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. …

We revisit the evidence of the existence of a long -run link between financial intermediation and economic growth, by … testing of cointegration between the growth rate of real GDP, control variables and three series reflecting financial … intermediation. We consider a model with a factor structure that allows us to determine whether the finance-growth link is due to …

In this paper, we analyze the interaction between corruption, taxation and economic growth. Our contributions are … twofold. Theoretically, in an endogenous growth model, we introduce corruption in two different ways: corruption in the public … growth rate positively but it can also exert a negative effect via fiscal revenue. Not only does it tend to make the tax rate …

growth. This paper analyses the innovation-productivity relationship at the industry-level for a sample of OECD manufacturing …Several recent policy and academic contributions consider that liberalising product markets would foster innovation and … and for a given time period. Contrary to the most widespread policy claims, the innovation-boosting effects of …

This paper reformulates the finance-growth nexus in the case of developing countries. Using the Neoclassical growth … framework, our contribution is threefold. First, we show that entrepreneurship is a growth-enhancing factor in both financial …

Restructuring practices belong to today's organizational life. Even if the phenomenon is not new it significantly … decisions. Much debated in popular medias, restructuring issues have been also inspiring scholars from various fields (sociology … hardly contributed in understanding the deep complexity and the multiple hidden dimensions of restructuring situations. We …

growth over the period 1981-2005. The econometric relationships derived in this paper suggest that future reductions in CO2 …

We make use of a bootstrap panel analysis of causality between energy use and economic growth for a sample of sixteen … African countries over the period 1988-2010. Our results show that growth and energy use are strongly linked in Africa …. However, African countries are heterogeneous and there is no "one way" recommendation about energy-growth relationship that …

We analyze the interplay between longevity, pollution and growth. We develop an OLG model where longevity, pollution … and growth are endogenous. The authorities may provide two types of public services, public health and environmental … maintenance, that participate to increase agents' life expectancy and to sustain growth in the long term. We show that global …