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Working Papers

2008

1. Foreign Debt and Domestic Savings in Developing Countries
   Working Papers, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw
   See also Journal Article Saving less when there is more foreign lending? Foreign debt and savings in developing countries, Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Taylor and Francis Journals (2010) View citations (5) (2010)

Journal Articles

2026

1. Bank Loans, Financial Incentives, and the Use of Imported Inputs and Services During the 2008 Financial Crisis
   The International Trade Journal, 2026, 40, (1), 34-56

2025

2. Do the effects of unilateral and multilateral sanctions on energy poverty differ in target economies?
   Energy, 2025, 327, (C)
3. Welfare and productivity of the Chinese regional economy under forced technology transfer in the post-intervention period of the Green Credit Policy
   Journal of Asian Economics, 2025, 96, (C)

2024

4. Do greenfield FDI inflows promote international tourism?
   Current Issues in Tourism, 2024, 27, (24), 4561-4578 View citations (1)
5. HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, DISASTER RESPONSE AND POLITICAL IDENTITIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
   The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2024, 69, (05), 1743-1763

2023

6. COVID-19 economic stimulus packages, tourism industry and external debt: The influence of extreme poverty
   PLOS ONE, 2023, 18, (8), 1-15 View citations (1)
7. Do birds of a feather flock together? Analyzing environmental performance and tourist behavior using a gravity approach
   Tourism Economics, 2023, 29, (5), 1139-1163 View citations (1)
8. Do the size of the tourism sector and level of digitalization affect COVID-19 economic policy response? Evidence from developed and developing countries
   Current Issues in Tourism, 2023, 26, (18), 3040-3063 View citations (4)
9. Dyadic hostility, tourism, and regional trade agreements
   Current Issues in Tourism, 2023, 26, (22), 3734-3750 View citations (1)

2022

10. Covid-19 vaccines, rules, deaths, and tourism recovery
    Annals of Tourism Research, 2022, 95, (C) View citations (4)
11. Does the level of a country's resilience moderate the link between the tourism industry and the economic policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
    Current Issues in Tourism, 2022, 25, (2), 303-318 View citations (9)
12. Economic reform and political stagnation: The inconsistent patterns of institutional change
    Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 2022, 30, (4), 813-844
13. Risk dimensions, risk clusters, and foreign direct investments in developing countries
    International Review of Economics & Finance, 2022, 82, (C), 636-649 View citations (11)

2021

14. Does the size of the tourism sector influence the economic policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
    Current Issues in Tourism, 2021, 24, (19), 2801-2820 View citations (14)
15. Export Market Destinations, Imported Intermediates, and Productivity: Firm-level Evidence from Ghana
    The International Trade Journal, 2021, 35, (4), 383-410 View citations (1)
16. Exports, Imported Inputs, Two-way Trade, and Productivity: The Role of Absorptive Capacity
    The International Trade Journal, 2021, 35, (3), 262-287 View citations (2)
17. International firm activities, R&D, and productivity: Evidence from Indian manufacturing firms
    Economic Modelling, 2021, 97, (C), 1-13 View citations (19)
18. Regaining international tourism attractiveness after an armed conflict: the role of security spending
    Current Issues in Tourism, 2021, 24, (3), 385-402 View citations (7)

2020

19. Armed conflict, military expenditure and international tourism
    Tourism Economics, 2020, 26, (4), 555-577 View citations (14)
20. Bank credit, public financial incentives, tax financial incentives and export performance during the global financial crisis
    The World Economy, 2020, 43, (1), 114-145 View citations (10)

2019

21. 2018 WTO Trade Policy Review of Malaysia
    The World Economy, 2019, 42, (12), 3447-3463 View citations (2)
22. Determinants of international tourism demand: Evidence from Australian states and territories
    Tourism Economics, 2019, 25, (2), 274-296 View citations (27)

2017

23. Imported Intermediates, Absorptive Capacity and Productivity: Evidence from Ghanaian Manufacturing Firms
    The World Economy, 2017, 40, (2), 369-392 View citations (17)

2010

24. Saving less when there is more foreign lending? Foreign debt and savings in developing countries
    Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2010, 13, (3), 213-223 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Foreign Debt and Domestic Savings in Developing Countries, Working Papers (2008) (2008)

Chapters

2022

1. Language Requirement for Naturalization, Linguistic Networks, and International Migration: The Role of Common Unofficial Language
   Springer