Do disease epidemics force economic activity underground? International evidence. [PDF]
Berdiev AN, Goel RK, Saunoris JW.
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Money and Taxes: The Relationship Between Financial Sector Development and Taxation [PDF]
Requiring taxes to be paid in domestic money provides a legal tender basis for money demand and hence to the development of a financial system. In emerging markets, the level of taxation is a positive factor boosting financial development.
Ott, Mack, Tatom, John
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Beyond Bitcoin: Issues in Regulating Blockchain Transactions [PDF]
The buzz surrounding Bitcoin has reached a fever pitch. Yet in academic legal discussions, disproportionate emphasis is placed on bitcoins (that is, virtual currency), and little mention is made of blockchain technology—the true innovation behind the ...
Kiviat, Trevor I.
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THE BLACK ECONOMY IN TURKEY: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION [PDF]
The existing economic literature on the black economy and its measurable size is mainly based on industrialized western countries. This paper, however, tries to estimate the size of the black economy empirically in the case of a developing country ...
Ferda Halicioglu
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An optimistic fair e-commerce protocol for large e-goods [PDF]
Suppose two entities that do not trust each other want to exchange some arbitrary data over a public channel. A fair exchange protocol ensures that both parties get what they want or neither gets anything.
Levi, Albert +4 more
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Foreign Exchange Interventions in Croatia and Turkey: Should We Give a Damn? [PDF]
This paper studies the impact of daily official foreign exchange interventions on the exchange rates of two EU candidate countries, namely Croatia and Turkey for the periods from 1996 to 2004 and from 2001 to 2004, respectively.
Lang, Maroje, Égert, Balázs
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Biocultural diversity of common walnut (Juglans regia L.) and sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) across Eurasia. [PDF]
Pollegioni P +10 more
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Islamic finance and food commodity trading: is there a chance to hedge against price volatility and enhance food security? [PDF]
Kalimullina M, Orlov MS.
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Commodity Chains, Unequal Exchange and Uneven Development [PDF]
Research shows an uneven partition of value added along commodity chains between transnational firms and producers in developing countries. This paper briefly discusses how such a distribution occurs and how it leads to unequal exchange in trade. A North-
Cem Somel
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Potential applications of structured commodity financing techniques for banks in developing countries [PDF]
This paper discusses of a number of innovative financial techniques that can be used by developing country banks to open up new financing possibilities in the commodities sector, for industries servicing the commodity sector, and for financing on the ...
Lamon Rutten
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