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The effectiveness of aid on savings and investment in Sub-Saharan Africa : do volatility and institutional quality matter?
Afawubo, Komivi; Mathey, Samuel - In: Applied economics 49 (2017) 51, pp. 5212-5230
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845100
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A DSGE-RBC Approach to Measuring Impacts of Wealth Transfers
Annen, Kurt; Batu, Michael; Kosempel, Stephen - Department of Economics and Finance, College of … - 2014
In this paper we quantify the impact of wealth transfers such as remittances and foreign aid using a DSGE-RBC model. We calibrate and simulate the model using data from 85 recipient countries. Within this framework we demonstrate: First, the income eect created from a permanent increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010812356
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How Should Donors Respond to Resource Windfalls in Poor countries? From Aid to Insurance- Working Paper 372
Dobronogov, Anton; Gelb, Alan; Saldanha, Fernando Brant - 2014
transfers to mitigate volatility. The paper outlines ways in which the International Development Association could use hedging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010793684
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Foreign Aid and the Business Cycle
Pallage, Stephane; Robe, Michel - Centre de Recherche sur l'Emploi et les Fluctuations … - 1998
We document the real business cycle properties of foreign aid to poor countries. We show that aid exhibits the following empirical regularities over a twenty-five year period. First, it represents a significant source of income for the recipients. Second, it is very volatile - two to three times...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005572504
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Institutions and volatility of economic growth : an approach to Latin America and the Caribbean
Fernández-Torres, Yakira; Ramajo Hernández, Julián; … - In: Cuadernos de economía 38 (2019) 76, pp. 81-108
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The impact of network connectivity on factor exposures, asset pricing and portfolio diversification
Billio, Monica; Caporin, Massimiliano; Panzica, Roberto … - 2017 - This version: October 2016
This paper extends the classic factor-based asset pricing model by including network linkages in linear factor models. We assume that the network linkages are exogenously provided. This extension of the model allows a better understanding of the causes of systematic risk and shows that (i)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598385
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Economic growth and the volatility of foreign aid
Chervin, Michal; Wijnbergen, Sweder van - 2009
volatility of aid on economic growth, controlling for the level of aid. A four-year panel analysis is conducted encompassing 155 … countries over the period 1966-2001. We find that once the volatility of aid is controlled for, aid has a positive impact on … economic growth. Correspondingly, volatility of aid flows is found to be negatively related to growth. We found no significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379530
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Foreign aid volatility and lifelong learning
Asongu, Simplice; Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - In: International journal of education economics and … 11 (2020) 4, pp. 370-406
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012508870
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Influence of real exchange rate on the finance-growth nexus in the West African region
Ehigiamusoe, Kizito Uyi; Hooi Hooi Lean - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 1/23, pp. 1-21
This study examines the moderating effects of the real exchange rate and its volatility on the finance-growth nexus in … levels of the real exchange rates and its volatility. The findings show that financial development has a long-term positive … impact on economic growth, but this impact is weakened by real exchange rate and its volatility. The marginal effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012020497
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The impact of network connectivity on factor exposures, asset pricing and portfolio diversification
Billio, Monica; Caporin, Massimiliano; Panzica, Roberto … - 2017
This paper extends the classic factor-based asset pricing model by including network linkages in linear factor models. We assume that the network linkages are exogenously provided. This extension of the model allows a better understanding of the causes of systematic risk and shows that (i)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598484