In the euro area, there is mixed evidence that the GDP per capita of lower-income economies has been catching up with that of higher-income economies since the start of monetary union. The significant real convergence performance of some of the most recent members contrasts with that of the...

Das Ziel des ersten Teils dieser Dissertation ist es, die Unterschiede in der industriellen Entwicklung zwischen Deutschland und dem Iran anhand von Sekundärdaten zu messen, um dann in den weiteren Teilen zu versuchen, diese Unterschiede durch drei Hypothesengruppen zu erklären, um daraus...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is generally considered a driving factor to economic growth. Nevertheless, empirical evidence is rather mixed, reporting a positive, neutral, or even negative relationship of FDI with growth. Our investigation concentrates on the impact of FDI inflows on growth...