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The 2020 US presidential election and Trump's trade war
Lake, James; Nie, Jun - 2022
retaliation hurt Trump. In particular, the pro-Trump effects of US trade war tariffs were crucial for Trump crossing the recount …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171058
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Nash equilibria of COVID-19 vaccination
Saccal, Alessandro - 2022
The present research conducts a formal analysis of the interactive decisions concerning the enterprise of COVID-19 vaccination on the part of governments and citizens. It specifically constructs a noncooperative static game with complete information between the citizen and the government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013443619
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The economic impact of weather and climate
Tol, Richard S. J. - 2021
I propose a new conceptual framework to disentangle the impacts of weather and climate on economic activity and growth: A stochastic frontier model with climate in the production frontier and weather shocks as a source of inefficiency. I test it on a sample of 160 countries over the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487750
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Unintended Consequences of Alternative Development Programs : Evidence From Colombia's Illegal Crop Substitution
Llanes, Lucas Marín - 2020
While force eradication through aerial spraying has large social costs, there is no evidence of the unexpected consequences of alternative development programs. This paper suggests an unintended effect of the largest crop substitution program in the world on political violence exploiting data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014092810
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FDI, aid, terrorism : conditional threshold evidence from developing countries
Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; … - 2015
We investigate how foreign aid dampens the effects of terrorism on FDI using interactive quantile regressions. The … used, while terrorism dynamics entail: domestic, unclear, transnational and total number of terrorist attacks. The … transnational terrorism in bilateral aid regressions, the impacts of terrorism dynamics are unexpectedly positive, in: (i) bottoms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011312327
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When is foreign aid effective in fighting terrorism? : threshold evidence
Asongu, Simplice A.; Ssozi, John - 2015
Building on previous literature, we assess when foreign aid is effective in fighting terrorism using quantile … used whereas terrorism includes: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics. We consistently establish … that foreign aid (bilateral, multilateral and total) is effective at fighting terrorism exclusively in countries where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407950
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Foreign Aid, Terrorism and Growth : Conditional Evidence from Quantile Regression
Asongu, Simplice - 2019
terrorism on economic growth, using a panel of 78 developing nations with data for the period 1984-2008. The empirical evidence … is based on interactive Quantile regressions. Domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics are employed … investigated hypothesis, we consistently confirm that: (i) In quantiles where terrorism is found to increase (decrease) economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012897568
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When is Foreign Aid Effective in Fighting Terrorism? Threshold Evidence
Asongu, Simplice - 2017
Building on previous literature, we assess when foreign aid is effective in fighting terrorism using quantile … used whereas terrorism includes: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics. We consistently establish … that foreign aid (bilateral, multilateral and total) is effective at fighting terrorism exclusively in countries where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971018
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Impact of Terrorism on FDI Flows to Pakistan
Haider, Murtaza - 2014
This study explores the adverse impacts of terrorism on the net Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows to Pakistan … estimates for the impact of terrorism on FDI flows. This study has found that an increase in terrorist violence reduces FDI … are affected while others remain immune to terrorism-related risks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051289
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FDI, Aid, Terrorism : Conditional Threshold Evidence from Developing Countries
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
We investigate how foreign aid dampens the effects of terrorism on FDI using interactive quantile regressions. The … used, while terrorism dynamics entail: domestic, unclear, transnational and total number of terrorist attacks. The … transnational terrorism in bilateral aid regressions, the impacts of terrorism dynamics are unexpectedly positive, in: (i) bottoms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021930