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Diego Sébastien LANDIVAR
et al. (Mar 13, 2015)
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This article proposes a classification of the projects of non-banking currencies based on a lexical analysis on the Web data. The advantage of this method is to offer an endogenous typology of the initiatives, based on the way the various currencies are presented on the internet. She so allows to by...
Claudio Araujo
et al. (Nov 19, 2014)
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This paper aims at assessing the determinants of Amazon deforestation, with an emphasis on the role played by off-farm income. We first present a microeconomic model which relates off-farm income to deforestation patterns. We then test the empirical implications by using data on the 2006 Brazilian A...
Pierre MANDON
(May 12, 2015)
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In this paper we provide empirical evidence of the complementarities between the geographical approach of Diamond (1997) and the institutional approach of Acemoglu et al. (2002) to explain gaps in economic performance worldwide since 11, 000 BC until today. While the biogeographical endowments of Di...
Jean-Louis Combes
et al. (Nov 19, 2014)
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This paper examines the so-popular anecdote according to which pro-cyclical fiscal policies are due to pro-cyclical behavior of financing. We address the question of whether or not pro-cyclical aid leads to pro-cyclical fiscal policies in SSA recipient countries. We employed panel data techniques co...
Samuel Guerineau
et al. (Jul 21, 2015)
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This paper analyzes the determinants of life insurance development on a panel of 20 countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the period 1996-2011. It also highlights the role of the institutions quality on the effect of economic development on the life insurance. Controlling for the presence of a possib...
Urbain Thierry YOGO
(Jun 8, 2015)
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This paper investigates the effect of terrorism on fiscal policy volatility in developing countries. Using both cross-country and panel data analysis for 66 countries from 1970 to 2012, we find that an increase in the number of terrorist incidents raise the volatility of the discretionary component...
Celine De Quatrebarbes
et al. (May 13, 2015)
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What is the best pro-poor value-added tax (VAT) design to increase public revenue in developing countries: A perfect uniform tax, a multiple-rate system, or a tighter tax base with a high rate? This debate remains relevant, even though many studies have analyzed the economic impact of VAT reforms. M...
Laurene PETITFOUR
et al. (Jul 27, 2015)
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To cope with the rising price of drugs, in 2009 the Chinese government launched a large pharmaceutical reform. Its key element is the implementation of a National Essential Medicine List, leading to a reorientation of incentives for health services providers. Health facilities are not anymore allowe...
Simone BERTOLI
et al. (Jan 5, 2015)
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The scale of international migration flows depends on moving costs that are, in turn,influenced by host-country policies and by the size of migrant networks at destination. Thispaper estimates the influence of visa policies and networks upon bilateral migration flows tomultiple destinations. We rely...
Douzounet MALLAYE
et al. (Jan 7, 2015)
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Since 2000, Official Development Assistance has played a crucial role in efforts related to the achievement of MDGs. This is especially the case in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) which is the world’s largest recipient of foreign aid. This paper assesses the effectiveness of aid and its efficient use in ac...
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Djedje Hermann YOHOU
et al. (Apr 1, 2015)
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We examine the heterogeneous effects due to government stability of foreign aid on tax revenues in the West African Economic and Monetary Union countries over the period 1986-2010. We show that the tax effects of aid are gradual and varying across countries according to the level of government stabi...
Ekrame BOUBTANE
et al. (Mar 25, 2015)
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This paper quantitatively assesses the interaction between permanent immigration intoFrance and France's macroeconomic performance as seen through its GDP per capita and itsunemployment rate. It takes advantage of a new database where immigration is measuredby the flow of newly- issued long-term res...
Douzounet MALLAYE
et al. (Jan 7, 2015)
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Using the most recent available data on a sample of 40 developing countries, this paper addresses the effects of oil rent on inequality. Mobilizing a dynamic panel data specification over the period 1996–2008, the econometric results yield two important findings. First, there is a non-linear (U-shap...
Florian LEON
(Jun 18, 2015)
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This paper reviews the literature regarding the consequences of interbank competition. The literature has identified three reasons why competition in the financial sector is important: firstly, for efficient functioning of financial intermediaries and markets, secondly, for firms and households acce...
Relwende SAWADOGO
et al. (Jul 21, 2015)
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This paper investigates the impact of insurance premiums on stock market development in 37 developing countries over the period 1987-2011. By controlling for the potential endogeneity bias, using the System GMM estimator, we show that the insurance premiums significantly increase the stock market to...