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Why U.S. corporations should get out of South Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 1978
Paper based on a panel presentation to African Studies Association meeting Nov.
Seidman, Ann
core  

The Impact of Geopolitical Risk on Trade Credit

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In light of escalating global geopolitical tensions, understanding how firms respond to external shocks has become a critical issue for policymakers, corporate managers, and investors. This study investigates the impact of geopolitical risk (GPR) on firms' reliance on trade credit (TC)—an essential form of short‐term financing, particularly ...
Wafa'a B. Al‐Yafei, Hamdi Bennasr
wiley   +1 more source

How much is enough? [PDF]

open access: yes
This article assesses the extent and nature of the stimulus that will be required to end the economic crisis that opened in 2008. It compares the present economic situation to that which opened in 1929 and studies the relation between state spending ...
Freeman, Alan
core   +1 more source

Prospects for Burma After Aung San Suu Kyi’s Release (ARI) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Aung San Suu Kyi’s release coincided with the holding of national elections for a military-designed state to provide the ruling junta with a veneer of legitimacy.
Charney, Michael W.
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Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports

open access: yesInternational Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Bullets and Bombs: Fixing the U.S. Approach to Development in Pakistan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Explains the rationale for a clear U.S. strategy for Pakistan's development, ways to improve planning and implementation, and policy recommendations for supporting the private sector through trade and investment and targeting aid for long-term ...
Molly Kinder, Nancy Birdsall, Wren Elhai
core   +1 more source

Impact of Geography on Institutions in Agricultural and Nomadic Societies

open access: yesInternational Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How geography affects the choice of institutions is studied in a theoretical model. In this model, nations are located around a circle. Rulers compete through choosing tax rates, the level of military spending, and the degree of formality of institutions. Geographic condition is captured by population density.
Haiwen Zhou
wiley   +1 more source

Mongolia in Northeast Asia: Issues of Security Survival and Diplomacy: Mongolia’s Place in Asia Today

open access: yesThe Mongolian Journal of International Affairs, 2013
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mongolia lost its twentieth century protector, and has had to navigate Asian and global politics at a time when China is becoming a dominant economic and military power.
Robert E Bedeski
doaj   +1 more source

Improving Capital Investment In Military Depots

open access: yes, 2018
As of 2007, each military department must invest annually in the capital budgets of its depots at a minimum rate of six percent of their average funded workload. The relevant statute was enacted in response to the deteriorating state of organic depots in the 1990s, which lawmakers and military leaders attributed to insufficient investments in ...
Lucyshyn, William, Rigilano, John
openaire   +1 more source

Does Military Spending Explode External Debt in Pakistan? [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper explores the effect of military expenditures on external debt in case of Pakistan over the period of 1973-2009. For this purpose, ARDL bounds testing approach is used to examine cointegration between the variables.
Butt, Muhammad Sabihuddin   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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