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Financial Markets and Economic Growth in Poland: Simulations with an Econometric Model
Wdowinski, Piotr - CESifo - 2005
economic growth in Poland over the period Q2, 1993 – Q2, 2003. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766248
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Determinants of Country Beta Risk in Poland
Wdowinski, Piotr - CESifo - 2004
In the paper we analyze determinants of the capital market beta risk in Poland in the monthly period 1996-2002. The … market risk in Poland in the period 1999-2002. We find that monetary variables as exchange rate and interest rate have … relatively more power than real variables in explaining the beta market risk in Poland. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005249463
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Municipal Finance in Poland, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic and Hungary: Institutional Framework and Recent Development
Nam, Chang Woon; Parsche, Rüdiger - CESifo - 2001
administrative co-operation with the central government and of the less well-developed financial market in Poland, the Slovak …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406201
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Significance and Determination of Fees for Municipal Finance
Friedrich, Peter; Kaltschuetz, Anita; Nam, Chang Woon - CESifo - 2004
to survey the recent development of municipal finance: Britain, Germany, Poland and Switzerland. This paper firstly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406299
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Institutions and Economic Growth in Historical Perspective: Part 1
Ogilvie, Sheilagh; Carus, A. W. - CESifo - 2014
This is Part 1 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877698
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Institutions and Economic Growth in Historical Perspective: Part 2
Ogilvie, Sheilagh; Carus, A. W. - CESifo - 2014
This is Part 2 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877727
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Simply a Matter of Luck & Looks? Predicting Elections when Both the World Economy and the Psychology of Faces Count
Garretsen, Harry; Stoker, Janka I.; Alessie, Rob; … - CESifo - 2014
Economic research shows that candidates have a higher chance of getting (re-)elected when they have the luck that the world economy does well even though this is beyond their control and unrelated to their competence. Psychological research demonstrates that candidates increase their chances if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877923
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Economic Growth and Judicial Independence, a Dozen Years On: Cross-Country Evidence Using an Updated Set of Indicators
Voigt, Stefan; Gutmann, Jerg; Feld, Lars P. - CESifo - 2014
Over 10 years ago, Feld and Voigt (2003) introduced the first indicator for objectively meas-uring the actual independence of the judiciary and demonstrated its utility in a large cross-section of countries. The indicator has been widely used, but also criticized. This paper pre-sents more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948870
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Fiscal Federalism, Decentralization and Economic Growth: Survey and Meta-Analysis
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Feld, Lars P.; Schnellenbach, Jan - CESifo - 2014
The theoretical literature on the economics of fiscal federalism has identified several potential effects of government decentralization on economic growth. Much of the traditional literature focuses on the efficiency aspects of a decentralized provision of public services. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948879
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Energy Consumption and Economic Growth Revisited in African Countries
Eggoh, Jude C.; Bangaké, Chrysost; Rault, Christophe - CESifo - 2011
The aim of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth for 21 African countries over the period from 1970 to 2006, using recently developed panel cointegration and causality tests. The countries are divided into two groups:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320785