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Gauging the level of dynamic between climate policy and foreign aid in Vietnam

International Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100589

Le Thanh Ha

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The impact of the U.S. Covid-19 response on remittance flows to emerging markets and developing economies

International Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100580

Cynthia Bansak , Helena Glebocki , Nicole B. Simpson

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Measuring the contemporal and lead connectedness level between investor sentiment and exchange rate dynamics in Vietnam: Novel findings from TVP-VAR-SV technique

International Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100578

Le Thanh Ha

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An investigation of monetary autonomy under corner solution and middle ground: A panel data analysis

International Economics Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2025.100579

Fang Dong , William Marquis

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Fuel price surges and rising inflation expectations in the Euro Area

International Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2024.100576

Hugo Morão

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Central bank digital currency and cryptocurrency in emerging markets

International Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2024.100577

Anh H. Le

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Trade-in-task and regional income inequalities

International Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2024.100575

Roberta Capello, Damares Lopes Afonso, Giovanni Perucca

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What role for aid for trade in (deep) PTA relations? Empirical evidence from gravity model estimations

International Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2024.100574

Frederik Stender, Tim Vogel

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Tail risk contagion and connectedness between crude oil, natural gas, heating oil, precious metals, and international stock markets

International Economics Pub Date : 2024-12-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2024.100570

Walid Mensi , Remzi Gök , Eray Gemici , Sang Hoon Kang

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Macroeconomic responses to financial stress shocks: Evidence from the US and the Eurozone

International Economics Pub Date : 2024-11-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2024.100573

Nikolaos Giannellis, Maria-Anna Tzanaki

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