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Impact of the Great Recession on public schools in the region
Dudley, William C. - Federal Reserve Bank of New York - 2012
Remarks at the Quarterly Regional Economic Press Briefing, New York City.
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Impact of the Great Recession on public schools in the region
Dudley, William C. - In: Speech (2012) Jan 27
Remarks at the Quarterly Regional Economic Press Briefing, New York City.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010551225
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Investment climate and employment growth: the impact of access to finance, corruption and regulations across firms
Aterido, Reyes; Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Pagés, Carmen - 2007
Using firm level data on 70,000 enterprises in 107 countries, this paper finds important effects of access to finance … systematically by firm types. Micro and small firms have less access to formal finance, pay more in bribes than do larger firms, and … downward the size distribution of firms. In the case of finance and business regulations this occurs by reducing the employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268270
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273103
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Finance and welfare states in globalizing markets
Bertola, Giuseppe - 2007
It is theoretically clear and may be verified empirically that efficient financial markets can make it less necessary for policy to try and offset the welfare effects of labour income risk and unequal consumption dynamics. The literature has also pointed out that, since international competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298380
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Possible Solutions to the Rhode Island State Government’s Unfunded Pension Liability
Blunt, Derek - 2010
This paper examines the possible causes of the nationwide unfunded public pension liability problem in the U.S., and what solutions are being proposed to combat the issue. After examining the general problems associated with multiple states’ pension systems, a specific analysis of the Rhode...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450209
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The analysis of policies to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty
Wilson, Edgar James - 2009
A collection of eighteen articles have been purposely chosen to demonstrate the development of the original and significant contributions of my research over the period 1990 to 2008. Despite the relatively large number of articles, which cover a range of related issues, there is a surprisingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457324
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The analysis of policies to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty [FAST version]
Wilson, Edgar James - 2009
A collection of eighteen articles have been purposely chosen to demonstrate the development of the original and significant contributions of my research over the period 1990 to 2008. Despite the relatively large number of articles, which cover a range of related issues, there is a surprisingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457368
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Policy volatility and growth
Chong, Alberto; Gradstein, Mark - 2006
A growing body of recent macroeconomic evidence suggests that volatility is detrimental to economic growth. The channels through which volatility affects growth, however, are less clear; substantive evidence based on disaggregate data is almost non-existent. This paper offers a framework in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278247
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War and the international trading system in the twentieth century
Rockoff, Hugh - 2011
Wars have been the main forces shaping the international trading system in the twentieth century. The early years of the twentieth century were dominated by the international gold standard. But as a result of World War I, this system was replaced by the troubled gold exchange standards of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282840