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Determinants of the Growth Elasticity of Poverty Reduction. Why the Impact on Poverty Reduction is Large in Some Developing Countries and Small in Others
Wieser, Christina - 2011
This paper investigates the determinants of the growth elasticity of poverty by using the internationally designed poverty line, measured by the share of the population living below USD 1.25 per day. We identify the determinants of changes in the poverty rate of countries using single and...
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Trade Synchronisation During Major Economic Crises
Bärenthaler-Sieber, Susanne; Bilek-Steindl, Sandra; … - 2013
In this paper we present a new long-term database on monthly export and import series for 23 economies during 1921-2010 and its first empirical application. Using these data, we analyse the synchronised decline in foreign trade during the recession 2008-09 in a historical perspective. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435348
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Whither Panama? Constructing a Consistent and Balanced World SUT System Including International Trade and Transport Margins
Streicher, Gerhard; Stehrer, Robert - 2012
This paper aims to complement work done within the WIOD project (the "World Input Output Database" project financed by … the world economy. The paper describes the derivation of international trade and transport margins (TIR services) together … with a consistent and balanced system of supply and use tables at the world level. As a by-product, this also yields supply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435367
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Measuring and Testing Complementarity and Co-evolution in Financial Systems
Saillard, Adeline; Url, Thomas - 2013
The distinction between bank- and market-based economies has a long tradition in applied macroeconomics. The two types of financial architecture differ not only with respect to the amount of funds channelled through private banking versus the capital market but with respect to several other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435369
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A Note on the Impact of Economic Regulation on Life Satisfaction
Knoll, Bodo; Pitlik, Hans; Rode, Martin - 2012
influence personal life satisfaction? Based on data from European and World Values Surveys and the Economic Freedom of the World …
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Zum Wandel der Finanzierungsstruktur in der Wohlstandsgesellschaft
Tichy, Gunther - 2014
The savings measures of private households currently exceed the limited financing needs of companies around the world …
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Economic Costs of Mass Violent Conflicts: Final Report for the Small Arms Survey, Geneva, Switzerland
Bozzoli, Carlos; Brück, Tilman; Drautzburg, Thorsten; … - 2008
COW and the UCDP/PRIO for conflicts and the Penn World Tables and the World Development Indicators for socioeconomic data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438798
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A Survey on the Economics of Security: Final Report for the European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security
Brück, Tilman; Karaisl, Marie; Schneider, Friedrich - 2008
This report assesses the literature on the inter-relations between the economy and security with particular focus on terrorism and the "human drivers of insecurity" to identify both available knowledge and crucial research gaps. In addition, the report surveys the European research capacity in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438802
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Konzepte zur Förderung von Breitbandinvestitionen im internationalen Vergleich: Endbericht
Heuermann, Arnulf; Meinen, Philipp; Ekango, Albert Njoume; … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438812
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Costs of climate change: The effects of rising temperatures on health and productivity
Hübler, Michael; Klepper, Gernot; Peterson, Sonja - 2007
The aim of the study is to quantify climate induced health risks for Germany. Based on high resolution climate scenarios for the period 2071 to 2100 we forecast the number of days with heat load and cold stress. The heat frequency and intensity increases overall but more in the south. Referring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453720