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Panic buying and consumption displacement during COVID-19: Evidence from New Zealand
Hall, Colin Michael; Fieger, Peter; Prayag, Girish; … - In: Economies 9 (2021) 2, pp. 1-13
Panic buying and hoarding behavior is a significant component of crisis- and disaster-related consumption displacement that has received considerable attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding such purchasing and stockpiling behavior provides critical information for government,...
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Towards sustainability: The relationship between foreign direct investment, economic freedom and inclusive green growth
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Figari, Francesco; Ojong, Nathanael - 2023
issues. First, the study examines the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic freedom on inclusive green … growth (IGG) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Second, we investigate whether economic freedom interacts with FDI to promote IGG …. Third, we identify minimum the thresholds required for economic freedom to cause FDI to foster IGG. The findings are based …
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Determinants of economic growth in Nigeria
Ajide, Kazeem B. - In: CBN Journal of Applied Statistics 05 (2014) 2, pp. 147-170
This paper investigates the role of Frazer Economic Freedom Index on FDI-growth relationship over the period spanning …
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Forced to Freedom? Empirical relations between aid and economic freedom
Kronthaler, Franz; Knedlik, Tobias - 2007
The paper explores the relationships between economic freedom on the one side and development aid and IMF credit as approximation for conditional aid on the other side. After a short review of current literature the paper develops a simple panel regression model to evaluate the relationships. In...
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Explaining Reform Deadlocks
Heinemann, Friedrich - 2004
Countries are often slow to adjust their economic structures to new necessities although this reform reluctance is costly in terms of growth and employment. This paper analyses the relevant factors that block or foster economic reforms. Theoretical considerations show that there are at least...
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The Impact of Trust on Reforms
Heinemann, Friedrich; Tanz, Benjamin - 2008
In a constantly changing economic environment a country's ability to undertake institutional reforms is crucial to maintain economic growth and to promote the welfare of its citizens. A wide range of determinants for institutional reforms have been identified. However, the impact of trust on...
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The Contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to Economic Freedom
Boockmann, Bernhard; Dreher, Axel - 2002
We analyse the effect of IMF and World Bank policies on the composite index of economic freedom by Gwartney et al. (2000) as well as its sub-indexes, using a panel of 85 countries observed between 1970 and 1997. With respect to the Bank, we find that the number of projects has a positive impact...
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Social Safety Nets, Economic Freedom and Public Policy
Kaur, Simrit - 2009
What is the relationship between social welfare, safety nets and economic freedom? Arguably, if economic freedom (EF) promotes growth and if it trickles down EF promotes larger freedoms (e.g. a healthy and productive life, free from want and deprivation). However, higher EF by definition entails...
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Income inequality, capitalism and ethno-linguistic fractionalization
de Haan, Jakob; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2014
We examine the relationship between capitalism and income inequality for a large sample of countries using an adjusted economic freedom index as proxy for capitalism and Gini coefficients based on gross-income as proxy for income inequality. Our results suggest that there is no robust...
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Want Freedom, Will Travel: Emigrant Self-Selection According to Institutional Quality
Naghsh Nejad, Maryam; Young, Andrew T. - 2015
We investigate emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality using up to 3,566 observations on bilateral migration flows from 77 countries over the 1990-2000 period. We relate these flows to differences in political and economic institutions. We improve and expand upon previous...
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