Financial institutions and markets across countries and over time - data and analysis [PDF]
This paper introduces the updated and expanded version of the Financial Development and Structure Database and presents recent trends in structure and development of financial institutions and markets across countries.
Beck , Thorsten +2 more
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Shooting High or Low: Do Countries Benefit from Entering Unrelated Activities? [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Countries tend to diversify their exports by entering products that are related to their current exports. Yet this average behavior is not representative of every diversification path. In this paper, we introduce a method to identify periods when countries enter unrelated products.
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Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical analysis [PDF]
This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested
Axel Dreher, Friedrich G. Schneider
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Recent Patterns of Multimorbidity Among Older Adults in High-Income Countries.
Population health management, 2019 Population aging along with the rising burden of chronic medical conditions (CMCs) is challenging the sustainability of health care systems globally. The authors sought to characterize contemporary patterns of multimorbidity among older adults (aged ≥65 ...
R. Ofori-Asenso +5 more
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Empirical facts characterizing banking crises: an analysis via binary time series [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Various works have already showed that common shocks and cross-country financial linkages caused the banking systems of several countries to be highly interconnected with the result that during bad times, banking crises may arise simultaneously in different countries.
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Foreign Direct Investment and Inequality in Productivity across Countries [PDF]
Using data for 93 countries for a period from 1970 to 2000, this paper examines the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on cross-country differences in productivity.
Gouranga G Das +2 more
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Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for children in high- and non–high-income countries
Expert Review of Vaccines, 2017 Introduction: The high level of effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) was demonstrated initially in high-income countries (HICs). However, because the burden of pneumococcal diseases (PDs) is greater in non–high-income countries (NHICs)
Robert Cohen +3 more
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Tuberculosis after Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Low-Income and High-Income Countries [PDF]
, 2007 Martin W. G. Brinkhof +18 more
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Tax rates, governance, and the informal economy in high-income countries [PDF]
This paper studies the mechanisms behind the informal economy in high-income countries. About 16.3% of output in high-income OECD countries was produced informally in 2001-02. In a recent paper Davis and Henrekson [2004] show that there exists a positive
Zoe Kuehn
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The role of Fintech and financial inclusion in the economic development of countries: A comparative analysis [PDF]
Banks and Bank SystemsThe integration of digital financial technology has revolutionized the global financial system, driving financial inclusion as an important pillar of sustainable economic development.
Izz Eddien N. Ananzeh +2 more
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