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European economic growth in the quarter of a century that ended in 1973 outstripped growth in any period of comparable … length before or since. The elements of Europe's growth miracle -- wage moderation, high investment and rapid export growth … and cooperation that would have otherwise hindered the resumption of growth. …
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growth and political economy considerations. This paper looks into the debt history of Britain, Germany and France, to gain …-term growth performance. …
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The U.S recession of 2007 to 2009 is unique in the post-World-War-II experience by the broad company it kept. Activity contracted around the world, with the advanced countries of the North experiencing declines in spending normally the purview of the developing economies of the South. The last...
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France's post-war growth has gone through four phases. The strong growth performance of the 1950s was helped by a … protection and inefficient productive capital accumulation as the main source of slower growth. …
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This paper explores the implications of Unified Growth Theory for the origins of existing differences in income per … factors that have governed the pace of the transition from stagnation to growth and have thus contributed to contemporary … variation in economic development. It uncovers the forces that have sparked the emergence of multiple growth regimes and …
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towards investment in education and growth in output per capita, a significant portion of the gains from trade in non …-industrial nations was channelled towards population growth. …
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sustained differences in population growth and income levels across countries. In industrial economies international trade …
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. Rather than being a key condition for subsequent growth, gains in market efficiency and growth might have occurred … simultaneously. We discuss the implications of these findings for a number of explanations for long-run growth and the Industrial …
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Does the centre country of the International Monetary System enjoy an 'exorbitant privilege' that significantly weakens its external constraint as has been asserted in some European quarters? Using a newly constructed dataset, we perform a detailed analysis of the historical evolution of US...
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The paper reviews the economic performance of the Republic of Ireland since 1945. Its focus is comparative: Ireland's record is assessed against the evidence in OECD and Penn Mark V datasets for a `convergence club' of European economies, and is found wanting. The comparison confirms that the...
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