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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 …

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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Analyse du Processus de Convergence Dans la Zone UEMOA

Bamba, Lambert N'galadjo - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

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Quo Vadis? Inequality and Poverty Dynamics across Russian Regions

Yemtsov, Ruslan - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2003

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An Inquiry into Cities and Their Role in Subnational Economic Growth in South Africa

Naude, Wim; Krugell, W.F. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

development of South Africa?s largest cities. Our local economic growth empirics show some indications of conditional convergence … convergence was found but this was driven by declines in the standard deviation of per capita income amongst the poorest quintile … of towns. An estimate of conditional beta convergence of 1.2 percent over the period 1990-2000 confirms that overall …

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International Convergence or Higher Inequality in Human Development? Evidence for 1975 to 2002

Noorbakhsh, Farhad - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

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Comparing Regional Development in China and India

Wu, Yanrui - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

convergence in the two economies. This is the first of its kind. The paper presents a detailed examination of economic growth in … countries and investigates whether there is any evidence of regional convergence during the period of rapid economic growth. It …

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