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Bircan, Cagatay; Brück, Tilman; Vothknecht, Marc - 2010

This paper analyzes the distributive impacts of violent conflicts, which is in contrast to previous literature that has focused on the other direction. We use cross-country panel data for the time period 1960-2005 to estimate war-related changes in income inequality. Our results indicate rising...

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Financial crisis, global liquidity and monetary exit strategies

Belke, Ansgar - 2010

We develop a roadmap of how the ECB should further reduce the volume of money (money supply) and roll back credit easing in order to prevent inflation. The exits should be step-by-step rather than one-off. Communicating about the exit strategy must be an integral part of the exit strategy. Price...

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Time-varying spot and futures oil price dynamics

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Ciferri, Davide; Girardi, … - 2010

We investigate the role of crude oil spot and futures prices in the process of price discovery by using a cost-of-carry model with an endogenous convenience yield and daily data over the period from January 1990 to December 2008. We provide evidence that futures markets play a more important...

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Family location and caregiving patterns from an international perspective

Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - 2010

This paper conducts a cross-national econometric analysis of intra-family location and caregiving patterns. First, we assess, from an international perspective, the relationship between family structure and the geographic proximity between adult children and their parents. We then examine...

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The investment in job training: Why are SMEs lagging so much behind?

Almeida, Rita K.; Aterido, Reyes - 2010

This paper analyzes the link between firm size and the investment in job training by employers. Using a large firm level data set across 99 developing countries, we show that a strong and positive correlation in the investment in job training and firm size is a robust statistical finding both...

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A Panel Data Analysis on China's Intra-Industry Trade in the Capital Goods Sector

Zhu, Yiping - 2009

This paper adopts the Hausman-Taylor 2SLS error components approach in estimating the determinants of China's Intra-Industry Trade (IIT) in the capital goods sector with its 26 partner countries. It disaggregates IIT into horizontal IIT (HIIT) and vertical IIT (VIIT). Capital goods final...

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CDOs and systematic risk: Why bond ratings are inadequate

Krahnen, Jan Pieter; Wilde, Christian - 2009

This paper analyzes the risk properties of typical asset-backed securities (ABS), like CDOs or MBS, relying on a model …, and macro factor dependencies. Using a two-dimensional loss decomposition as a new metric, the risk properties of … Carlo Simulation, we find that the risk properties of ABS differ significantly and systematically from those of straight …

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The WTO and the rights of the individual

Charnovitz, Steve - In: Intereconomics 36 (2001) 2, pp. 98-108

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Production cuts to support oil prices

Matthies, Klaus - In: Intereconomics 36 (2001) 5, pp. 272-276

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Why do currency crises arise and how could they be avoided?

Aschinger, Gerhard - In: Intereconomics 36 (2001) 3, pp. 152-159

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