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decisions and income growth of lowered life expectancy as a result of diseases such as HIV/AIDS. We show that an increased … probability of premature death leads to less investment in human capital, and consequently slower growth. We also empirically … investigate the effect of HIV/AIDS on life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa and the role of health in the level of educational …
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This dissertation studies the relationship between exchange rate regimes and financing decisions of corporations in small open economies with access to international capital markets.The first essay develops a model of the choice between local and foreign currency debt by capital-constrained...
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policy seems to follow the ECBís interest rates. On the other hand, spectacular Slovak economic growth is primarily driven by …
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The first chapter analizes conditional assistance programs. They generate conflicting relationships between international financial institutions (IFIs) and member countries. The experience of IFIs with conditionality in the 1990s led them to allow countries more latitude in the design of their...
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This thesis investigates the role of exchange rate in a small open economy policy framework. Focusing the analysis on the crisis-hit East-Asian countries, the main objective of this thesis is to investigate the necessity of the monetary authority to concern about the exchange rate stability by...
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green power through 2015 that were made using historical data and three scenarios: low-growth, high-growth, and negative … results of this forecast, including uncertainties related to growth assumptions, the impacts that policy may have on the …
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early growth of the Internet are expected to be informative and pertinent. …
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suggests that state policy will continue to drive even faster growth over the next decade. Federal policy has also played a …
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growth, shocking the world as they emerged as “Baltic Tigers” at the turn of the century. Russia adopted a flat tax regime in … of the flat tax rate on the Baltic countries’ economic growth remains debated.Though there is clearly timing a … correlation between the Baltic States’ economic  growth and the implementation of the flat tax, the current economic analysis on …
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capable of performing human work skills. The basic model, with a single sector and homogeneous labor, projects output growth … rates over the next few decades that are substantially above historical growth rates in industrialized countries, assuming … plausible increases in computer skill. The projected output growth is accompanied by structural changes reflecting the reduced …
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