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Do credit constraints amplify macroeconomic fluctuations? [PDF]
Previous studies on financial frictions have been unable to establish the empirical significance of credit constraints in macroeconomic fluctuations. This paper argues that the muted impact of credit constraints stems from the absence of a mechanism to ...
Zheng Liu, Tao Zha, Pengfei Wang
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Energy Poverty and Climate Shocks: Are Changing Weather Patterns Leaving South Africa in the Dark?
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Energy and climate change are deeply interlinked, with the latter exerting significant influence on energy demand and supply. In regions such as South Africa, where socio‐economic vulnerability is high, understanding how climate change affects energy poverty is essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 7 ...
WiZelle Kritzinger, Roula Inglesi‐Lotz
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Expectations and equilibrium in macroeconomics
Expectations play a central role in macroeconomics. How they are modelled not only shapes predictions about the decisions of economic agents, but also influences the equilibrium properties of the model. This thesis consists of three self-contained chapters, each contributing to the broad theme of expectations and equilibrium in macroeconomics.
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Interest Rate Control Rules and Macroeconomic Stability in a Heterogeneous Two-Country Model
We analyze relations between several types of interest rate control rules and equilibrium determinacy using a two-country model featuring preference and production parameters that may differ between countries, in which two kinds of goods are tradable ...
Fujisaki, Seiya
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Investment, Employment, and Trade as Drivers of Income‐Based Inclusive Growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the drivers of income‐based inclusive economic growth in 14 Sub‐Saharan African countries from 2000 to 2023, focusing on investment, employment, trade openness, population growth, inflation, and foreign direct investment.
Evans Yeboah +3 more
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The article presents an analysis of welfare effects in Slovenia, an analysis of macroeconomic effects of the Slovenian pension reform and an analysis of effects of the pension fund deficit on sustainability of Slovenian public finances with a dynamic OLG
Verbic, Miroslav
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Macroeconomic policy and elections: Theories and challenges [PDF]
This paper reviews recent developments in the literature of economic policy-making. It focuses in particular on the relation between elections and macroeconomic policy.
Marco E. Terrones
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The growing global demand for biofuels has raised concern about compromising food security. This study uses two independent economy‐wide models to evaluate the impact of expanding the Brazilian sugarcane bioenergy system on economic growth, social outcomes and food security.
Angelo C. Gurgel +6 more
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A goal programming approach for a joint design of macroeconomic and environmental policies: a methodological proposal and an application to the spanish economy [PDF]
Economic policy needs to pay more attention to environmental issues. This calls for the development of methodologies capable of incorporating environmental as well as macroeconomic goals in the design of public policies.
M. Alejandro Cardenete +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite the Mediterranean region's critical dependence on tourism, the empirical relationship between tourism development and multidimensional sustainable development remains underexplored. Existing studies predominantly rely on unidimensional sustainability proxies, failing to capture the holistic nature of sustainability. This study examines
Emin Ahmet Kaplan +3 more
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