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Does Regionalism Affect Trade Liberalization Towards Non-Members? [PDF]

We examine the effect of regionalism on unilateral trade liberalization using industry-level data on applied MFN tariffs and bilateral preferences for ten Latin American countries from 1990 to 2001.
Antoni Estevadeordal, Caroline Freund, Emanuel Ornelas   +2 more
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Electricity Price Prediction Using Multikernel Gaussian Process Regression Combined With Kernel‐Based Support Vector Regression

Journal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a new hybrid model for predicting German electricity prices. The algorithm is based on a combination of Gaussian process regression (GPR) and support vector regression (SVR). Although GPR is a competent model for learning stochastic patterns within data and for interpolation, its performance for out‐of‐sample data is not ...
Abhinav Das, Stephan Schlüter, Lorenz Schneider   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Earnings Quality and ESG Performance in Energy and Utilities: What Really Matters?

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper investigates the controversial relationship between firms' earnings quality and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, focusing on the energy and utility sectors given their significant regulatory pressures, environmental impact, and capital‐intensive nature, which render ESG performance particularly important for ...
Antonios Persakis, Athanasios P. Fassas, Dionisis Philippas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mergers and Acquisitions and Brexit: A Natural Experiment

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study the impact of Brexit uncertainty on one of the most important forms of corporate investment: mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Brexit provides us with an ideal natural experiment to explore the real effects of economic uncertainty and understand the underlying transmission mechanism. We document a significant decline in the number of M&
Di Luo, Tapas Mishra, Mamata Parhi, Zhuang Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liberalisasi Pertanian Versus Kesejahteraan Petani: Upaya Mencari Jalan Tengah

Jurnal Pamator, 2019
Agricultural liberalization continued controversy. Intensification of agriculture industry in Indonesia has not been able to welfare of farmers. Thus, the application of agricultural technology is always faced to the welfare of farmers.
Achmad Faidy Suja’ie, Nian Riawati
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Volatile capital flows: Interactions between de jure and de facto financial liberalization [PDF]

Utilizing a panel data set for 13 developed economies, this paper examines the volatility of capital flows following the liberalization of financial markets.
Rebecca Neumann, Ron Penl
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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

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

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
wiley   +1 more source

Transformation of the banking systems in the Western Balkans [PDF]

Bankarstvo, 2018
Thirty years ago, the banks worldwide were doing business only at the national level. The globalization process which started at that time caused the banks to launch their operations at the international level, as well.
Mešić Dušan
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