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Assessing the Macroeconomic Impact of Bank Intermediation Shocks : A Structural Approach

Chen, Kaiji - 2017

We take a structural approach to assessing the empirical importance of shocks to the supply of bank-intermediated credit in affecting macroeconomic fluctuations. First, we develop a theoretical model to show how credit supply shocks can be transmitted into disruptions in the production economy....

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Identifying conflict and violence in micro-level surveys

Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Verwimp, Philip; … - 2010

focus on World Bank's Living Standard Measurement Surveys (LSMS), and propose suggestions on how to improve questionnaires …

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The Rise and Fall of R&D Networks

Tomasello, Mario; Napoletano, Mauro; Garas, Antonios; … - 2016

Drawing on a large database of publicly announced R&D alliances, we empirically investigate the evolution of R&D networks and the process of alliance formation in several manufacturing sectors over a 24-year period (1986-2009). Our goal is to empirically evaluate the temporal and sectoral...

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Using Sentiment Surveys to Predict GDP Growth and Stock Returns

Guzman, Giselle - 2012

This study sheds new light on the question of whether or not sentiment surveys, and the expectations derived from them, are relevant to forecasting economic growth and stock returns, and whether they contain information that is orthogonal to macroeconomic and financial data. I examine 16...

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Terrorism and inbound tourism : does immigration have a moderating effect?

Harb, Georges; Bassil, Charbel - In: Tourism economics : the business and finance of tourism … 26 (2020) 3, pp. 500-518

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Impact of terrorist incidents on tourism in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia : a dynamic heterogeneous panel approach

Gok, Ugur; Nwaka, Ikechukwu - 2019

aforementioned regions' poor performance in the tourism industry is due to growing terrorism in the region. Our results indicate that … a significant negative impact of terrorism on tourism. … and consequently, have the lowest share from the tourism industry. In this research paper, we investigated whether the …

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Foreign direct investment, aid and terrorism : empirical insight conditioned on corruption control

Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2015

This study checks the effect of foreign aid on terrorism and FDI, conditioned on domestic levels of corruption … established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is apparent only in higher levels of CC; foreign aid dampens the negative … effect of terrorism on FDI only in higher levels of CC; when foreign aid is subdivided into its bilateral and multilateral …

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Foreign Direct Investment, Aid, and Terrorism : An Analysis of Developing Countries

Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu - 2011

Using a dynamic panel data framework, we investigate the relationship between the two major forms of terrorism and … focuses on 78 developing countries for 1984-2008. Our findings suggest that all types of terrorism depress FDI. In addition …, aid mitigates the negative effects of total and domestic terrorism on FDI; however, this is not the case for transnational …

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The Effect of Terrorist Incidents on Capital Flows

Filer, Randall K. - 2013

The current literature shows a significant negative impact of terrorism on countries' economies. We explore this … relationship in more detail. Using an unbalanced panel of over 160 countries for up to 25 years and the Global Terrorism Database … (GTD) we show a decrease in FDI as a consequence of terrorism. We also find evidence that FDI flows are more sensitive to …

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Aid, Terrorism, and Foreign Direct Investment : Empirical Insight Conditioned on Corruption Control

Efobi, Uchenna - 2018

This paper examines the effect of foreign aid in the terrorism-FDI nexus while considering the extent of domestic … established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is apparent only in countries with higher levels of CC; foreign aid dampens … the negative effect of terrorism on FDI only in countries with high levels of CC. The result is mixed when foreign aid is …

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