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Panic buying and consumption displacement during COVID-19: Evidence from New Zealand
Hall, Colin Michael; Fieger, Peter; Prayag, Girish; … - In: Economies 9 (2021) 2, pp. 1-13
Panic buying and hoarding behavior is a significant component of crisis- and disaster-related consumption displacement that has received considerable attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding such purchasing and stockpiling behavior provides critical information for government,...
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Determinants of economic growth in Nigeria
Ajide, Kazeem B. - In: CBN Journal of Applied Statistics 05 (2014) 2, pp. 147-170
This paper investigates the role of Frazer Economic Freedom Index on FDI-growth relationship over the period spanning …
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Financial Development, Economic Freedom and Economic Growth: New Evidence from Tunisia
Oussama, Zaïbi; Ahmed, Hachicha; Fatma, Hachicha - In: Economic Review: Journal of Economics and Business 15 (2017) 2, pp. 7-18
This article investigates the effect of financial development on economic growth conditions well-developed institutions in Tunisia as a case study during the period 1980-2014, using the generalized moment method (GMM) to analyze the panel data. We have empirically examined the relationship...
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Entrepreneurial Innovation: the European Union perspective
Ignatov, Augustin - In: Review of Economic Perspectives 18 (2018) 2, pp. 137-154
Entrepreneurship is the driving force of economic development and progress. A successful state, first of all, provides favourable conditions motivating the businesses to grow and flourish. Presently, the European Union is developing unevenly with multiple economic misbalances across the...
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Economic freedom and income inequality: Does political regime matter?
Ahmad, Mahyudin - In: Economies 5 (2017) 2, pp. 1-28
There is a growing literature studying the effects of economic freedom and democracy on income inequality; nevertheless, the inequality-effects of both factors are apparently studied separately. This paper revisits the income inequality-economic freedom nexus and uncovers the role of political...
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The impact of fiscal decentralization on accountability, economic freedom, and political and civil liberties in the Americas
Bojanic, Antonio N. - In: Economies 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-20
This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal decentralization on accountability, economic freedom, and political and civil liberties in the Americas. The findings indicate that decentralization initially hampers but eventually enhances accountability and political and civil liberties, in line with...
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State vs Market in Central and Eastern Europe
Baltatescu, Sinziana; Maha, Liviu-George - In: CES Working Papers 5 (2013) 2, pp. 197-204
Although old, the debate on whether government’s intervention in economic activities can stimulate economic growth once again rose within the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. They have passed a harsh transition process, pressed on by the intention to join the EU, which involved...
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Economic Freedom - a Vector of Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy
Baicu, Corneliu-Sorin; Corbu, Luminita-Claudia - In: CES Working Papers 8 (2016) 1, pp. 20-32
This study aims to show that concerted action by the state and civil society can lead to an effective output of informality sphere by official or legal sphere. Such an action is represented by the vector concept named economic freedom. The resultant vector - economic freedom - is obtained by...
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A general perspective regarding the relation between institutional efficiency and (economic) development in Eastern Europe
Țigănașu, Ramona; Mazilu, Sorin - In: CES Working Papers 10 (2019) 4, pp. 468-479
Informal institutions such as culture, trust, social relations, norms or values have a strong effect on countries’ development patterns, their role being enhanced in those states where formal institutions are poorly regulated. Therefore, in order to foster economic development, institutional...
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The determinants of high technology exports volume: A panel data analysis of EU-15 countries
Gokmen, Yunus; Turen, Ufuk - In: International Journal of Management, Economics and … 2 (2013) 3, pp. 217-232
can be gained through technology transfer by the way of inward foreign direct investments (FDI). Although many scholars … host country which is associated with FDI attraction of the host country. Here, we hypothesize that HTX are a longitudinal … function of a country's level of inward FDI, EFL and human development level (HDL). We examine the associations among above …
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