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Regional Convergence and Catch-up in India between 1960 and 1992
Trivedi, Kamakshya - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2002
This paper examines the evidence for regional convergence or catch-up in levels and growth rates of per capita income …, Re-Weighted Least Squares, and Least Trimmed Squares - establish that unconditional convergence in growth rates does not … obtain, but that there is clear and robust evidence of conditional convergence. This suggests that important differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605213
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Why has China Grown So Fast? The Role of Physical and Human Capital Formation
Ding, Sai; Knight, John - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008
selection results identify a role for conditional convergence, physical and human capital formation, population growth, degree …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005047864
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Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: Recent Global Evidence
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011
The study presents recent global evidence on the transformation of economic growth to poverty reduction in developing countries, with emphasis on the role of income inequality.  The focus is on the period since the early-mid-1990s when growth in these countries as a group has been relatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004323
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Can the Augmented Solow Model Explain China's Economic Growth? A Cross-Country Panel Data Analysis
Knight, John; Ding, Sai - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008
particular, physical capital investment, changes in the structure of employment, conditional convergence, and population growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090644
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The Puzzle of Migrant Labour Shortage and Rural Labour Surplus in China
Knight, John; Quheng, Deng; Shi, Li - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010
The paper examines the contentious issue of the extent of surplus labour that remains in China.  China was an extreme example of a surplus labour economy, but the rapid economic growth during the period of economic reform requires a reassessment of whether the second stage of the Lewis model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465496
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Electoral Uncertainty, the Deficit Bias and the Electoral Cycle in a New Keynesian Economy
Wren-Lewis, Simon; Leith, Campbell - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2009
Recent attempts to incorporate optimal fiscal policy into New Keynesian models subject to nominal inertia, have tended to assume that policy makers are benevolent and have access to a commitment technology.  A separate literature, on the New Political Economy, has focused on real economies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008495880
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Comparing the delegation of monetary and fiscal policy
Wren-Lewis, Simon - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011
The apparent success of independent central banks in conducting monetary policy has led many to argue that some form of policy delegation should also be applied to the macroeconomic aspects of fiscal policy.  A number of countries have recently established Fiscal Councils, although their role...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008852053