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Has world poverty really fallen during the 1990s?
Reddy, Sanjay G.; Minoiu, Camelia - EconWPA - 2005
about the extent of initial poverty and the rate of subsequent poverty reduction in China, India, and the rest of the … the extent and trend of poverty in China, India, and the rest of the developing world, world poverty may or may not have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062424
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: What Are the Consequences of China’s WTO Entry for India’s Trade?
Cerra, Valerie; Rivera, Sandra A.; Saxena, Sweta C. - EconWPA - 2005
Organization (WTO). This paper examines the implications of China’s WTO accession for India’s trade, using both econometrics and … computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The paper analyzes how India stands to lose or gain from China’s WTO entry in terms …One of the most significant recent developments in world trade has been the entry of China into the World Trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062637
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Half a World: Regional inequality in five great federations
Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2004
The paper studies regional (spatial) inequality in five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the United … issue of overall inequality as perceived by citizens within a nation. China and India show rising inequality in terms of … vs. Bihar, and Shandong vs. Sichuan provide nice examples of such outcomes in India and China. Higher inflation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556224
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Correlating Growth with Well-Being during Economic Reforms Evidence from India and China
Basu, Sudip Ranjan - EconWPA - 2005
. The regional (16 Indian states and 28 Chinese provinces) level study of India and China show that the quality of growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118671
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"Mixed Signals: Market Incentives, Recycling, and the Price Spike of 1995"
Ackerman, Frank; Gallagher, Kevin - EconWPA - 2001
Environmental economics assumes that reliance on price signals, adjusted for externalities, normally leads to efficient solutions to environmental problems. We explore a limiting case, when market volatility created “mixed signals”: waste paper and other recycled materials were briefly worth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407615
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Do workers really benefit from their social networks?
Fontaine, Francois - EconWPA - 2003
This paper provides a simple matching model in which unemployed workers and employers in large firms can be matched together through social networks or through more "formal" methods of search. We show that networks do not necessarily add new externalities and that some results previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412695
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The Influence of Globalization on Taxes and Social Policy – an Empirical Analysis for OECD Countries
Dreher, Axel - EconWPA - 2003
Using panel regression for the period 1970-2000 the paper analyzes whether globalization has influenced the OECD countries’ social and overall spending as well as their tax rates on labor, consumption and capital. Accounting for potential endogeneity of the regressors, the results show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076616
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Algeria’s Political Economy (1999-2002): an Economic Solution to the Crisis?
Martín, Iván - EconWPA - 2004
This article provides a detailed critical analysis of the economic policy implemented by the Algerian Governments between 1999 and 2002 (under the presidency of Abdelaziz Bouteflika), of its results, and of the advance of their structural reforms program. In this context, the social base of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556028
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COORDINATION, COOPERATION, AND THE EXTENDED COASEAN APPROACH TO ECONOMIC POLICY
Chilosi, Alberto - EconWPA - 2003
wide apart as the township and village enterprises in China, or the “programmazione negoziata” in Italy. In the final part …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005560990
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THE ‘PURE SCIENCE’ APPROACH TO ECONOMICS AND MONETARY POLICY
Salvary, Stanley C. W. - EconWPA - 2005
Perceptions of money do influence monetary policy, and monetary policy does have an impact on the functioning of the economy. For instance, a high interest rate policy usually entails high levels of bankruptcies and unemployment. Also, given a loss of confidence in the issuing authority...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561103