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Republic of Belarus: Financial sector review and private sector financing

Gattini, Luca; Borysko, Sofia - 2018

In dieser Studie wird die gesamtwirtschaftliche Lage in Belarus behandelt. Der belarussische Finanzsektor wird …

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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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Financial Development, Financial Constraints, and the Volatility of Industrial Output

Larrain, Borja - 2004

More financially developed countries show lower volatility of industrial output. Volatility is particularly reduced in industries that are more financially dependent. Most of the reduction is in idiosyncratic volatility. Systematic volatility is reduced less strongly, implying that industries...

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Wie lässt sich die Dominanz der Finanzmärkte über die Politik lösen?

Bofinger, Peter; Straubhaar, Thomas; Vöpel, Henning; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 91 (2011) 12, pp. 811-826

Der Krisenverlauf und die Bemühungen der Politik gegenzusteuern lassen den Eindruck entstehen, dass die Finanzmärkte die Politik vor sich hertreiben. Die Politik hat offenbar durch ein Regulierungsversagen die Marktkräfte nicht genügend gebändigt. Wurden die Kapitalmärkte nicht schon seit...

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The Efficiency and Stability of Banks and Markets

Allen, Franklin - 2004

Traditionally, financial systems have been bank-based or market-based. The efficiency properties of these systems are compared in various dimensions. These include risk sharing, information provision, funding new industries, corporate governance, and law, finance and politics. Both systems have...

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The Stability of the Adjusted and Unadjusted Environmental Kuznets Curve

Becchetti, Leonardo; Auci, Sabrina - 2005

In our paper, we test the stability of the unadjusted and adjusted Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). Our results provide evidence in favour of the significance of the adjusted EKC hypothesis in which the impact of per capita GDP on the intensity of CO2 emissions is evaluated conditionally to...

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The impact of trade and economic growth on the environment: revisiting the cross-country evidence

Abdulai, Awudu; Ramcke, Linda - 2009

This paper explores the interrelations between economic growth, international trade and environmental degradation both theoretically and empirically. Panel data from developed and developing countries for the period of 1980 to 2003 is used and previous critique, especially on the econometric...

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Natural resources: Curse or blessing?

van der Ploeg, Frederick - 2010

Are natural resources a 'curse' or a 'blessing'? The empirical evidence suggests either outcome is possible. The paper surveys a variety of hypotheses and supporting evidence for why some countries benefit and others lose from the presence of natural resources. These include that a resource...

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Quantifying sustainability: A new approach and world ranking

Carraro, Carlo; Campagnolo, Lorenza; Eboli, Fabio; … - 2012

evolution of all indicators over time throughout the world, and (ii) the aggregation methodology to reconcile them in one … current sustainability at world level differs from what the traditional measure of well-being, the GDP, depicts, highlighting … the trade-offs among different components of sustainability. Moreover, in the next decade a slight decrease in world …

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Interactions between Climate and Trade Policies: A Survey

Galeotti, Marzio; Kemfert, Claudia - 2004

Economic globalization affects the environment and sustainable development in several ways and through various channels. The purpose of this paper is to review the key links between globalization and the environment. The paper intends to consider the major issues in multilateral economic...

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