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Testing the convergence hypothesis for OECD countries : a reappraisal

Gadea, María Dolores; Sanz-Villarroya, Isabel - 2017

This paper reviews the results of a number of empirical studies of convergence among the OECD countries and discusses … OECD countries, there are different clusters. The parameter representing the convergence hypothesis, despite being negative … convergence between the countries that belong to the upper quantiles. Moreover, 1960–1970 is highlighted as the period in which …

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Does fiscal consolidation hurt economic growth? : empirical evidence from Spanish regions

Lago Peñas, Santiago; Vaquero-Garcia, Alberto; … - 2019

This article brings empirical evidence on the effect of fiscal consolidation in decentralized countries. The focus on Spain is justified by three reasons. First, it is one of the OECD countries most affected by the Great recession in terms of both GDP and public deficit. Second, Spain is one of...

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The effectiveness of fiscal-budgetary measures to counteract the COVID-19 crisis : evidence from EU countries

Dornean, Adina; Oanea, Dumitru-Cristian - In: Economics / Journal articles : the open-access, … 16 (2022) 1, pp. 137-151

The aim of this study is to analyse the fiscal-budgetary measures, which have been taken by almost all governments around the world, including EU countries, in an attempt to limit the negative impact of the pandemic blockade. In most cases, these measures concerned the granting of technical...

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Digital gender divide and convergence in the European Union countries

López Martínez, María; García Luque, Olga; … - In: Economics / Journal articles : the open-access, … 15 (2021) 1, pp. 115-128

, the digital gender gaps are shown in absolute and relative terms. In addition, the European convergence beta and sigma … in either of the two indicators analyzed. Finally, the convergence between European countries is corroborated, both in …

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A replication of "The long-run impact of foreign aid in 36 African countries: insights from multivariate time series analysis" (Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2014)

Roger, Lionel - 2019

Macroeconomic data have been shown to vary substantially between sources, especially so for low-income countries. While the impact of data revisions on inference is well documented for cross-country studies, there is no systematic analysis of the robustness of results obtained from time series...

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The finance-growth nexus revisited : from origins to a modern theoretical landscape

Stolbov, Michail I. - 2013

The paper recounts the history of the finance-growth nexus research from its origins to the yearly 1990s. The contributions are analyzed in connection with the socioeconomic context and advances in economic theory. Many ideas first expressed decades ago are still subject to constant discussions...

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Systematic fiscal policy and macroeconomic performance : a critical overview of the literature

Boeing-Reicher, Claire - 2014

The literature on systematic fiscal policy and macroeconomic performance in industrialized countries is large but fragmented. Based on a broad overview of that literature, several patterns emerge. First, the empirical literature points toward strongly anticyclical policy, which consists of...

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Does financial VAT affect the size of the financial sector?

López Laborda, Julio; Peña, Guillermo - 2017

The influence of VAT applied to financial services on the size of the financial sector is analyzed empirically. The authors use data from 36 European Union and OECD countries for the period from 1961 to 2012. Dynamic panel data techniques are used, concretely the GMM System. An unbalanced panel...

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