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Determinants of human development : capturing the role of institutions

Binder, Michael; Georgiadis, Georgios - 2011

In this paper, we study development in a panel of 87 countries from 1970 to 2005. We focus on characterizing … as measured by GDP to that measured by the Human Development Index (HDI). We do so within a novel dynamic panel modelling … institutional quality. -- human development ; institutions ; dynamic panel modelling …

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Determinants of Human Development : Capturing the Role of Institutions

Binder, Michael; Georgios, Georgiadis - 2021

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Economic policy uncertainty and corporate leverage : does cash holdings matter? : evidence from the U.S.

Jumah, Zahid; Younas, Zahid Irshad; Safdar, Nabeel; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-28

This research study examines the mediating role of cash holdings between the economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and corporate leverage relationship. Using stepwise regression analysis and annual firm-level data of 2,534 U.S. firms listed at NYSE over 1995-2018, we provide novel evidence that cash...

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Shadow Economy Causes Wrong Economic Policy

Georgiou, Miltiades N. - 2018

It is well known that shadow economy has many impacts on the economy and distorts competition. It is also known that shadow economy is hard to restrict without some repercussions regarding unemployment creation, investment distortions, economic growth, income distribution worsening, stock prices...

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Private capital inflow and growth in former Soviet-bloc countries : roles of stock market and demand-side macroeconomic policy

Suliman, Adil H.; Shariff, Mohammed Zakaullah; … - In: European journal of comparative economics 16 (2019) 1, pp. 69-79

policy are investigated using panel data analysis. The result suggests that though foreign direct investment (FDI …

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How does economic policy uncertainty affect corporate debt maturity?

Li, Xiang; Su, Dan - 2020

This paper investigates whether and how economic policy uncertainty affects corporate debt maturity. Using a cross-country firm-level dataset for France, Germany, Spain, and Italy from 1996 to 2010, we find that an increase in economic policy uncertainty is significantly associated with a...

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How does economic policy uncertainty affect corporate debt maturity?

Li, Xiang - 2022

This paper investigates whether and how economic policy uncertainty affects corporate debt maturity. Using a large firm-level dataset for four European countries, we find that an increase in economic policy uncertainty is significantly associated with a shortened debt maturity. Moreover, the...

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The Shadow Economy in International Comparison : Options for Economic Policy Derived from an OECD Panel Analysis

Thießen, Ulrich - 2010

Building on new behavioral and institutional theories, using a data set of about 450 variables and augmenting the Sala-i-Martin definition of robustness, we find evidence in support of the hypothesis that the standard causes of the shadow economy (SE), taxes, the administrative burden and labor...

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Partisan politics : the empirical evidence from OECD panel studies

Potrafke, Niklas - 2016

This paper describes the empirical evidence on partisan politics in OECD panel studies. I elaborate on the research …. Discussing about 100 panel data studies, the results indicate that leftwing and rightwing governments pursued different economic …

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Determinants of governmental redistribution

Gründler, Klaus; Köllner, Sebastian - 2015

This paper investigates the major drivers of governmental redistribution. We retest the Meltzer-Richard hypothesis and account for a plethora of political, institutional, and cultural forces that influence the scope of redistribution. Extended and harmonized data on effective redistribution...

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