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'Tropical' Real Business Cycles? A Bayesian Exploration 真正的“热带”商业周期?贝叶斯探索

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-09-08 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1944179

Andrés Fernández Martin

引用次数: 0

While the Crisis Proceeds: A World Redistribution of Economic Power? 危机仍在继续:世界经济权力的重新分配?

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-09-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1942858

R. Flôres

引用次数: 2

New Imported Inputs, New Domestic Products 新的进口投入品，新的国内产品

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-09-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1933788

Italo Colantone, Rosario Crinó

引用次数: 97

After the Microfinance Crisis: Assessing the Role of Government-Led Microcredit Alternatives 小额信贷危机后:评估政府主导的小额信贷替代方案的作用

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-09-01 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-5808

J. De la torre, X. Giné, T. Vishwanath

引用次数: 1

Assessing the Impact of the 2007 Tax Reform on Poverty and Inequality in Uruguay 评估2007年税收改革对乌拉圭贫困和不平等的影响

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-09-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1937756

Cecilia Llambí, Silvia Laens, M. Perera, Mery Ferrando

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引用次数: 11

Savings Mobilization, Financial Development and Liberalization: The Case of Malaysia 储蓄动员、金融发展与自由化:以马来西亚为例

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-09-01 DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2010.00411.x

J. Ang

引用次数: 30

Unity in Diversity: A Global Consensus on Choosing the IMF’S Managing Director — Evidence from CGD's Online Survey 多样性中的统一:选择国际货币基金组织总裁的全球共识——来自ggd在线调查的证据

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-09-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1931019

D. Wheeler

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引用次数: 0

A General Method for Creating Lorenz Curves 创建洛伦兹曲线的一般方法

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-09-01 DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2010.00425.x

Zuxiang Wang, Y. Ng, R. Smyth

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引用次数: 19

The Role of South-South FDI in the Economies of Developing Asia 南南外国直接投资在亚洲发展中国家经济中的作用

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-09-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1943285

R. Lipsey, F. Sjöholm

引用次数: 6

Austerity Measures Threaten Children and Poor Households: Recent Evidence in Public Expenditures from 128 Developing Countries 紧缩措施威胁儿童和贫困家庭:来自128个发展中国家公共支出的最新证据

Development Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2011-09-01 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1934510

I. Ortiz, Jingqing Chai, M. Cummins

引用次数: 60