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Corporate Colonialism in Liberia

The Journal of African History, 2022
In 1972, Walter Rodney wrote, ‘It is common knowledge that Liberia was an American colony in everything but name’. As evidence, Rodney cited the ballooning profits of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company.
C. Whyte
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The Global Dollar Cycle

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2022
:The US dollar's nominal effective exchange rate closely tracks global financial conditions, which themselves show a cyclical pattern. Over that cycle, world asset prices, leverage, and capital flows move in concert with global growth, especially ...
M. Obstfeld, Hao Zhou
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The International Role of the U.S. Dollar

FEDS Notes, 2021
For most of the last century, the preeminent role of the U.S. dollar in the global economy has been supported by the size and strength of the U.S. economy, its stability and openness to trade and capital flows, and strong property rights and the rule of ...
Carol C. Bertaut, Bastian von Beschwitz, Stephanie E. Curcuru   +2 more
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American hegemony: intellectual property rights, dollar centrality, and infrastructural power

Review of International Political Economy, 2019
How does dollar centrality persist in the face of continuous US current account deficits and a steadily worsening net international investment position?
H. Schwartz
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Establishing the Rule of Law in Weak and War-torn States: Evidence from a Field Experiment with the Liberian National Police

American Political Science Review, 2018
How to restore citizens’ trust and cooperation with the police in the wake of civil war? We report results from an experimental evaluation of the Liberian National Police’s (LNP) “Confidence Patrols” program, which deployed teams of newly retrained ...
R. Blair, S. Karim, Benjamin S. Morse
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Dollar and Exports

Social Science Research Network, 2019
The strength of the U.S. dollar has attributes of a barometer of dollar credit conditions, with a stronger dollar associated with tighter dollar credit conditions.
Valentina Bruno, H. Shin
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Sexual Violence of Liberian School Age Students: An Investigation of Perpetration, Gender, and Forms of Abuse

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2018
This study examined the perpetration of sexual violence within the institutional setting of primary schools in Liberia using secondary analysis of data collected from 811 Liberian school aged participants (298 girls and 513 boys).
Jordan J Steiner, Laura Johnson, Judy L. Postmus, Rebecca S. Davis   +3 more
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Which is the Safe Haven for Emerging Stock Markets, Gold or the US Dollar?

Emerging Markets Review, 2016
This paper examines whether gold or the US dollar is a safe haven for emerging stocks. By calculating the low-high tail dependence between markets via copulas and the downside risk gains of portfolios, we find that both gold and the US dollar can serve ...
Xiaoqian Wen, Hua Cheng
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The US Dollar as a Global Currency

The Global Currency Power of the US Dollar, 2021
A. Elson
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International Monetary Fund

International Organization, 1963

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