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Public investment and regional growth and convergence: Evidence from Greece

Psycharis, Yannis; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Tselios, Vassilis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper estimates the impact of public investment on regional economic growth and convergence at the NUTS III level … capita on regional economic growth – but not on convergence – which also generates considerable spillover effects. However …

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Inequality and Growth

Bénabou, Roland - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

-country differences in inequality permanent, or gradually narrowing? Equivalently, is there convergence not just in the first moment of … individual income (GDP per capita), but convergence in distribution? …

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The Specific Allocation Fund (DAK) : Mechanism and Uses

Usman, Syaikhu; Mawardi, M. Sulton; Poesoro, Adri; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

This study aims to analyze the management of the Specific Allocation Fund (DAK). The three largest DAK-recipient sectors are the focus of the study : education, health, and roads infrastructure. The study sample areas are four districts. This paper was compiled based on the results of in-depth...

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Fiscal Policy Coordination in Asia : East Asian Infrastructure Investment Fund

Abidin, Mahani Zainal - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

East Asian countries were seriously affected by the 2008 global crisis through a steep fall in exports. This experience exposed the vulnerability of the East Asian growth model and emphasized the importance of generating regional growth by expanding domestic demand and enlarging intra-regional...

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Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth

Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

. Non-convergence traps are more likely when policies and institutions are endogenized, enabling beneficiaries of existing …

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Empirics for Growth and Distribution: Stratification, Polarization, and Convergence Clubs

Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

peaks’ in the cross-sectional distribution, not simple patterns of convergence or divergence. The theoretical problems …

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Growth, Distance to Frontier and Composition of Human Capital

Aghion, Philippe; Meghir, Costas; Vandenbussche, Jérôme - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

We examine the contribution of human capital to economy-wide technological improvements through the two channels of innovation and imitation. We develop a theoretical model showing that skilled labour has a higher growth-enhancing effect closer to the technological frontier under the reasonable...

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In Search of the Holy Grail: Policy Convergence, Experimentation and Economic Performance

Mukand, Sharun W.; Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We consider a model of policy choice in which appropriate policies depend on a country’s own circumstances, but the presence of a successful leader generates an informational externality and results in too little ‘policy experimentation’. Corrupt governments are reined in while honest...

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Neoclassical Growth and Commodity Trade

Cuñat, Alejandro; Maffezzoli, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

countries. Moreover, it does not necessarily yield convergence in levels for identically parameterized economies. All in all …

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Convergence in nutrient intakes and examination of nutrition-income elasticities in sub Saharan Africa: Implications on Health and welfare

Ogundari, Kolawole - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

The objective of the study is twofold: first, to investigate whether a nutrition convergence process exists in sub … covering 1975-2009 cum balanced panel of 1505 observations was employed for the analysis. The convergence hypothesis is … Curve. However, the empirical results show that the null hypothesis of no nutrition convergence is strongly rejected, which …

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