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The paper examines empirically the question of whether more unequal societies spend more on income redistribution than their more egalitarian counterparts. Theoretical arguments on this issue are inconclusive. The political economy literature suggests that redistributive spending is higher in...
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The spectacular growth of many economies in East Asia over the past 30years has impressed the economics profession … Province of China) as ""miraculous."" This papercritically reviews the reasons alleged for this extraordinary growth.It weighs … ofinvestments and exports, and the influence of initial conditions onsubsequent growth …
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This paper develops a model merging the monetary approach to the balance of payments and a neoclassical growth model … into a unified framework in which inflation, growth, and the balance of payments are simultaneously determined. The …
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This paper formulates a simple aggregate growth model that is capable of assessing the impact of macroeconomic policies …-term growth performance. The analytical results suggest a number of implications that are relevant to the design of growth …
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also to slower growth in productivity. Itfinds that on average per capita GDP growth was slightly faster underfloating …
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such immigration on growth and incomes. In the context of a two-country endogenous growth model with heterogeneous agents … because of differences in income tax rates or technology, can bring about a reduction in the steady state growth rate of the … country of emigration. Additionally, permanent difference in the growth rates as well as incomes between the two countries can …
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Islamic banking for growth and stabilization of the economy. It analyzes the long-run effects of Islamic banking on …
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investment and growth, especially given rising global interest rates. Bigger debt servicing burdens will reduce available fiscal … increased crisis risk -making countries vulnerable to abrupt changes in market sentiment, jeopardizing both stability and growth …
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This paper identifies the countries that meet the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative's income and indebtedness eligibility criteria based on end-2004 data. It also updates the status of these countries toward qualifying for debt relief and presents cost estimates of debt...
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