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Thomas, Alex M - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper revisits the work of Richard Cantillon and Francois Quesnay in order to conceptualise the dynamics between rural and urban areas in an economy. Concepts of social surplus and economy as a circular flow are presented in order to highlight the interrelationship between the growth...

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Economic growth and the optimum size of government in 15 European countries: A threshold panel approach

Hajamini, Mehdi; Falahi, Mohammad Ali - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

In the growth literature, there is a nonlinear relationship between economic growth and government size, which is similar to an inverted U-shaped curve. This curve can be used to determine the optimum share of government expenditures. This paper, using threshold panel approach, attempts to...

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Testing for Stochastic and Beta-convergence in Latin American Countries

Escobari, Diego - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper uses time-series data from nineteen Latin American countries and the U.S. to test for income convergence … using two existing definitions of convergence and a new testable definition of β-convergence. Only Dominican Republic and … convergence exists when allowing for structural breaks using the two-break minimum LM unit root of Lee and Strazicich (2003). The …

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What about regions in regional science? An exercise of convergence using different geographic scales of European Union

Resende, Guilherme; Cravo, Tulio - European Regional Science Association - 2013

the empirical results caused by the use of different spatial scales in the analysis of convergence process of European … (MAUP). Thus, convergence processes among EU15 are examined across three spatial scales often used in applied work, namely …, NUTS1, NUTS2 and NUTS3, between 2000 and 2008. The paper suggests that convergence pattern of EU regions depends on the …

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Economic growth dynamics across countries.

Ewa, Lechman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Economic growth is one of the most important issues discussed worldwide. Its dynamics over time seem to be crucial from the perspective of the ability of poor countries to catch up with highly developed economies. As can be easily noticed in world statistics, both GDP per capita and GDP growth...

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Foreign Aid, Legal Origin, Economic Growth and Africa’s Least Developed Countries

Wamboye, Evelyn; Adekola, Abel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The issue of foreign aid dependency in African countries remains controversial among policy makers. So far, there is no consensus on aid effectiveness and the resulting policy prescriptions have been conflicting. The Euro zone which provides the bulk of foreign aid to developing countries, is...

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Does financial sector development cause investment and growth? empirical analysis of the case of Ghana

Adam, Anokye M.; Siaw, Frimpong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This article examines whether financial sector development has ‘caused’ economic growth and investment in Ghana between 1970 and 2007. As a proxy for financial sector development we use credit to private sector as per cent of GDP, bank liquid reserve – asset ratio and liquid liability as a...

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Financial Permeation and Economic Growth: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Inoue, Takeshi; Hamori, Shigeyuki - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This article empirically analyzes the role of finance in economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective of what is termed herein “financial permeation”. By estimating panel data on 37 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa between 2004 and 2010, we examine whether financial permeation...

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Способы формирования контрактных институтов как факторы экономического ростa: сравнительный анализ...

Tamilina, Larysa; Baklanova, Olena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

В статье анализируется влияние формальных контрактных институтов на развитие экономических систем. Акцент делается на необходимости разграничения...

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Growth Effects of Globalization in the Low Income African Countries: A Systems GMM Panel Data Approach

Rao, B. Bhaskara; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The relationship between globalization and economic growth in the developing countries remains controversial. Liberals argue that globalization will lead to higher economic growth and prosperity. Skeptics contend the opposite, where globalization processes might lead to increased inequality and...

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