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Policy Progress in Using Economic Policy Instruments to Improve Nutrition: Challenges and Opportunities

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Economic policy can be a powerful instrument to influence food environments and support improved diets and health. Over the past 20 years, the use of fiscal policy to improve diets has increased dramatically. This paper reviews the trajectory of policy change, and explores the ways in which research has informed three different dimensions of ...
Anne Marie Thow
wiley   +1 more source

Benefits and Costs of Vertical Separation in Network Industries. The Case of Railway Transport in the European Environment [PDF]

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies, 2009
The article is devoted to a phenomenon called vertical separation in the area of network industries. Vertical separation is understood as de-merging of infrastructure and delegating control over it to independent manager banned from operating on ...
Marcin Król
doaj  

What Role Do Finance Ministers Play in Political Business Cycles? Evidence‐Based on a New African Dataset

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
wiley   +1 more source

Islamism as the Voice of Opposition in the Arab World and the Post-Soviet Republics of Central Asia

Czech Journal of International Relations, 2005
This article aims to explore the phenomenon of Islamism as the voice of opposition against authoritative and oppressive governments in the Arab world and post-Soviet republics of Central Asia.
Ondřej Ditrych
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Do Internet‐Driven Trade Shocks Moderate the Exchange Rate Pass‐Through to Inflation?

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the existence of an internet globalisation intensifying impact on the size of the exchange rate pass‐through (ERPT) to inflation, which conditions the response of central banks' policy rates. Expanding on the traditional determinants of ERPT, we incorporate technology‐induced trade shocks linked to internet adoption to ...
Joanna Darwiche, Nicole Ballouz Baker
wiley   +1 more source

Taiwan - Young China's Democracy

Czech Journal of International Relations, 2004
The essay deals with the rise of democracy in Taiwan, points out atthe aspecific role of the reform politician Lee Teng-hui, and his contribution by toaccelerating the anevolution from ofauthoritarian regime into a democratic one.
Rudolf Fürst
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Revisiting the Nexus Between Trade Liberalisation and Income Inequality: The Case of Sub‐Saharan African Countries

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on income inequality across 24 Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2000 to 2020. Using IV‐Tobit and 2SLS models, we consistently find that greater trade openness significantly exacerbates inequality in the region. Critically, we document an inverted U‐shaped relationship between trade
Guivis Zeufack Nkemgha, Le Roi Nso Fils, Ulrich Kevin Kamwa   +2 more
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Bilan et perspectives des cultures vivrières dans les pays du Sahel

Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides, 2006
Twenty-five years after the beggining of the policies of adjustment and liberalization which is the situation of the food crops in the countries of the Sahel?
Egg Johny, Wade Idrissa
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How Is FinTech Shaping Household Portfolio Behaviour?

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how FinTech adoption influences household portfolio allocation across major advanced economies. Using a flow‐of‐funds framework and the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), we model household demand for currency, deposits, loans, debt securities, and equity in the United States, United Kingdom, Euro Area, Japan and Australia.
Victor Murinde, Athina Petropoulou
wiley   +1 more source

How Does AI Empower Corporate ESG Practices? Mechanisms Based on Information Processing Theory

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the context of the latest technological revolution and industrial transformation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides new impetus for the development of corporate ESG practices. This study, based on data from 2630 A‐share listed companies in China from 2010 to 2022, examines the impact of AI on corporate ESG performance and its mechanisms
Qin Zhu, Shanshan Jiang, Anna Min Du
wiley   +1 more source