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Capital Account Liberalization: Theory, Evidence, and Speculation
TL;DR: The authors argue that the textbook theory of liberalization holds up quite well to a critical reading of this literature, and explain why it is that most studies do not really address the theory they set out to test.
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The Currency Union Effect on Trade: Early Evidence from EMU
TL;DR: In this article, the early effect of the European Monetary Union (EMU) on trade has been studied and it is shown that monetary union increases trade not only with EMU countries, but also with the rest of the world.
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Measuring Acute Poverty in the Developing World: Robustness and Scope of the Multidimensional Poverty Index
Sabina Alkire,Maria Emma Santos +1 more
TL;DR: The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) as discussed by the authors is a measure of acute poverty, defined as a person's inability to meet simultaneously minimum international standards in indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals and to core functionings.
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Education policy and equality of opportunity
TL;DR: This article provided a measure of equality of educational opportunity in 54 countries, estimated as the effect of family background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests, and showed how organizational features of the education system affect equality.
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Trade in Capital Goods
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a model of trade in capital goods to assess its role spreading the benefits of technological advances, and applied the model to data on production and bilateral trade in equipment.
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The quality of government
TL;DR: The authors investigated empirically the determinants of the quality of governments in a large cross-section of countries and found that countries that are poor, close to the equator, ethnolinguistically heterogeneous, use French or socialist laws, or have high proportions of Catholics or Muslims exhibit inferior government performance.
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Cross-National Prevalence and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation, Plans, and Attempts
Matthew K. Nock,Guilherme Borges,Evelyn J. Bromet,Jordi Alonso,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Annette L. Beautrais,Ronny Bruffaerts,Wai Tat Chiu,Giovanni de Girolamo,Semyon Gluzman,Ron de Graaf,Oye Gureje,Josep Maria Haro,Yueqin Huang,Elie G. Karam,Ronald C. Kessler,Jean Pierre Lepine,Daphna Levinson,María Elena Medina-Mora,Yutaka Ono,Jose Posada-Villa,David R. Williams +21 more
TL;DR: There is cross-national variability in the prevalence of suicidal behaviours, but strong consistency in the characteristics and risk factors for these behaviours.
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
TL;DR: The End of Poverty: Economic possibilities for our time as discussed by the authors is a book review of the book written by Jeffrey Sacks (2005), an American renounced economist and director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University.
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Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units
Rudolf de Groot,Luke Brander,Sander van der Ploeg,Robert Costanza,Florence Bernard,Leon Braat,Michael Christie,Neville D. Crossman,Andrea Ghermandi,Lars Hein,Salman Hussain,Pushpam Kumar,Alistair McVittie,Rosimeiry Portela,Luis C. Rodriguez,Patrick ten Brink,Pieter van Beukering +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented an overview of the value of ecosystem services of 10 main biomes expressed in monetary units and showed that most of this value is outside the market and best considered as nontradable public benefits.
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Infrastructure, Geographical Disadvantage, Transport Costs, and Trade
Nuno Limão,Anthony J. Venables +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the dependence of transport costs on geography and infrastructure and found that poor infrastructure is an important determinant of transportation costs, especially for landlocked countries.