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A Meta-Analysis of Beta-Convergence: The Legendary Two-Percent
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
The topic of convergence is at the heart of a wide-ranging debate in the growth literature. Empirical studies of … convergence differ widely in their theoretical backgrounds, empirical specifications and in their treatment of cross …-sectional heterogeneity. Despite these differences, a rate of convergence of about 2% has been found under a variety of different conditions …
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Modeling the Emissions-Income Relationship Using Long-Run Growth Rates
Burke, Paul J.; Gerlagh, Reyer; Stern, David I.; Anjum, Zeba - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014
, convergence, and resource endowment effects are statistically significant. For sulfur emissions, the scale and convergence effects …
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Decoupling Economic Growth and Energy Use. An Empirical Cross-Country Analysis for 10 Manufacturing Sectors
Mulder, Peter; Groot, Henri L.F. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
This paper provides an empirical analysis of decoupling economic growth and energy use and its various determinants by exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity across 10 manufacturing sectors and 14 OECD countries for the period 1970-1997. We explicitly aim to trace back aggregate...
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Global Aging and Economic Convergence: A Real Option or Still a Case of Science Fiction?
Dalen, Hendrik P. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
How does global aging affect the convergence in global economic development? Both the developing and developed world …
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Defining European Wholesale Electricity Markets: An “And/Or” Approach
Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Janssen, Maarten C.W. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
An important question in the dynamic European wholesale markets for electricity is whether to define the geographical market at the level of an individual member state or more broadly. We show that if we currently take the traditional approach by considering for each member state whether there...
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The Evolution and Structure of the Two-wheeler Industry in India
George, Sunila; Jha, Raghbendra; Nagarajan, Hari K. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2002
convergence. The industry seems to be characterized by oligopoly with the onset of economic reforms not making much difference to … industrial structure. Convergence of sales and capacity at the level of the industry is conditional while it is absolute at the …
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World Population Growth and Fertility Patterns, 1960-2000. A Simple Model Explaining the Evolution of World’s Fertility During the Second Half of the 20th Century
Camps, Enriqueta - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2013
average (worldwide). While it may be possible to identify a global tendency towards convergence in demographic trends …
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Global Energy Use: Decoupling or Convergence?
Csereklyei, Zsuzsanna; Stern, David I. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014
driven by economic growth, convergence in energy intensity, and weak decoupling. There is no sign of strong decoupling. …
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International Comparisons of Sectoral Energy- and Labour-Productivity Performance: Stylised Facts and Decomposition of Trends
Mulder, Peter; Groot, Henri L.F. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
This paper addresses the interplay between economic growth, energy use, change in sectoral composition and technological change, by exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity development for 14 OECD countries and four sectors over the period 1970-1997. A cross-country decomposition...
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Growth and Risk: Methodology and Micro Evidence
Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem; Kinsey, Bill - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the 'World Bank Economic Review', 2007, 21, 1-20.<p> There has been a revival of interest in the effect of risk on economic growth. We quantify both ex ante and ex post effects of risk using a stochastic version of the Ramsey model. We develop a...</p>
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