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World Institute for Development Economics Research
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About: World Institute for Development Economics Research is a facility organization based out in Helsinki, Finland. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Poverty & Population. The organization has 110 authors who have published 525 publications receiving 17316 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used data from the World Bank's Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey to investigate early international entrepreneurship (international new ventures) in China and found that 62% of the exporting firms start export operations within 3 years.
Abstract: We use data on 3,948 Chinese firms obtained from the World Bank’s Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey to investigate early international entrepreneurship (international new ventures) in China. The extent of early international entrepreneurship in China is significant: 62% of the exporting firms start export operations within 3 years. Foreign shareholders within the firm and an entrepreneur with previous exporting experience are noted to significantly increase the probability that a firm internationalizes early. We find marked differences in the behaviour of indigenous and foreign-invested firms, and between direct and indirect exporters. For example, for an indigenous firm the more foreign experience its entrepreneur has, the less likely it is to start exporting early. As far as indirect exporting is concerned, business networks are significant determinants of the extent of such exporting, but delays the internationalization process of indigenous firms. The more firms in China export, the more time their managers need to spend on government regulations, although perhaps counter-intuitively, this was not found to discourage exporting. Overall, the findings suggest that exporting by indigenous Chinese firms is often due to challenging or adverse domestic conditions.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors combine stochastic hydrometeorological crop loss models with a regionalized computable general equilibrium model to estimate losses for the full distribution of possible weather events in Malawi.
Abstract: Extreme weather events such as droughts and floods have potentially damaging implications for developing countries. Previous studies have estimated economic losses during hypothetical or single historical events, and have relied on historical production data rather than explicitly modeling climate. However, effective mitigation strategies require knowledge of the full distribution of weather events and their isolated effects on economic outcomes. We combine stochastic hydrometeorological crop-loss models with a regionalized computable general equilibrium model to estimate losses for the full distribution of possible weather events in Malawi. Results indicate that, based on repeated sampling from historical events, at least 1.7 per cent of Malawi's gross domestic product (GDP) is lost each year due to the combined effects of droughts and floods. Smaller-scale farmers in the southern region of the country are worst affected. However, poverty among urban and nonfarm households also increases due to national food shortages and higher domestic prices.
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TL;DR: The micro-macro paradox has been revived by as discussed by the authors, who pointed out that despite broadly positive evaluations at the micro and meso-level, recent literature has turned decidedly pessimistic with respect to the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth.
Abstract: The micro-macro paradox has been revived. Despite broadly positive evaluations at the micro and meso-levels, recent literature has turned decidedly pessimistic with respect to the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth. Policy implications, such
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the process of determining daily wage-rate in rural labour markets is best seen as an act of implicit co-operation among workers, and use repeated non-cooperative game to explain several known features of a typical South Asian rural labour market, e.g. the co- existence of involuntary unemployment with responsiveness to supply and demand.
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TL;DR: This article identified the sources of humanitarian emergencies characterized by warfare, displacement, hunger, and disease, and pointed out that economic variables often become salient through relative deprivation, and that stagnation and decline in real GDP, a high ratio of military expenditures to national income, a tradition of violent conflict, high income inequality, and slow growth in average food production are sources of emergencies.
Abstract: This study identifies the sources of humanitarian emergencies characterized by warfare, displacement, hunger, and disease. The authors emphasize that economic variables often become salient through relative deprivation. Their econometric analysis indicates that stagnation and decline in real GDP, a high ratio of military expenditures to national income, a tradition of violent conflict, high income inequality, and slow growth in average food production are sources of emergencies. Also, inflation and low levels of IMF funding are associated with emergencies, although the direction of causation may be opposite.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Partha Dasgupta | 85 | 323 | 38303 |
Richard Layard | 58 | 262 | 23309 |
Sherman Robinson | 57 | 354 | 21470 |
Finn Tarp | 54 | 405 | 13156 |
Mark McGillivray | 46 | 161 | 5877 |
Almas Heshmati | 43 | 404 | 9088 |
Wim Naudé | 43 | 247 | 7400 |
Luc Christiaensen | 41 | 163 | 8055 |
James Thurlow | 40 | 159 | 5362 |
Channing Arndt | 39 | 205 | 4999 |
Anthony F. Shorrocks | 38 | 81 | 12144 |
Laurence R. Harris | 37 | 217 | 4774 |
Nanak Kakwani | 37 | 145 | 9121 |
Giovanni Andrea Cornia | 36 | 159 | 4897 |
George Mavrotas | 35 | 81 | 4686 |