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knowledge for innovation output in Singapore, a small, highly open economy that has traditionally been significantly dependent … Singaporean firms depends disproportionately on technological knowledge produced by MNCs with operational presence in Singapore … universities constitute an insignificant, albeit rapidly growing, source for innovation in Singapore. …
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This study re-examines the validity of relationship between Singapore Dollar-US Dollar exchange rate and the relative … Smooth Transition Autoregressive (ESTAR)- type non-linear mean-reverting adjustment process of the nominal Singapore dollar … Singapore Dollar-US Dollar exchange rate and consumer price index ratio, this study shows that the relationship is in fact non …
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decomposition of aggregate productivity growth in Singapore over the period 1965-2002. The static shift-share analysis is utilized … productivity especially for manufacturing in the 1985 era which was characterized by interventionist labor market policies of the … government. On the other hand, the impact of labor shifts is negative in the post-1985 era which is characterized by a more …
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This study re-examines the validity of relationship between Singapore Dollar-US Dollar exchange rate and the relative … Smooth Transition Autoregressive (ESTAR)- type non-linear mean-reverting adjustment process of the nominal Singapore dollar … Singapore Dollar-US Dollar exchange rate and consumer price index ratio, this study shows that the relationship is in fact non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119476
analysis, that these complementarities are significant and robust in explaining growth outcomes over the period 1985-95. …
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Following up on a previous paper by the same author on the contribution of ICT capital to growth and labor productivity in Poland 1995-2000, this paper extends the study to eight transition economies: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia. The paper shows that...
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There is large evidence on a positive impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on economic growth and productivity in a number of developed countries in the 1990’s. There are however no studies, which would estimate the contribution of ICT to growth and productivity in...
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This paper proposes a “before-and-after” approach to empirical examination of the relationship between democracy and growth. Rather than the commonly used cross-country regression method, this paper compares the economic performances of forty countries before and after they became...
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Views of the future China vary widely. While some believe that the collapse of China is inevitable, others see the emergence of a new superpower that increasingly poses a threat to the U.S. This paper examines the economic growth prospects of China over the next two decades. Extrapolating past...
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This research develops a theory about the role of within-country income inequality leading to overtaking in economic performance among countries. The theory captures two opposing effects of inequality on factor accumulation and suggests that the qualitative change in their combined effect is a...
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