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outcome heterogeneity where the treatment outcome depends on applicant investment. The model takes into account heterogeneous …
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positive impact on its capital inflows, namely portfolio and foreign direct investment (FDI). The purpose of our study is to … explicitly quantify information asymmetries by compliance with the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS). For FDI, we … determinants of portfolio and FDI flows and use a non-parametric test for spatial correlation in the residuals of capital flows. …
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How may we best understand the effects of the ongoing rise of China on the future of liberal democracy in East Asia? Scholars who stress hegemony tend to predict a less democratic region, while those who stress diffusion tend to predict more democracy. This paper does not attempt to resolve the...
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security and equity to private investment, inducing higher economic growth and tax revenues. Both theories are tested against a …
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The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution is ongoing. We construct a model that predicts higher probability of redistribution in democracies than autocracies through social transfers. Higher inequality leads to more redistribution in democracies but not...
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This analysis highlights the significant role that domestic actors play in determining the outcomes of economic sanctions. It models the behavior of the main opposition party during an economic sanction episode, and introduces two commonly used variables when considering the effectiveness of...
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The aid effectiveness principles have limits if the recipient is fragile. The problem of relevance exists if the recipient has an authoritarian or totalitarian regime. In situations of weak statehood and fragility, a large portion of aid would likely bypass the state because of high demand for...
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The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution in a country is still ongoing. We construct a model that predicts a higher probability of redistribution in democracies than in autocracies. Further, with higher initial inequality, there should be more...
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The report looks at investment activity in Finland by industries and types of investment, and makes international … comparisons. Investment rate (fixed investment in relation to GDP) fell in Finland in the early 1990s from an internationally high … an increase in competition. The economy transformed itself from investment-driven economy to a more innovation-driven one …
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direct investment, portfolio, other investment, etc.) makes any difference to the consequences of the capital flow. Our … investment, portfolio debt and other investment flows are associated with larger macroeconomic imbalances and financial …
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