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Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2014 The influence of the BRICS countries -Brazil the Russian Federation India China and South Africa -in the inter¬national arena has risen enormously in recent decades. These five countries represent around 25% of the world’s gross national income more than 40% of the world’s population and about 40% of the global burden of disease.12 Although great ...
Shambhu Acharya +7 more
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, he will outline India’s vision to an expanded organisation at a new crossroad.
Bhattacharya, Sanjay
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The Impact of Economic Growth on Insurance (Growth)
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the impact of economic growth on insurance (growth), focusing on the outflow side of the insurance activity, as captured by benefits (including commissions and expenses). The findings provide evidence that economic growth does exert a positive, statistically significant impact on the benefit side of insurance (growth ...
Nicholas Apergis +2 more
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, 2018 This paper takes aim at the international financial system through the lens of the New Development Bank of the BRICS countries with an analysis of the Bank’s impact and relevance vis-à-vis the system.
Roberto Luiz Silva +1 more
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Exchange Rates and Sovereign Risk: A Nonlinear Approach Based on Local Gaussian Correlations
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We empirically assess the interlinkages between sovereign risk, measured in terms of CDS spreads, and exchange rates for a sample of emerging markets. Our period of analysis includes episodes of severe stress, such as the Global Financial Crisis, the COVID‐19 pandemic, and the Ukrainian War.
Reinhold Heinlein +2 more
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Is BRICS Expansion Significant for Global Trade and GDP?
Five members of the BRICS association had invited six other countries, Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE to join the group from 1 January 2024; four of these accepted the invitation.
Shahid,Afsah +2 more
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International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines the link between climate risk, energy consumption, and financial market performance in a sample of emerging countries over the period 2000–2024. The objective is to model the dynamic interactions between these three dimensions, in order to understand the extent to which energy dependence and exposure to climate risks ...
Abdelkader Mohamed Derbali
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Bayesian Model Averaging in Causal Instrumental Variable Models
Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Instrumental variables are a popular tool to infer causal effects under unobserved confounding, but choosing suitable instruments is challenging in practice. We propose gIVBMA, a Bayesian model averaging procedure that addresses this challenge by averaging across different sets of instrumental variables and covariates in a structural equation ...
Gregor Steiner, Mark Steel
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The Global South – both as a concept and loosely defined collection of countries – has gained increasing traction in public and policy discourse. The ten BRICS+ countries are increasingly big players in economics, trade, and finance, as well as on ...
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Botanic and heritage gardens as living laboratories in the age of the polycrisis
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Societal Impact Statement Cities face intertwined crises of climate, biodiversity loss and social disconnection. We show how botanic and heritage gardens can help address these challenges as living laboratories to generate place‐based evidence and public engagement.
Kevin Frediani
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