs
Wharton, Kate; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2011
Forty years of low-intensity internal armed conflict has made Colombia home to the world's second largest population of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280672
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Revisiting the regional growth convergence debate in Colombia using income indicators
Branisa, Boris; Cardozo, Adriana - 2009
This paper investigates growth convergence across Colombian departments during the period of 1975 to 2000, following both the regression and the distributional approaches suggested in the literature, and using two income measures computed by Centro de Estudios Ganaderos (CEGA).We also discuss...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281809
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Pro-poor growth using non-income indicators: An empirical illustration for Colombia
Cardozo, Adriana; Grosse, Melanie - 2009
in Colombia. We use multidimensional pro-poor growth measurement techniques and create indices for assets, health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281820