Migration, remittances, welfare, expenditure patterns, agricultural production, diversification, fixed …

, diversification can reduce the economic impact of shocks. Therefore, despite the well-known efficiency benefits from specialization …, the risks of too little diversification have long been acknowledged. But how big are the benefits of diversification? This …

This paper looks at the progress in transition and the geographic diversification of trade, focusing on two issues …. Geographic diversification (to the European Union) is found to be greater the closer is geographic proximity and the more …

countries and their subsidiaries overseas during 1995-2004, and studies the extent of diversification gains from their local … of a mean-variance portfolio optimization model. Overall, international diversification gains in banking appear to be … diversification gains could usefully be considered in the second pillar of Basel II as the first pillar is based only on the …

We present evidence on one facet of energy security in OECD economies - the extent of diversification in sources of oil … much change in diversification in oil supplies over the last decade, but diversification in sources of natural gas supplies … has increased steadily. We document the cross-country heterogeneity in the extent of diversification. We also show how the …