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Does financial activity cause economic growth?
Graff, Michael; Karmann, Alexander - 2001
To clarify the causal links between financial activity and economic growth, three theoretical models are analyzed and a structural equation path models is estimated. In the modeling part, poverty traps result from large fixed costs or high proportions of real investment to run a financial...
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Anspruch und Wirklichkeit der Finanzmarktreform: Welche G20-Versprechen wurden umgesetzt? Bewertung der Politikmaßnahmen nach der Finanzkrise 2008/9
Dullien, Sebastian - 2012
Nach dem Ausbruch der globalen Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise 2008 haben die G20-Staats- und Regierungschefs in … die G20-Vorschläge und die nun verabschiedeten Gesetze viele der problematischen Anreize und Praktiken im Finanzsektor … Intransparenz und Komplexität des Finanzsektors zurückdrängen würde und Anreize setzte, damit der Finanzsektor künftig sich wieder …
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The Transatlantic Banking Crisis: Lessons and EU Reforms
Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2009
The key dynamics of the transatlantic banking crisis are analyzed - with emphasis on the fact that the banking disaster of 2007/08 was not really a surprise -, and the five key requirements for restoring stability and efficiency in the EU/OECD banking sector are highlighted. Most important,...
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Institutionelle Hintergründe von Krisen
Theurl, Theresia (contributor) - 2011
Die große Bedeutung institutioneller Rahmenbedingungen für das Auftreten und für die Vermeidung sowie für die Wirkungen von Krisen tritt mit jeder neuen Krise in den Fokus wissenschaftlicher Diskussionen. Dieser Sammelband konzentriert sich auf die institutionellen Bezüge von Krisen, so...
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From a centralized to a decentralized global economic architecture: An overview
Rana, Pradumna B. - 2013
new regional institutions that Asia needs to establish to contribute to this evolving global economic architecture. …
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Banking and the macroeconomy in China: A banking crisis deferred?
Le, Vo Phuong Mai; Matthews, Kent; Meenagh, David; … - 2013
The downturn in the world economy following the global banking crisis has left the Chinese economy relatively unscathed. This paper develops a model of the Chinese economy using a DSGE framework with a banking sector to shed light on this episode. It differs from other applications in the use of...
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Estimating the shape of economic crises under heterogeneity
Dovern, Jonas; Jannsen, Nils - 2009
During the ongoing financial crisis the analysis of similar historical crises has gained more and more attention among economic researchers and forecasters. Existing studies, however, do not tackle the immense heterogeneity that is present in cross-country samples in a formal and consistent way....
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Terrorism from within: an economic model of terrorism
Blomberg, S. Brock; Hess, Gregory D.; Weerapana, Akila - 2002
country to the economic circumstances facing that country. We briefly sketch out a theory, in the spirit of Tornell (1998 … resources is more abundant and terrorism is reduced. Our empirical results are consistent with the theory. We find that for …
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Re-orient? MNC penetration and contemporary shifts in the global political economy
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009
This article analyses IMF estimates of economic growth in 180 countries (IMF, 2009), and inks the results to the Re-orient approach, put forward by Frank, 1998. With global economic gravitation shifting to the Indian Ocean/Pacific region, the article also analyses the role of MNC (foreign...
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Poolability and the finance-growth nexus: A cautionary note
Schiavo, Stefano; Vaona, Andrea - 2006
The present contribution tests whether countries can be pooled when studying the finance-growth nexus. Overall, our results point toward a 'pragmatic' positive answer, though considerable heterogeneity is present among developing countries.
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