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An open-economy Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans model in reduced form
Spiro, Daniel - 2021
-economy income convergence. Where RCK predicts partial income and consumption convergence between open economies Solow predicts full … convergence. This paper presents, by a small modification of the savings behavior in the Solow model, a framework that matches RCK … country size; that income growth will be a U-shaped function of initial income thus creating differentiated convergence; and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012619417
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Railways and the productivity gap in Italy : persistence and divergence after unification
Pontarollo, Nicola; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2015
The political unification of Italy in 1861 led to the establishment of a single market, by removing the trade barriers across the pre-existing states, with a single currency. Market integration was the economic outcome of this process. At the same time, the Kingdom of Italy started a large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295798
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Contagious exporting and foreign ownership : evidence from firms in Shanghai using a Bayesian spatial bivariate probit model
Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Kesina, Michaela - 2018
Whether a firm is able to attract foreign capital and whether it may participate at the export market depends on whether the fixed costs associated with doing so are at least covered by the incremental operating profits. This paper provides evidence that success for some firms in attracting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822884
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Sources of productivity spillovers : panel data evidence from China
Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Kesina, Michaela - 2014
This paper assesses sources of productivity spillovers in China's electric and electronic manufacturing industry using a rich panel data-set of 25,360 firms observed over the period 2004-2007. This industry is characterized by its important reliance on technology. In particular, the paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010356360
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Market access and firm performance : evidence based on GIS analysis of road network and manufacturing-plant-level data from India
Sharma, Somnath; Kant, Shashi; Mishra, Ranjeeta; … - 2022
This paper investigates whether better access to markets through an improved road network plays a role in improving the profitability of firms in India. We construct a district-level market access index using Indian road network shapefiles, district boundaries, and nightlight raster images and...
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Are there industrial and agricultural convergence clubs in China?
Pääkkönen, Jenni - Siirtymätalouksien tutkimuslaitos, Suomen Pankki - 2009
(the agricultural club) show no evidence of convergence and appear to have been left behind in terms of economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008477163
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An empirical note on growth and convergence across Russian regions
Solanko, Laura - Siirtymätalouksien tutkimuslaitos, Suomen Pankki - 2003
This empirical note uses publicly available Goskomstat data to investigate income growth and convergence across Russian … regions. Using data for 1992-2001, we find strong sigma divergence simultaneously with beta convergence. he results indicate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190662
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Russia’s common market takes shape: Price convergence and market integration among Russian regions
Gluschenko, Konstantin - Siirtymätalouksien tutkimuslaitos, Suomen Pankki - 2006
This paper analyzes the spatial structure of goods market integration in Russia, characterizing regions into three states: (a) integrated, (b) not integrated but trending toward integration, and (c) not integrated and not trending toward integration. Using time series of the cost of a staples...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190689
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An empirical note on growth and convergence across Russian regions
Solanko, Laura - 2003
This empirical note uses publicly available Goskomstat data to investigate income growth and convergence across Russian … regions. Using data for 1992-2001, we find strong sigma divergence simultaneously with beta convergence. he results indicate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012148454
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Russia's common market takes shape: price convergence and market integration among Russian regions
Gluschenko, Konstantin - 2006
This paper analyzes the spatial structure of goods market integration in Russia, characterizing regions into three states: (a) integrated, (b) not integrated but trending toward integration, and (c) not integrated and not trending toward integration.Using time series of the cost of a staples...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012148510