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Resources, Agriculture, and Economic Growth in Economies in Transition

Gylfason, Thorvaldur - EconWPA - 2001

This paper reviews some reasons why natural resource abundance and extensive agriculture appear to impede economic growth around the world. The paper presents empirical, cross-sectional evidence of various aspects of this relationship in the transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe and...

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How are Oil Revenues redistributed in an Oil Economy? The case of Kazakhstan

Najman, Boris; Pomfret, Richard; Raballand, Gael; … - EconWPA - 2005

Kazakhstan’s economy has been driven by an oilboom since the discovery of large new oilfields coincided with the upturn of world oil prices after 1998. This paper uses national household expenditure survey data to examine whether Kazakhstan’s experience supports a curse or a blessing...

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CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY IN THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION

NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2004

Nigeria is going through a difficult political and economic transition after decades of independence.Yet, Nigeria remains a society rich in cultural, linguistic, religious, ethnic and political diversity. Today, the average Nigerian struggles hard to make ends meet; sees himself or herself as...

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Corruption, the Resource Curse and Genuine Saving

Dietz, Simon; Neumayer, Eric; Soysa, Indra de - EconWPA - 2004

Genuine saving measures net investment in produced, natural and human capital. It is a necessary condition for weak …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062454

Economic Growth and the Financial Economics of Capital Accumulation under Shifting Technological Change

Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S; Newcomb, Richard T. - EconWPA - 2004

This paper develops a simple and practical framework for characterizing (long-run) economic growth and fluid capital …) output/capital ratio via capital stock (balance sheet) adjustments and intensities, (b) value added stream of income via … of the feasible accumulation of capital investment (sources and uses of funds statement). The model is simple - it is …

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Corruption, the Resource Curse and Genuine Saving

Dietz, Simon; Neumayer, Eric; Soysa, Indra de - EconWPA - 2004

country makes in produced, natural and human capital less depreciation. Maintaining this net level of investment above zero is …

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CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY IN THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY

NWAOBI, GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2004

NIGERIA IS GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSITION AFTER FORTY YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE. YET, NIGERIA REMAINS A SOCIETY RICH IN CULTURAL, LINGUISTIC, RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC AND POLITICAL DIVERSITY. TODAY, THE AVERAGE NIGERIAN STRUGGLES HARD TO MAKE ENDS MEET; SEES HIMSELF OR HERSELF...

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A calibrated structural model of the Czech economy

Hlédik, Tibor - EconWPA - 2004

The paper presents a structural model framework for a small open economy. The model, based on optimising households and firms, has been calibrated on Czech macroeconomic data in order to develop an analytic framework suitable for analysing key policy questions related to the Czech Republic’s...

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Economia sintetica

Vildosola, Luis - EconWPA - 1998

Theoretical study identifying one modality with conditions necesary for the financial stabilization of an inherently unstable system; and 5040 other unstable dynamic modes. It draws on knowledge made available by the academic field of Control Engineering.

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The New Keynesian Phillips Curve: Some Counterfactual Evidence

Paez-Farrell, Juan - EconWPA - 2003

New Keynesian models of the business cycle have become the new paradigm of monetary economics, often used for policy analysis. This paper shows that this class of models fail in one crucial respect: they imply a strong negative contemporaneous correlation between inflation and output....

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