Showing 1 - 10 of 176
The aim of this paper is to study the nature of the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in Cameroon through a three-step approach: (i) study the stationarity of the chronic, (ii) test of causality between variables, and (iii) estimate the appropriate model. The study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723180
Our paper examines the long run relationship between economic growth and the current account balance equilibrium by relying on the BoP constrained growth model. We find that Vietnam grew less than the rate predicted when the period 1985 to 2010 as a whole is considered, but with different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706920
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707159
This paper investigates the impact of complementarity reforms on growth and how it depends on GDP per capita. Based on reform data for six policy areas compiled from various sources during the period 1994-2006 for over 100 countries, we compute composite indicators of reform level and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099447
This paper investigates the effects of inequality in health on economic growth in low and middle income countries. The empirical part of the paper uses an original cross-national panel data set covering 62 low and middle income countries over the period 1985 to 2007. I find a substantial and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210413
We analyze the relationship between inequality and economic growth from two directions. The first part of the survey examines the effect of inequality on growth, showing that when capital markets are imperfect, there is not necessarily a trade-off between equity and efficiency. It therefore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011166557
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005442215
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095135
We analyze the relationship between legal institutions, innovation and growth. We compare a rigid (law set ex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706824
The process of development is linked to the rise of an integrated and competitive economy and polity that allow a maximal division of labor and innovation. This process relies on two intertwined dynamics. First, in the establishment of the rule of law, legal instruments are appropriated by those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706831