Economic Reform in Cuba, Phase 4
The aim of the project is to contribute to fostering debate and knowledge about institutional and economic reform in Cuba in light of experiences from other countries. ...
Non-tariff barriers, food safety and international food trade (NTB)
This project aims to provide new evidence on non-tariff barriers to trade in the Russian, Chinese, Ukrainian and other markets, and examine their cost and impact on trade. ...
Poverty, prices and international inequality
The project studies the methods used for measuring poverty and comparing real income in various countries, particularly methods that are used to adjust for differing price levels. ...
Globalisation, Domestic Market Integration, and the Regional Disparities of India
A new panel dataset for cross-country analyses of national systems, growth and development (CANA)
Missing data represent an important limitation for cross-country analyses of national systems, growth and development. This paper presents a new cross-country panel dataset with no missing value. We make use of a new method of multiple imputation that has recently been developed by Honaker and King (2010) to deal specifically with time-series cross-section data at the country-level. We apply this method to construct a large dataset containing a great number of indicators measuring six key country-specific dimensions: innovation and technological capabilities, education system and human capital, infrastructures, economic competitiveness, political-institutional factors, and social capital. The CANA panel dataset thus obtained provides a rich and complete set of 41 indicators for 134 countries in the period 1980-2008 (for a total of 3886 country-year observations). The empirical analysis shows the reliability of the dataset and its usefulness for cross-country analyses of national systems, growth and development. The new dataset is publicly available.
Defence Firms Facing Liberalization - Innovation and Export in an Agent-based Model of the Defence Industry
India and globalisation: Regional disparities, industrial development and inclusive growth (INGRID)
This project aim to develop cooperation between Indian and Norwegian researchers related to the social impact of globalisation and related international policies. ...