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The Contribution of Foreign Borrowing to the New Zealand Economy
Makin, Anthony; Zhang, Wei; Scobie, Grant - 2008
New Zealand's unrelenting current account deficits, its trade performance and high external debt level remain central to ongoing economic policy debates. However, what has been overlooked in the discussion of New Zealand's economic relations with its trading partners is the positive contribution...
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Convergence in GDP per Capita in the Euro Area and the EU at the Time of COVID-19
Licchetta, Mirko; Mattozzi, Giovanni - In: Intereconomics 58 (2023) 1, pp. 43-51
This paper investigates determinants of convergence in GDP per capita in the euro area and the EU between 1995 and 2021. It finds that the COVID-19 crisis temporarily slowed convergence but the estimated negative impact is significantly smaller than during the global financial crisis. Diverging...
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Relative wages, openness and skill-biased technology change in Ghana
Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric - 2001
provide an explanation for the increase in relative wages of skilled workers in Ghana. Estimates of a skilled worker relative … machinery is found to be indeed consistent with skill-biased technological change in Ghana. …
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Savings, Credit and Insurance: Household Demand for Formal Financial Services in Rural Ghana
Bendig, Mirko; Giesbert, Lena; Steiner, Susan - 2009
demand for savings, loans and insurances by applying a multivariate probit model on household survey data from rural Ghana …
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Chinese Commodity Imports in Ghana and Senegal: Demystifying Chinese Business Strength in Urban West Africa
Marfaing, Laurence; Thiel, Alena - 2011
our stance that Chinese entrepreneurs still represent a minority group in the import of cheap China goods into Ghana and …
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Perceptions of (Micro)Insurance in Southern Ghana: The Role of Information and Peer Effects
Giesbert, Lena; Steiner, Susan - 2011
Ghana, using evidence from four focus group discussions. It analyzes how the focus group participants think about various …
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When Voicelessness Meets Speechlessness – Struggling for Equity in Chinese-Ghanaian Employment Relations
Giese, Karsten; Thiel, Alena - 2012
contract, equity, and cross-cultural communication. Based on a qualitative study conducted in Accra, Ghana, we discuss the …
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Subjective Risk and Participation in Micro Life Insurance in Ghana
Giesbert, Lena - 2012
least investigated type of microinsurance. It uses household survey data collected in southern Ghana in 2009. Insurance …
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Oil price shocks, monetary policy and aggregate demand in Ghana
Jumah, Adusei; Pastuszyn, Georg - 2007
, Ghana, via the interest rate channel by means of cointegration analysis. Results of the study indicate that oil price - by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294003
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Ghana integrated to the world economy: Focus on Ghana-UK-Germany trade linkage model
Sarpong, Daniel Bruce - 1998
In this study of Ghana integrated to the world economy, we focus primarily on Ghana-UK-Germany trade axis partly … because of Ghana's relative dependence on the EU for her international trade. The study employs „representative“ country … the EU in particular influence Ghana's policy goals of GDP and bilateral export growth, the nominal current account and …
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