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Export Tax and Pricing Power; Two Hypotheseson the Cocoa Market in Côte D’Ivoire
Kireyev, Alexei - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
The paper models export taxation of a primary commodity in a large country under two hypotheses about the structure of its export market. The first is perfect competition among exporters, where there is an indefinite number of buyers of the local product and at least a partial pass-through of...
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Indirect Taxation in Developing Countries; A General Equilibrium Approach
Bovenberg, Ary Lars - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1986
Indirect taxes are an important element in stabilization tax packages that aim at raising revenue in the short run. This paper evaluates, by using a general equilibrium model, alternative instruments of indirect taxation in middle-income developing countries. It uses data for Thailand as an...
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Intermediation by heterogeneous oligopolists
Morasch, Karl - Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und … - 2010
In his book on 'Market Microstructure' Spulber presented some strange results with respect to the impact of the substitutability parameter in an intermediation model with differentiated products and inputs. Intuitively, effects in the product and the input market should be similar: if firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003560
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The Evolution of Current Account Deficits in the Euro Area Periphery and the Baltics; Many Paths to the Same Endpoint
Kang, Joong Shik; Shambaugh, Jay C. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Explanations of the large current account deficits for the euro area periphery and the Baltics in the run up to the crisis revolve around two main factors: deteriorating export performance or demand driven booms. We add that there were important movements in transfers and net income balances....
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From the periphery to the core: direct and indirect effects of the migration of labour
Viñuela, Ana; Vázquez, Esteban Fernández - In: Review of Regional Research 32 (2012) 1, pp. 1-18
In den vergangenen 20 Jahren erlebte Spanien einen bedeutenden Anstieg der Binnenmobilität, insbesondere eine …
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Geographical distribution of unemployment in Spain
Lopez-Bazo, Enrique; Barrio, Tomas Del; Artis, Manuel - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 3, pp. 305-318
Lopez-Bazo E., Del Barrio T. and Artis M. (2005) Geographical distribution of unemployment in Spain, Regional Studies … intradistribution dynamics to analyse the extent of regional inequalities in unemployment rates in Spain over the last decades. It also …
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The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Competitiveness in the European Cement Industry - Results of a Matched Plant Comparison between Germany, Spain and the UK
Triebswetter, Ursula; Hitchens, D. - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 3, pp. 38-49
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Two-tier Employment Protection Reforms: The Spanish Experience
Bentolila, Samuel; Dolado, Juan Jose; Jimeno, Juan F. - In: CESifo DICE Report 6 (2008) 4, pp. 49-56
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Evaluating the Regional Impact of a New Road on Tourism
Ferri, Javier - In: Regional Studies 38 (2004) 4, pp. 409-418
is to establish whether the opening of a motorway that extends along the east coast of Spain has significantly … contributed to expanding hotel tourism in the Valencia region. Some of the most important tourist destinations in Spain, both … gate to Europe, connecting with other motorways. Using monthly data on nights spent in hotels by residents in Spain and …
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Managing Financial Crises; Recent Experience and Lessons for Latin America
Kincaid, G. Russell; Collyns, Charles - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper seeks to draw lessons from the IMF’s experience in handling financial crises around the globe over the past ten years that are relevant to the challenges faced by countries in Latin America, especially in the wake of the recent crisis in Argentina. Experience suggests that...
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