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Economic growth and convergence in China's provinces: theory and evidence

Ghatak, Subrata; Li, Hong - School of Economics, Kingston University - 2002

the pattern of China’s regional economic growth on the basis of a theoretical model on convergence. We find a tendency to …

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Convergence in an Enlarged Europe: The Turkish Case.

Ghatak, Subrata; Guresci-Pehlivan, Gulcin; Utkulu, Utku - School of Economics, Kingston University - 2011

This paper examines the process of convergence in relative GDP per capita across EU countries and Turkey and … convergence was found to be higher for EU countries. We apply panel data tests of convergence with annual data available from 1998 …

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Dynamics of income distribution across Chinese provinces during 1978-1988

Li, Hong - School of Economics, Kingston University - 2001

This study attempts to examine the growth pattern of China’s economy during 1978-1998 from the perspective of income distribution dynamics. Motivated by the model of dynamic distribution, a transition matrix is derived from a panel of ratios of provincial real incomes to national averages...

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Cross-country growth comparison : theory to empirics

Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

This paper reviews the cross-country record of economic growth, using as organizing framework how economic theory has guided that empirical analysis. The paper argues that recent studies of economic growth—both empirical and theoretical—distinguish from previous work in three distinct...

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The asymmetric experience of positive and negative economic growth: global evidence using subjective well-being data

De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel; Ward, George W.; de Keulenaer, Femke - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Are individuals more sensitive to losses than gains in macroeconomic growth? Using subjective well-being measures across three large data sets, we observe an asymmetry in the way positive and negative economic growth are experienced, with losses having more than twice as much impact on...

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Is Poland the next Spain?

Caselli, Francesco; Tenreyro, Silvana - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

We revisit Western Europe’s record with labor-productivity convergence, and tentatively extrapolate its implications … capital accumulation and TFP growth reflect convergence along two margins. One margin (between industry) is a massive …. Coupled with the fact that within-industry productivity gaps are enormous, this suggests that convergence will take a long …

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Adaptation to climate change and economic growth in developing countries

Millner, Antony; Dietz, Simon - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

Developing countries are vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, yet there is disagreement about what they should do to protect themselves from antic- ipated damages. In particular, it is unclear what the optimal balance is between investments in traditional productive capital...

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Productivity growth, knowledge flows and spillovers

Crespi, Gustavo; Criscuolo, Chiara; Haskel, Jonathan E.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

This paper explores the role of knowledge flows and TFP growth by using direct survey data on knowledge flows linked to firm-level TFP growth data. Our knowledge flow data correspond to the kind of information flows often argued, especially by policy-makers, as important, such as within the...

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Time series tests of convergence of Chinese regional and provincial economic performance

Daly, Vince; Li, Hong - School of Economics, Kingston University - 2003

This paper uses multivariate time series methods to investigate convergence of Chinese real GDP per capita at regional … and provincial levels over the period 1952 – 2001. We reject convergence across regions. However, we find evidence of …

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Technological diversification

Koren, Miklos; Tenreyro, Silvana - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

Economies at early stages of development are often shaken by abrupt changes in growth rates, whereas in advanced economies growth rates tend to be relatively stable. To explain this pattern, we propose a theory of technological diversification. Production makes use of different input varieties,...

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