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The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business Owners : The First Three Months after Social-Distancing Restrictions

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2021

Social distancing restrictions and health- and economic-driven demand shifts from COVID-19 are expected to shutter many small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures, but there is very little early evidence on impacts. This paper provides the first analysis of impacts of the pandemic on the...

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The Effects of COVID-19 on U.S. Small Businesses : Evidence from Owners, Managers, and Employees

Alekseev, Georgij; Amer, Safaa; Gopal, Manasa; Kuchler, … - 2021

We analyze a large-scale survey of owners, managers, and employees of small businesses in the United States to … understand the effects of the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic on those businesses. The survey was fielded in late April … businesses that had stopped operating due to the pandemic. The survey asks 136 questions covering topics such as changes in …

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Coaseian Biodiversity Conservation. Who Benefits?

Eichner, Thomas; Pethig, Rüdiger - 2017

We consider a world economy, in which the global public good ’biodiversity’ is positively correlated with that share of land which is protected by land-use restrictions against the deterioration of habitats and ecosystems. The willingness-to-pay for biodiversity conservation is positive in...

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The Consequences of the Value-Added Tax on Inequality

Alavuotunki, Kaisa; Haapanen, Mika; Pirttilä, Jukka - 2017

This paper examines the impact of the introduction of the value-added tax on inequality and government revenues using newly released macro data. We present both conventional county fixed effect regressions and instrumental variable analyses, where VAT adoption is instrumented using the previous...

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Consumption and Keynesian fiscal policy

Schclarek, Alfredo - 2004

This paper empirically studies the effects of fiscal policy shocks on private consumption. Further, it tries to determine if the level of government bond yield and the unemployment rate affect that relationship. We use yearly data between 1970 and 2000 for thirty-eight countries, of which half...

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The impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions: evidence from developing countries

Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2008

This paper analyzes the impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions in developing countries, taking into account the presence of heterogeneity in the sample of countries and testing for the stability of the estimated elasticities over time. The sample covers the period from 1975 through 2003 for...

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Climate policy and development

Gersbach, Hans; Hummel, Noemi - 2009

We propose a development-compatible refunding system designed to mitigate climate change. Industrial countries pay an initial fee into a global fund. Each country chooses its national carbon tax. Part of the global fund is refunded to developing and industrial countries, in proportion to the...

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Climate change mitigation strategies in fast-growing countries : the benefits of early action

Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Tavoni, Massimo - 2009

This paper builds on the assumption that OECD countries are (or will soon be) taking actions to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. These actions, however, will not be sufficient to control global warming, unless developing countries also get involved in the cooperative effort to reduce GHG...

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Towards a macroprudential surveillance and remedial policy formulation system for monitoring financial crisis

Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. - 2009

Several developing economies witnessed a large number of systemic financial and currency crises since the 1980s which resulted in severe economic, social, and political problems. The devastating impact of the 1982 and 1994-95 Mexican crises, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, the 1998 Russian...

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Did Chinese Outward Activity Attenuate or Aggravate the Great Recession in Developing Countries?

Gawellek, Bastian; Lyu, Jingjing; Süssmuth, Bernd - 2016

Using data on Chinese large-scale overseas investment and project contracts by sector, we analyze whether Chinese outward activity (COA) before the crisis worsened or alleviated the contractionary phases in developing countries. We find that, on average, COA did not increase vulnerability to the...

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