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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

The impact of trade liberalization on economic growth in MERCOSUR countries

RUDN Journal of Economics, 2012
This study intends to evaluate the impact of trade liberalisation on economic growth; import tariff is used as a proxy for underlying liberalisation.
I V Levchenko
doaj  

Integration Character of the CETA Agreement

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, 2018
One of the manifestations of economic globalisation seen in recent years is the so‑called “new generation” type of trade agreements such as the TPP, CETA and TTIP.
Magdalena Śliwińska
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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

Trade openness, economic growth and economic development nexus in South Africa: a pre- and post-BRICS analysis

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
This research analyses the interplay between trade liberalisation, economic growth, and economic development in South Africa. The research focuses on two distinct periods, pre-BRICS (1991 to 2010) and post-BRICS (2011 to 2021) and aims to assess economic
Micaela Naledi Monyela, Charles Shaaba Saba   +1 more
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TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND POVERTY IN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Ekonomskog Fakulteta u Istočnom Sarajevu
This study investigates the relationship between trade liberalization and poverty reduction within the ECOWAS region, based on the premise that economic growth can serve as a pathway to poverty reduction.
Olugbenga Peter Oluwo, Oluwaseyi Adedayo Adelowokan, Olukayode Emmanuel Maku   +2 more
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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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Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports

International 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
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The Real Effect of Banking Globalisation on Bank Liquidity Creation in China's Banking Sector: Evidence From the Belt and Road Initiative

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To explore the real effect of banking globalisation on bank liquidity creation, we investigate plausibly exogenous variations in the expectation of further banking globalisation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which further opens the gate to foreign investors.
Xuanyi Shi, Wenjun Wu, Yifan Chen, Chunyang Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable development and trade liberalisation: the opportunities and threat roused by the WTO

Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides, 2005
The entanglement of trade and sustainable development agenda raises two different and obvious concerns we would like to dwell upon. The first one basically deals with the definition of sustainable development and the fear that the concept might become ...
Voituriez Tancrede
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