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Currencies, Competition, and Clans
(2006-08-30)
We present a theoretical and empirical analysis of the question whether stability among the world anchor currencies (G3) is attainable. The theoretical model presented in this paper builds on a model of spatial competition ...
When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Emerging Market Economies
(2007-10-16)
We use firm-level data and national input-output tables from 17 countries over the 2002-2005 period to test new and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms ...
Do Institutions, Ownership, Exporting and Competition Explain Firm Performance? Evidence from 26 Transition Countries
(2007-02-26)
We analyze a large stratified random sample of firms that provide us with measures of performance and each firm’s top manager’s perception of the severity of business environment constraints faced by his/her firm. Unlike ...
Does Employment Generation Really Matter for Poverty Reduction?
(2007-09-13)
In this paper we analyze whether the employment/productivity profile of growth as wellas its sectoral pattern matter for poverty reduction. We also identify some conditions of the labor market which are associated with ...
Does Foreign Exchange Reserve Decumulation Lead to Currency Appreciation?
(2010-06-14)
Many developing countries have increased their foreign reserve stocks dramatically in recent years, in large part motivated by the desire for precautionary self-insurance. One of the negative consequences of large accumulations ...
Entrepreneurial Entry in Developing Economies: Modeling Interactions Between the Formal and Informal Sector
(2007-09-12)
Using a simple two-firm, two-period model, we analyze for a developing economy the
process of ‘entrepreneurial entry,’ that is, entry by new firms into an industry that did
not previously exist in that country, focusing ...
Wage Ceilings and Floors: The Gender Gap in Ukraine's Transition
(2006-05-24)
This paper uses new micro data from the Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS) to examine the gender gaps across the distribution of wages in Ukraine during communism (1986), the start of transition (1991), and ...
Self-Employment in Household Enterprises and Access to Credit: Gender Differences during India’s Rural Banking Reform
(2009-09-10)
This study uses use four cross sections of household survey data collected by India’s National Sample Survey Organization between 1983 and 2000 to examine the role of credit in encouraging small-scale entrepreneurship among ...
Minimum Wages and the Welfare of Different Types of Workers in Honduras
(2007-09-12)
Taking advantage of a complex minimum wage structure in Honduras, this paper examines how changes in minimum wages over the 1990-2004 period affect unemployment as well as the employment and average wages of workers in ...