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Dumping in developing and transition economies

Moraga-González, José Luis (contributor); … - 2004

We build a simple theoretical model to understand why developing and transition economies have increasingly applied anti-dumping laws. To that end, we investigate the strategic incentives of oligopolistic exporting firms to undertake dumping in these economies. We show that dumping may be due to...

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Harnessing windfall revenues : optimal policies for resource-rich developing economies

Ploeg, Frederick van der; Venables, Anthony - 2009

A windfall of natural resource revenue (or foreign aid) faces government with choices of how to manage public debt … is large relative to initial foreign debt, is it optimal to build a SWF. The optimal time profile of consumption is … investment in infrastructure. -- Natural resource revenue ; windfall public revenues ; risk premium on foreign debt ; public …

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Agency and communication in IMF conditional lending : theory and empirical evidence

Marchesi, Silvia; Sabani, Laura; Dreher, Axel - 2009

We focus on the role that the transmission of information between a multilateral (the IMF) and a country has for the optimal design of conditional reforms. Our model predicts that when agency problems are especially severe, and/or IMF information is valuable, a centralized control is indeed...

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Intellectual property rights, technology transfer and exports in developing countries

Yang, Lei (contributor); Maskus, Keith E. (contributor) - 2008

strong IPR diminish competition and welfare, however. Adding foreign direct investment as an additional channel of technology …

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Climate change mitigation strategies in fast-growing countries : the benefits of early action

Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Tavoni, Massimo - 2009

This paper builds on the assumption that OECD countries are (or will soon be) taking actions to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. These actions, however, will not be sufficient to control global warming, unless developing countries also get involved in the cooperative effort to reduce GHG...

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Towards a macroprudential surveillance and remedial policy formulation system for monitoring financial crisis

Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2009

Several developing economies witnessed a large number of systemic financial and currency crises since the 1980s which resulted in severe economic, social, and political problems. The devastating impact of the 1982 and 1994-95 Mexican crises, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the 1998 Russian...

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Aid, growth and devolution

Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2009

consider how both anti-poverty instruments - financial assistance and decentralization - work together. -- foreign aid ; growth …

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Climate policy and development

Gersbach, Hans; Hummel, Noemi - 2009

We propose a development-compatible refunding system designed to mitigate climate change. Industrial countries pay an initial fee into a global fund. Each country chooses its national carbon tax. Part of the global fund is refunded to developing and industrial countries, in proportion to the...

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A touch of sophistication : FDI and unit values of exports

Harding, Torfinn; Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2009

The debate on trade and growth increasingly focuses on the composition of exports. Exports of more "sophisticated" products appear to be positively correlated with growth, and upgrading the quality of exports is high on the policy agenda of many countries. This study presents evidence suggesting...

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Labor unions, globalization, and mercantilism

Grieben, Wolf-Heimo; Sener, Fuat - 2009

We analyze the growth and welfare effects of globalization in a dynamic Schumpeterian North-South product-cycle model. Economic growth is driven by R&D activities of Northern entrepreneurs. Top Northern production technologies are imitated by the South. In the North, there is wage bargaining...

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