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The resource curse revisited and revised : a tale of paradoxes and red herrings
Brunnschweiler, Christa N.; Bulte, Erwin H. - 2006
We critically evaluate the empirical basis for the so-called resource curse and find that, despite the topic’s popularity in economics and political science research, this apparent paradox is a red herring. The most commonly used measure of ‘resource abundance’ can be more usefully...
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Productivity growth across the world, 1991 - 2003
Kim, Sangho; Park, Donghyun; Park, Jong-Ho - 2010
world productivity growth was led by fast-growing newly emerging economies, whereas most developed countries experienced a …
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The vanishing effect of finance on growth
Gründler, Klaus - 2015
This paper investigates the causes of the "vanishing effect of finance" detected in recent studies. The results highlight that the negative effect of the financial system on growth is mainly driven by advanced economies, whereas finance is still beneficial for income increases in developing...
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The great divergence : a network approach
Lindner, Ines; Strulik, Holger - 2015
knowledge throughout the world explains a period of increasing world inequality after the take-off of the forerunners of the … industrial revolution, followed by decreasing relative inequality. Knowledge diffusion through a Small World network explains the … individual countries in the course of world development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397182
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Words, deeds, and outcomes : a survey on the growth effects of exchange rate regimes
Harms, Philipp; Kretschmann, Marco - 2007
Recent studies on the growth effects of exchange rate regimes offer a wide range of different, sometimes contradictory results. In this paper, we systematically compare three prominent contributions in this field. Using a common data set, a common specification, and common estimation methods, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397221
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Nature, power, and growth
Thorvaldur Gylfason - 2001
This essay reviews the relationship between natural-resource abundance and economic growth around the world, and …
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Natural resources and economic growth : what is the connection?
Thorvaldur Gylfason - 2001
This paper reviews the relationship between natural resources and economic growth, and stresses how natural capital tends to crowd out foreign capital, social capital, human capital, andphysical capital, thereby impeding economic growth across countries and presumably also over time....
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The growth effects of R&D spending in the EU : a meta-analysis
Kokko, Ari; Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik; Videnord, Josefin - 2015
In this paper the authors conduct a meta-analysis to examine the link between R&D spending and economic growth in the EU and other regions. The results suggest that the growth-enhancing effect of R&D in the EU15 countries does not differ from that in other countries in general, but it is less...
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The effect of female and male health on economic growth : cross-country evidence within a production function framework
Hassan, Gazi M.; Cooray, Arusha; Homes, Mark J. - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513282
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Who got what, then and now? : a fifty year overview from the Global Consumption and Income Project
Jayadev, Arjun; Lahoti, Rahul; Reddy, Sanjay - 2015 - This version: May 8, 2015
world and five decades, we present a portrait of the changing global distribution of consumption and income and discuss its … implications for our understanding of inequality, poverty, inclusivity of growth and development, world economic welfare, and the … the highest levels of inequality in the world, when measured using standardized surveys). The GCIP provides a resource for …
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