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Deindustrialisation. Lessons from the StructuralOutcomes of Post-Communist Transition
Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Zalewska, Anna - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
placing a transition country on a development path that guarantees convergence to EU employment structures. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784647
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Spatial dynamics and convergence: the spatial AK model
Boucekkine, Raouf; Camacho, Carmen; Fabbri, Giorgio - Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School - 2010
same (detrended) consumption over space and time, lead to convergence in the level of capital across locations in the long-run. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008478960
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Policies for Inclusive Urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
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Myths about Beta-Convergence
Gluschenko, Konstantin - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2012
A popular methodology of studying spatial income inequality is analysis of beta-convergence (i.e. an inverse … growth theory predicts income convergence among economies (countries or regions within a country), and that beta-convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010604579
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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...
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Enhancing Income Convergence in Central Europe after EU Accession
Lenain, Patrick; Rawdanowicz, Łukasz - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
. Although convergence towards higher levels of income appears to be a distant prospect at current trend growth rates, this is … in this respect. While ... Renforcer la convergence des revenus en Europe Centrale après les adhesions à l … leur ont été très profitables. Même si la convergence vers des niveaux de revenu plus élevés semble une perspective …
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Methodologies of Analyzing Inter-Regional Income Inequality and Their Applications to Russia
Gluschenko, Konstantin - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2010
This paper provides an overview of methodologies used to analyze inter-regional income inequality,and a critical survey of empirical studies that deal with Russian regions. It discusses implications of the growth theory regarding dynamics of inter-economy income inequality. Methodologies for...
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Is There Convergence of Russia's Regions?: Exploring the Empirical Evidence: 1995–2010
Lehmann, Hartmut; Silvagni, Maria Giulia - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
This paper analyses convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia’s regions during the period 1995 …-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we … regional product confirm this outcome as do non-parametric estimates of convergence, namely estimates using Markov transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276828
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Fiscal Prospects and Reforms in India
Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam; Koen, Vincent - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
Substantial fiscal consolidation was achieved under the aegis of the 2003 Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. While deficits widened anew in 2008 and 2009, against the backdrop of the global financial and economic crisis, efforts to reduce them have resumed since. To ensure...
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Portugal - Solid Foundations for a Sustainable Fiscal Consolidation
Haugh, David; Sorbe, Stéphane - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Owing to slow growth and a relatively weak fiscal position, Portugal’s public debt had been rising for almost a decade when the global crisis struck, sharply increasing the deficit. The loss of confidence in Portuguese and other euro area sovereign bonds required international financial...
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