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Need, merit, and politics in multilateral aid allocation : a district-level analysis of World Bank projects in India
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes; Sosa Andrés, Maximiliano - 2012
empirical research on aid allocation by employing Poisson estimations on the determinants of the World Bank’s choice of project … locations at the district level in India. The evidence of needs-based location choices is very weak, even though World Bank … or district level. However, the World Bank prefers districts where foreign direct investors may benefit from projects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570504
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What drives India’s outward FDI?
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Andrés Sosa, Maximiliano; … - 2012
We empirically assess the determinants of India’s FDI outflows across a large sample of host countries in the 1996-2009 period. Based on gravity model specifications, we employ Poisson pseudo maximum likelihood (PPML) estimators. Major findings include: India’s outward FDI is hardly affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009671659
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Water scarcity and the impact of improved irrigation management : a CGE analysis
Calzadilla, Alvaro (contributor);  … - 2008
We use the new version of the GTAP-W model to analyze the economy-wide impacts of enhanced irrigation efficiency. The new production structure of the model, which introduces a differentiation between rainfed and irrigated crops, allows a better understanding of the use of water resources in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003732135
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Can trade really hurt? : An empirical follow-up on Samuelson's controversial paper
Bitzer, Jürgen (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper investigates Samuelson's (JEP, 2004) argument that technical progress of the trade partner may hurt the home country. We illustrate this prospect in a simple Ricardian model for sitations with outward knowledge spillovers. Within this framework Samuelson's "Act II" effects may occur....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003758086
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Inflation and unemployment : Lagos-Wright meets Mortensen-Pissarides
Berentsen, Aleksander (contributor);  … - 2007
Inflation and unemployment are central issues in macroeconomics. While progress has been made on these issues recently using models that explicitly incorporate search-type frictions, existing models analyze either unemployment or inflation in isolation. We develop a framework to analyze...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003484955
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Relative forecasting performance of volatility models : Monte Carlo evidence
Lux, Thomas; Morales-Arias, Leonardo - 2010
A Monte Carlo (MC) experiment is conducted to study the forecasting performance of a variety of volatility models under alternative data generating processes (DGPs). The models included in the MC study are the (Fractionally Integrated) Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932329
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Trade protection during the crisis : does it deter foreign direct investment?
Görg, Holger; Labonte, Philipp - 2011
This paper looks empirically at the implications that protectionist measures implemented during the current crisis may have had for a country’s ability to attract foreign direct investment. The research utilizes data on such measures that is available from Global Trade Alert, combined with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008904601
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Financing for development : the gap between words and deeds since Monterrey
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2011
of donor generosity, aid effectiveness and new means of financing. However, the development orientation of world leaders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008908314
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More stringent BITs, less ambiguous effects on FDI? : Not a Bit!
Berger, Axel; Busse, Matthias; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, … - 2010
We focus on investor-state dispute settlement provisions contained in various, though far from all, bilateral investment treaties as a possible determinant of BIT-related effects on bilateral FDI flows. Our estimation results prove to be sensitive to the specification of these provisions as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003956967
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How global rules are established and stabilized
Siebert, Horst (contributor) - 2007
This paper analyzes how international rules are established and stabilized, i.e. how an international institutional order develops. Rules emerge mainly through learning from negative experience and serve to reduce transaction costs. The paper looks at mechanisms that stabilize rule systems, at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003584592