 | A Vicious Cycle: How Pandemics Lead to Economic Despair and Social Unrest Author/Editor: Tahsin Saadi Sedik, Rui Xu. Release Date:October, 2020 In this paper we analyze the dynamics among past major pandemics, economic growth, inequality, and social unrest. We provide evidence that past major pandemics, even though much smaller in scale than more...
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| | Drivers of Financial Access: the Role of Macroprudential Policies Author/Editor: Corinne Deléchat, Lama Kiyasseh, Margaux MacDonald, Rui Xu. Release Date:May, 2020 This study analyzes the drivers of the use of formal vs. informal financial services in emerging and developing countries using the 2017 Global FINDEX data. In particular, we investigate whether more...
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|  | Demographic Headwinds in Central and Eastern Europe Author/Editor: Cristina Batog, Ernesto Crivelli, Anna Ilyina, Zoltan Jakab, Jaewoo Lee, Anvar Musayev, Iva Petrova, Alasdair Scott, Anna Shabunina, Andreas Tudyka, Xin Cindy Xu, Ruifeng Zhang. Release Date:July, 2019 The populations of Central and Eastern European (CESEE) countries—with the exception of Turkey—are expected to decrease significantly over the next 30 years, driven by low or negative net birth more...
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| | What is Driving Women's Financial Inclusion Across Countries? Author/Editor: Corinne C Delechat, Monique Newiak, Rui Xu, Fan Yang, Goksu Aslan. Release Date:March, 2018 Using a broad set of macroeconomic country characteristics to supplement a new and comprehensive micro-level dataset for 140 countries, we identify structural factors, policies, and individual more...
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| | Does Import Competition Induce R&D Reallocation? Evidence from the U.S. Author/Editor: Rui Xu, Kaiji Gong. Release Date:November, 2017 We analyze the impact of rising import competition from China on U.S. innovative activities.
Using Compustat data, we find that import competition induces R&D expenditures to be
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| | Exiting From Fragility in sub-Saharan Africa : The Role of Fiscal Policies and Fiscal Institutions Author/Editor: Corinne Deléchat, Ejona Fuli, Dafina Glaser, Gustavo Ramirez, Rui Xu. Release Date:December, 2015 This paper studies the role of fiscal policies and institutions in building resilience in sub-Saharan
 African countries during 1990-2013, with specific emphasis on a group of twenty-six more...
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|  | Building Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa's Fragile States Author/Editor: Enrique Gelbard, Corinne Deléchat, Ejona Fuli, Mumtaz Hussain, Ulrich Jacoby, Dafina Glaser, Marco Pani, Gustavo Ramirez, Rui Xu. Release Date:June, 2015 This paper analyzes the persistence of fragility in some sub-Saharan African states and the multiple dimensions of state weakness that are simultaneously at play. This study also provides an overview more...
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