Publications des institutions partenaires
Economic growth and environmental regulation in the People's Republic of China: introduction to the volume
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 22/07/2011
Secteur privé
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 22/07/2011
Monetary policy and exchange rates: theory and practice
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 22/07/2011
Private sector
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 22/07/2011
Decentralization, local governance, and rural development
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 22/07/2011
Investment opportunities in the source country and temporary migration
This paper examines how attractive investment opportunities available to temporary migrants at home affect their saving behaviour and the optimal duration of stay abroad. The model predicts an inverse U-shaped relationship between migration duration and the expected rate of return on repatriated savings. A higher rate provides an incentive to go back earlier and consume less abroad,…
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 21/07/2011
Perspectives on monetary policy in Switzerland
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 21/07/2011
Financial market imperfections and the impact of exchange rate movements on exports
This paper analyzes empirically the role of financial market imperfections in the way countries’ exports react to a currency depreciation. Using quarterly data for 27 developed and developing countries over the period 1990–2005, we find that the impact of a depreciation on exports will be less positive—or even negative—for a country if: (i) firms borrow in foreign currency; (ii) they…
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 21/07/2011
Immigrant parents and children: an analysis of decisions related to return migration
It is not unusual for immigrants to leave the host country and resettle permanently in their country of origin. This paper examines the interaction among some of the key factors that influence the return decision of immigrant households. These include purely economic variables such as wages of the two countries and the costs and benefits of accumulating country-specific human capital…
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 21/07/2011
Trends and issues in international development cooperation
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 21/07/2011
Trade and growth with heterogeneous firms
Institution partenaire
Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement
Français, English / 21/07/2011
Identification of Causal Education Effects Using a Discontinuity in School Entry Tests : First Results from a Pilot Study
We use a credible regression discontinuity design to estimate causal education effects. Pupils in the Swiss education system had to pass a centrally organized exam that classified them into different levels of secondary school, and that ultimately determined their educational degree. A major feature of this exam was the local randomization around the classification threshold due to…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2011
The resort to protectionism during the great recession: Which factors mattered?
A dataset of state measures implemented between November 2008 and October 2010 that discriminate against foreign commercial interests is used to estimate the determinants of the resort to protectionism by governments during the Great Recession. A well known theory of protectionism is found to be systematically at odds with one important aspect of the data: the more protectionist…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2011
Inequality and Aggregate Savings in the Neoclassical Growth Model
Within the context of the neoclassical growth model I investigate the implications
of (initial) endowment inequality when the rich have a higher marginal savings rate than the poor. More unequal societies grow faster in the transition process, and therefore exhibit a higher speed of convergence. Furthermore, there is divergence in consumption and lifetime wealth if the rich…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2011
Non-homothetic preferences, parallel imports and the extensive margin of international trade
We study international trade in a model where consumers have non-homothetic preferences and where household income restricts the extensive margin of consumption. In equilibrium, monopolistic producers set high (low) prices in rich (poor) countries but a threat of parallel trade restricts the scope of price discrimination between countries. The threat of parallel trade allows…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2011
Climate Effects of Carbon Taxes, Taking into Account Possible Other Future Climate Measures
The increase of fuel extraction costs as well as of temperature will make it likely that in the medium-term future technological or political measures against global warming may be implemented. In assessments of a current climate policy the possibility of medium-term future developments like backstop technologies is largely neglected but can crucially affect its…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2011
Alliance building for a culture of compliance : Record of proceedings
On 17 May 2011, academic competition experts and practitioners from competition authorities gathered at the 6 th IDRC pre-ICN Forum on Competition and Development to share experiences and discuss ways to build alliances for competition agencies in developing countries, in order to improve competition law enforcement and effectiveness of advocacy. The meeting…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2011
Features of post-crisis protectionism in Asia and the Pacific
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2011
Post-crisis protectionism in Asia and the Pacific
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2011
Recent "green" policies - contested environmental benefits and import distortions
For the Asia-Pacific region, this paper estimates the impact of "green" crisis-era measures on energy intensity of imports and the extent of discrimination of these policies against foreign suppliers. Testable predictions are derived from Eaton and Kortum (2002). The results are surprising: "Green" measures whose purpose of implementation was not driven by the…
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/2011
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