Governments and policymakers promote formalization through various interventions ranging
from simplifying registration procedures to increasing law enforcement. Despite these efforts …

We observe and analyse three intra-industry foreign direct investment (FDI) spillover
transmission channels using unique firm-level data collected from on-site interviews and …

The empirical literature on the spillovers of foreign direct investment (FDI) has so far not
analysed the well-established theoretical transmission channels through which FDI impacts …

The objective of this research paper is to study the effect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
on tax revenue in developing countries. FDI net inflow, greenfield, and brownfield FDI are …

We analyze the impact of COVID-19 on the world economic system through the three lenses
of globalization, discussing economic, social and political aspects, respectively. The …

This chapter uses advanced meta-analysis techniques to evaluate the short-run impact of
COVID-19 on various labour market indicators. Using 2429 reported estimates of labour …

The economic theory on economic sanctions gives strong indications that success depends
positively on pre-sanction trade linkage and prior relations and negatively on sanction …

Under what circumstances does firm formalization yield net benefits for previously informal
firms? We systematically assessed 22 primary studies in a meta-analysis of African, Asian …

We investigate 833 reported estimates detailing the impact of external interventions aimed at
alleviating civil war on conflict intensity. This investigation encompasses 34 studies …

We collected 95 primary studies that deploy the gravity model and use a dummy for islands
as a controlling variable. Our analysis rejects the presence of (publication) bias in the …