-abundant East Asia traded more heavily with the U.S. and thus engineered faster growth than did land-abundant Latin America. Factor … the pre-WWII growth of Japan, Southeast Asia's growth in the 1970s and the 1980s, and its economic crisis in the mid-1990s. …

The paper develops a Romer-type growth model with a research sector, a manufacturing sector, and a financial sector and … shows that inflation has an adverse effect on economic growth. Higher inflation increases the incentives for agents to use … sector and shifts resources out of other sectors of the economy including research, the engine of growth, into the financial …

government share of GDP is detrimental for economic growth. Their work is reassessed here. We find a number of omissions in their … analysis lead to a considerable over- statement of the effect of government size on growth. More important for growth …

globalization as well as sub-indexes constructed to measure the single dimensions on economic growth are analyzed empirically. The … results show that globalization promotes growth - but not to an extent necessary to reduce poverty on a large scale. The … dimensions most robustly related with growth refer to actual economic flows and restrictions in developed countries. Although …

In theory, the IMF could influence economic growth via several channels, among them advice to policy makers, money … for 98 countries over the period 1970-2000 it analyzes whether IMF involvement influences economic growth in program … countries. Consistent with the results of previous studies, it is shown that IMF programs reduce growth rates when their …

unobservable country characteristics, I instrument slave exports using measures of the distance from each country to the major …

Unfulfilled expectations about economic growth in Brazil has led many observers to question the ability of the new …, open trade regime to put the economy back on an path of sustainable growth. Whereas the country’s growth record has been … shows that trade liberalization has given an important contribution to two of the main drivers of growth: productivity and …

The study is an empirical analysis of the role of FDI in India's manufacturing exports during the period 1990-1 - 2003 …-4. The study assumes importance in view of the fact that manufacturing export constitutes 60 per cent of the total exports in … factor influencing manufacturing exports. GDP as a proxy for domestic demands; world income and unit value of exports …