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China’s State-Owned Enterprises and Competitive Neutrality
Alicia García Herrero & Gary Ng, World Economics, March 2021
The growing size of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and closer global linkages mean whether China can achieve competitive neutrality in creating a level-playing field is key for the world. Our results support the view that China’s competitive environment is poor ... More
Modern Monetary Theory and the Policy Response to COVID-19
Graham Bird, Eric Pentecost & Thomas D. Willett, World Economics, March 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised questions about the design of fiscal and monetary policy to assist economic recovery. Modern monetary theory (MMT) strongly argues in favour of substantial and fairly persistent fiscal expansion, claiming that there is neither a near-ter ... More
Is Monetary Policy Aging?
Azhar Iqbal, World Economics, March 2021
This article proposes a framework to quantify the magnitude of monetary stimulus offered during a recession. We estimate that, over the past 30 years, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) offered larger incentives and for a longer duration during a recession than in ... More
Bitcoin, Tesla and GameStop Bubbles as a Flight to Focal Points
Jan Libich & Liam Lenten, World Economics, March 2021
This article discusses the current bull runs in many assets such as Bitcoin, Big Tech and the meme stocks, concluding that they are very likely bubbles (well above their fundamental value). We then highlight a unique set of circumstances due to which the duration, magni ... More
Estimating the Effects of some Uncommon Free Trade Agreements on India’s Exports, Imports and Trade Volume
Suadat Hussain Wani, World Economics, March 2021
This study endeavours to examine the impact of Free Trade Agreements on the trade volume of India with Japan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and ASEAN countries. These countries were selected given their level of development and importance in total trade of India. The study evaluat ... More
Bank Resolution and Crisis Preparedness in Unprecedented Times
Demet Çanakçı, World Economics, March 2021
This article looks into the challenges ahead for deposit insurers and underscores the urgency of testing contingency planning and crisis management frameworks at national and system-wide levels, and the importance of communication, cooperation and coordination at home a ... More
COVID-19 and Adoption of Digital Payments in India
Sandeep Kaur & Nidhi Walia, World Economics, March 2021
The objective of this research is to explore the impact of COVID-19 on digital transactions in India and related research issues. From results of a paired sample t test, it has been observed that COVID-19 had significant impact on use of digital payments. Challenges su ... More
Multidimensional Deprivation in Egypt
Heba Farida Ahmed Fathy El-laithy & Noha S. Omar , World Economics, March 2021
This paper aims at constructing an MPI for Egypt tailored to its deprivation aspects, and at monitoring simultaneous deprivations that adversely affect Egyptian people and poor. It adds the employment and social insurance dimension, which is generally the sole means of ... More
Democracy, Economy, and Politics in Latin America: Analysis, evidence, and lessons on Bolivia and Brazil
Michael Chibba, World Economics, March 2021
From economic and political perspectives, freedom is the central concept in democracy. The economic and political background, and evidence from Bolivia and Brazil, show that democracy was briefly tested in Bolivia, but in Brazil it continues to face profound challenges. ... More