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Testing for Parameter Instability and Structural Change in Persistent Predictive Regressions

Andersen, Torben; Varneskov, Rasmus Tangsgaard - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

variables may be fractionally integrated and the predictive relation may feature cointegration, we provide sup-Wald break tests …

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Institutions Rule : The Primacy of Institutions over Geography and Integration in Economic Development

Rodrik, Dani - 2002

We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining income levels around the world, using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of institutions trumps' everything else. Once institutions are...

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When Does Capital Account Liberalization Help More than It Hurts?

Arteta, Carlos - 2001

In this paper we reconsider the evidence on capital account liberalization and growth. While we find indications of a positive association, the effects vary with time, with how capital account liberalization is measured, and with how the relationship is estimated. The evidence that the effects...

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Latin America and Foreign Capital in the Twentieth Century : Economics, Politics, and Institutional Change

Taylor, Alan M. - 1999

Latin America began the twentieth century as a relatively poor region on the periphery of the world economy. One cause of a low level of income per person was capital scarcity. Long run growth via capital deepening requires either the mobilization of domestic capital through savings, or large...

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How Does Foreign Direct Investment Affect Economic Growth?

Borensztein, Eduardo - 1995

We test the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth in a cross-country regression framework …, utilizing data on FDI flows from industrial countries to 69 developing countries over the last two decades. Our results suggest … that FDI is an important vehicle for the transfer of technology, contributing relatively more to growth than domestic …

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Unintended Consequences of Eliminating Tax Havens

Suárez Serrato, Juan Carlos - 2018

We show that eliminating firms' access to tax havens has unintended consequences for economic growth. We analyze a policy change that limited profit shifting for US multinationals, and show that the reform raised the effective cost of investing in the US. Exposed firms respond by reducing global...

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Does Openness to International Financial Flows Raise Productivity Growth?

Kose, M. Ayhan - 2008

this masks an important and novel result. We find strong evidence that FDI and portfolio equity liabilities boost TFP …

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Foreign Capital and Economic Growth

Prasad, Eswar S. - 2007

We document the recent phenomenon of "uphill" flows of capital from nonindustrial to industrial countries and analyze whether this pattern of capital flows has hurt growth in nonindustrial economies that export capital. Surprisingly, we find that there is a positive correlation between current...

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Foreign Capital and Economic Growth in the First Era of Globalization

Bordo, Michael D. - 2007

We explore the association between income and international capital flows between 1880 and 1913. Capital inflows are associated with higher incomes per capita in the long-run, but capital flows also brought income volatility via financial crises. Crises also decreased growth rates of income per...

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Please Pass the Catch-up The Relative Performance of Chinese and Foreign Firms in Chinese Exports

Blonigen, Bruce - 2007

Foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) account for well over half of all Chinese exports and this share continues to grow. While the substantial presence of FIEs has contributed greatly to the recent export-led growth of China, an important objective of the Chinese government is to ultimately...

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