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Can market mechanisms solve the refugee crisis? : combining tradable quotas and matching are efficient market solutions that would also protect refugee rights
Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Jesús - 2016
the case of the EU, hinder a common policy response to refugee crises. A way to distribute refugees efficiently, while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449504
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Wars and conflicts in the Sahara-Sahel
Walther, Olivier J. - 2017
The Sahel and the Sahara are faced with exceptional political instability involving a combination of rebellions, jihadist insurgencies, coups d’état, protest movements and illegal trafficking. The backdrop to this accumulated violence is a globalised security environment, which blurs the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730180
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Regulatory transparency in multilateral agreements controlling exports of tropical timber, e-waste and conflict diamonds
Wolfe, Robert; Baddeley, Shane - 2012
Export restrictions can be problematic if trading partners question either their conformity with international obligations or their possibly unintended negative impacts on others. Regulatory transparency can help. This paper examines how three multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009684779
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Uncertainty Amongst a Geopolitical Crisis : An Event Study of the Ukraine Conflict
Centrella, Chris - 2020
As the world falls into crisis mode, it becomes the time to make policy decisions that steer the course of a nation and … Economic Policy Uncertainty do occur during this window of time. However, these returns are not far enough from their mean to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012832733
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From War-Torn to Peace-Torn? Mapping Business Strategies in Transition from Conflict to Peace in Colombia
Miklian, Jason; Rettberg, Angelika - 2019
The literature on the relationship between the private sector, armed conflict, and peacebuilding has extensively analyzed how companies adapt to unstable contexts, what risks they face and how they are tackled, and the degree to which expected peace dividends serve as motivation for companies to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014122670
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Windows of peace : the effect of ceasefires on economic recovery
Armand, Alex; Marending, Myriam; Vysotskaya, Galina - 2023
While much of the literature studies causes and consequences of war, the reverberations of peace have rarely been studied. By focusing on the universe of ceasefire agreements since 1993, we study the causal effect of peace on economic recovery using a regression discontinuity in time approach....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014234448
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Public support for UN missions and attacks on peacekeepers : evidence from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Giray, Burak - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 28 (2022) 4, pp. 305-332
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Trade and Investment under Policy Uncertainty: Theory and Firm Evidence
Handley, Kyle; Limão, Nuno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We provide theoretical and empirical evidence that policy uncertainty can significantly affect firm level investment … and entry decisions in the context of international trade. When market entry costs are sunk, policy uncertainty can create … dynamic, heterogeneous firms model we show that: (i) investment and entry into export markets is reduced when trade policy is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083993
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Energy and Climate Change in China
Carraro, Carlo; Massetti, Emanuele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper examines future energy and emissions scenarios in China generated by the Integrated Assessment Model WITCH. A Business-as-Usual scenario is compared with five scenarios in which Greenhouse Gases emissions are taxed, at different levels. The elasticity of China’s emissions is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084331
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments: Insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115144