Questions tagged [political-economy]
a term used for studying production and trade, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth.
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What are the reasons for Russian Ruble to strengthen in the past few days?
1 USD was about 75 Russian Rubles before the war in Ukraine began. After the sanctions, Russian Ruble quickly declined and 1 USD skyrocketed to 139 Rubles. Now it is back to around 85. What are the ...
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What happens if the "control variables" are also endogenous?
I work in Political Economy, and a lot of the models include "innocent" control variables such as population, inequality, colonial legacy, etc. so that the author can claim unbiasedness on their ...
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Why does China spend so much on agricultural/farming subsidies?
I use the OECD's Total Support Estimates (TSE), which I think is a proper measure of total agricultural subsidies (but correct me if I'm wrong).
China's TSE is by far the largest at \$239B in 2017 ...
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China's Prosperity
This is my first time doing this but with respects to economic prosperity. What are some of the tools/strategies that Chinese leader such as Deng Xiaoping would have used to stimulate and enhance ...
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Country specific economic recession/financial crisis data?
Many financial crises are at the global level, yet some of them can be country-specific, especially the ones connected with political instability.
For example, the 1990 recession of Russia, the 1958 ...
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