Inflation targeting and firm performance in developing countries

BWW Bambe, JL Combes, K Kaba, A Minea - Journal of Economic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Using a panel of 31,027 firms in 47 developing countries over the period 2006-2020, this
paper looks at the effects of inflation targeting on firm performance. Estimations performed …

Inflation targeting and fiscal policy volatility: Evidence from developing countries

AE Apeti, JL Combes, A Minea - Journal of International Money and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper studies the effect of inflation targeting (IT) on fiscal policy volatility. Using data for
83 developing countries over 1985-2020, estimations based on impact analysis methods …

Do fiscal rules shape private-sector investment decisions?

RF Sawadogo - Journal of Macroeconomics, 2024 - Elsevier
We investigate whether fiscal rules impact private domestic investment. Using data spanning
100 advanced and developing countries over the period 1990–2019 and applying the …

[HTML][HTML] Original sin: Fiscal rules and government debt in foreign currency in developing countries

AE Apeti, BWW Bambe, JL Combes… - Journal of Macroeconomics, 2024 - Elsevier
Developing economies often borrow abroad in foreign currency, which exposes them to the
problem of “original sin.” Although the literature on the issue is relatively extensive, there is …

Determinants of public sector efficiency: a panel database from a stochastic frontier analysis

AE Apeti, BWW Bambe, AAB Lompo - Oxford Economic Papers, 2024 - academic.oup.com
This article provides a large dataset on PSE using a parametric approach, and covering 158
countries of all income levels, over the period 1990–2017. The analysis includes four …

[HTML][HTML] Economic Growth Target Fluctuation and Bond Issuance by LGFVs

S Liu, X Wang, L Huang - International Review of Economics & Finance, 2025 - Elsevier
This paper examines the impact of China's economic growth target management system on
local government debt. Specifically, it examines how economic growth target fluctuation …

Does climate change affect firms' innovative capacity in developing countries?

BWW Bambe, JL Combes, PC Motel, CR Oweggi - 2024 - repository.utl.pt
We investigate the impact of climate change on firms' investment in research and
development (R&D) in developing countries. The paper relies on two contrasting …

[PDF][PDF] On the macroeconomic effects of fiscal reforms: Fiscal rules and public expenditure efficiency

JL Combes, AE Apeti - 2023 - univ-orleans.hal.science
We ask whether fiscal rules improve public expenditure efficiency. That is, after computing
efficiency scores for a panel of 159 countries of all income levels over the period 1990-2017 …

[HTML][HTML] Таргетирование инфляции: элиминирование экономического роста и структурная деформация в России

ОС Сухарев, ЕН Ворончихина - Финансы: теория и практика, 2024 - cyberleninka.ru
В статье исследуется вопрос воздействия политики таргетирования инфляции как
базовой составляющей общих антиинфляционных мер правительства на …

Institutions Matter: Press Freedom and Government Spending Efficiency

JL Combes, MU Doamba, CR Oweggi - 2024 - hal.science
We examine the effect of media freedom on public expenditure efficiency, using a panel of
158 advanced and developing countries from 1994 to 2016. We find robust evidence that …