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Investing in Hope: AIDS, Life Expectancy, and Human Capital Accumulation
Huang, Rui; Fulginiti, Lilyan E.; Peterson, E. Wesley - EconWPA - 2005
disease, on human capital investment decisions and income growth. This research is particularly relevant to Sub-Saharan Africa … even more pronounced for the African continent than for the rest of the world. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118675
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Finance, law and growth during transition: a survey
Haas, Ralph de - EconWPA - 2002
This paper surveys the economic literature on the links between finance, law and growth in the Central and Eastern European transition countries. The literature that is surveyed at the outset of the paper shows that if a financial system is based on an adequate legal system it can positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125524
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Do Stock Markets Promote Economic Growth?
Hanousek, Jan; Campos, Nauro F.; Filer, Randall K. - EconWPA - 2001
One of the most enduring debates in economics is whether financial development causes economic growth or whether it is a consequence of increased economic activity. Little research into this question, however has used a true causality framework. This paper fills this lacuna by using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413076
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Structural Problems in Namibia's Sectoral and Sub-Sectoral Performance During the 1968-1992 Years
Amavilah, V. Heinrich S. - EconWPA - 2003
A flexible production function analysis is addressed to Namibia's data for the 1968-1992 period to test for evidence of structural problems in sectoral and sub-sectoral performance. The analysis found the primary sector to be characterized by constant returns to scale through the entire 25...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408279
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Meditating on "Slow Growth in Africa" - New Evidence or Just Ol' Stuff?
Amavilah, V. Heinrich - EconWPA - 2003
Economic Perspectives (Summer, 1999: 3-114) published a collection of symposium papers on “Slow Growth in Africa”. Clearly the … collection added volume to Africa’s literature on the subject. However, the different opinions the papers expressed did little to … enhance current understanding of Africa’s economic performance, mainly because the papers paint very different pictures of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556058
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Resource Inefficiency and Poor Aggregate Economic Performance in African Countries: The Case of Namibia, 1968-1992
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich - EconWPA - 2003
This essay develops a transcendental variable elasticity of substitution (Trans-VES) production function in which hypotheses concerning scale, output-input, and substitution, elasticities can be examined. The objective is to determine the impacts of domestic resources on the pattern of economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556108
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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 accumulation under shifting technological change. The framework specifies a technological change that depends on exogenous and endogenous factors as well as the interaction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408266
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MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT OF HAPPINESS : A PRIORITY IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Dr.VSR.Subramaniam - EconWPA - 2005
If bigger objects go into a jar, then there will be space to fill it with smaller objects in sequence. If the order of the objects are reversed, then it ends in filling it at the starting point. Happiness in life is similar to this. Fill high priority needs in the life, and smaller needs can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408439
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The 1998 Third Annual Survey of Risk Management Practices of Unit Trusts in Singapore
LOS, CORNELIS A. - EconWPA - 2004
Liberalization of Singapore's financial sector causes its fund management industry to expand rapidly. As of December 1, 1998 there were 191 unit trusts to choose from. Eventually, Singapore, like the USA and Hong Kong, will have more unit trusts than stocks listed on its exchange. Many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076989
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Measuring Total Factor Productivity: Growth Accounting for Bulgaria
Ganev, Kaloyan - EconWPA - 2005
Total factor productivity measurement enables researchers to determine the contribution of supply-side production factors to economic growth. For Bulgaria, which is a transition economy, it is difficult to construct a production function with stable parameters, mostly because there are atypical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125694