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Distributional Impact of Commodity Price Shocks: Australia over a Century

Bhattacharyya, Sambit; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

. Using a GARCH model, we find that Australia experienced more volatility than many commodity exporting poor countries between …

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Happiness and the Human Development Index: Australia is NOT a Paradox

Leigh, Andrew; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

In 'Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia,' Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … apparent puzzle: they claim that Australia ranks highly in the Human Development Index (HDI), but relatively poorly in … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …

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Structural Adjustment, Efficiency, and Economic Growth

Gylfason, Thorvaldur - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper is intended to make four main points that are relevant for previously planned economies in transition to a market economy. First, national output can be increased by reducing or eliminating relative price distortions through price reform and free trade and by thus enhancing...

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Neoclassical Growth and Commodity Trade

Cuñat, Alejandro; Maffezzoli, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We construct and numerically solve a dynamic Heckscher-Ohlin model in which the initial distribution of production factors in the world makes worldwide factor price equalization impossible, and leads countries to group in two diversification cones. We study the dynamics of income per capita and...

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Natural Resources and Economic Growth: From Dependence to Diversification

Gylfason, Thorvaldur - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper reviews the relationship between natural resource dependence and economic growth, and stresses how natural capital intensity tends to crowd out foreign capital, social capital, human capital, physical capital, and financial capital, thereby impeding economic growth across countries....

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Who is Afraid of Political Instability?

Campos, Nauro F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

An unstable macroeconomic environment is often regarded as detrimental to economic growth. Among the sources contributing to such instability, the literature has assigned most of the blame to political issues. This paper empirically tests for a causal and negative long-term relationship between...

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Natural Resources and Economic Growth: The Role of Investment

Gylfason, Thorvaldur; Zoega, Gylfi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Empirical evidence seems to indicate that economic growth since 1965 has varied inversely with natural resource abundance across countries. This Paper proposes a linkage between abundant natural resources and economic growth, through saving and investment. When the share of output that accrues...

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Privatization, Efficiency and Economic Growth

Gylfason, Thorvaldur - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

Privatization is shown to increase national economic output in a two-sector full-employment general-equilibrium model by enhancing efficiency as if a relative price distortion were being removed through price reform, trade liberalization, or stabilization. The static output gain from...

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Workers, Machines and Economic Growth

Zeira, Joseph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

This paper models technology adoption as replacing workers by machines, which perform the same job in the production process. The paper shows that such modelling of technology adoption affects significantly the analysis of economic growth. This model can explain large and persistent...

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Social Conflict and Growth in Euroland

De Grauwe, Paul; Skudelny, Frauke - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

This paper contributes to the literature on the differences in the transmission processes within Euroland. We start from the proposition that there are 'deep' differences in the nature of social conflicts and in the way countries deal with these conflicts. We empirically test this effect for the...

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