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Date issued:
Apr 2001
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The aim of this paper is to provide comprehensive empirical evidence on recent theories that link democracy and income inequality for the period 1960-1995. In simple cross-country regressions I find…
Date issued:
Apr 2001
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The successful conclusion of the Uruguay Round and the establishment of the WTO marked an apparently decisive reassertion of the primacy of the multilateral trading system.
Date issued:
Apr 2001
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Promediando la década de los noventa, la región Asia-Pacífico parecía haber alcanzado un grado excepcional de coherencia entre las aproximaciones regional y multilateral a la liberalización comercial…
Date issued:
Apr 2001
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We develop a model in which the elasticity of credit to exogenous shocks depends on creditor rights regulations. We show that an increase in creditor protection reduces the elasticity of credit…
Date issued:
Apr 2001
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We explore the links between trust and a broad range of financial structure and development measures. Our base sample is a cross section of 48 countries and the analysis covers the period 1980-1994.…
Date issued:
Apr 2001
This study surveys governance issues in Suriname. It looks at the Constitution, the National Assembly, the executive branch of government (particularly the civil service and budgetary management),…
Date issued:
Apr 2001
This study, which is in Dutch, surveys governance issues in Suriname. It looks at the Constitution, the National Assembly, the executive branch of government (particularly the civil service and…
Date issued:
Mar 2001
Este informe tratará de detectar las posibles distorsiones que los impuestos e incentivos vigentes pueden generar en la evolución del Mercosur, y se pueda sugerir normas de coordinación o…
Date issued:
Mar 2001
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At the time of writing there were widespread concerns about the health of the U.S. economy. There is conclusive evidence that the pace of growth has slowed, which has prompted the Federal Reserve to…
Date issued:
Mar 2001
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This paper reviews empirical evidence on the impact of creditor rights regulations on credit market breadth and the credit cycle. It confirms results that were questioned regarding the impact of…