North and South. Instrumental variables estimates show that social capital affects growth both directly and through … growth in the Italian regions. …

, which are one of the keys to the growth process: the economy can be discontinuously innovation-oriented due to the different …

political economy perspective. We consider an endogenous growth economy, where growth generates pollution and a deterioration of … the environment. Public expenditures may either be devoted to supporting growth or abating pollution. The decision over …, the less she will tax and devote resources to the environment, preferring to support growth. …

(both the size and the “direction”) on the long-run growth driven by human capital accumulation à la Lucas (1988), when the …. decreases) the BGP rate of growth. When abatement services are produced with the final output, the environmental taxation does … not influence growth. …

income growth among regions. Empirical data seem to support the absolute convergence hypothesis for U.S. states, but the data … also show that natural resource-abundance is a significant negative determinant of growth. We find that natural resource … effects can fully explain the negative effect of natural resource abundance on growth. …

to knowledge creation, a feature based on endogenous growth theory. We analyze the link from resource income future …

the 22 leading microfinance institutions in two climate vulnerable countries – Bangladesh and Nepal - are analysed to …