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We investigate the effects of input variety creation and destruction on both micro- and macroeconomic outcomes using detailed data from Belgium. We estimate that marginal costs rise by 0.6% for every 1% of suppliers lost. We show that this elasticity measures the area under the input demand...
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In the mid-1950's, Turkey was a much richer country than Korea. With about the same population, Turkish GNP was about …
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This paper assesses the empirical relevance of "dynamic" factors in industrialization in developing countries. Using data from a sample of 91 firms, rates of growth of output per unit of input are calculated. It is shown that there is little basis, at least with regard to Turkish experience, to...
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following Turkey's financial crisis in 2001, but then started moving in the opposite direction in the second half of 2000s. This … military's influence and the broadening of effective political participation. As Turkey-European Union relations collapsed and …-paced and lower-quality growth Turkey has been experiencing since about 2007 …
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and investment. However, for growth, higher inequality tends to retard growth in poor countries and encourage growth in …
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This paper looks at the patterns of causation between income, export, import, and investment growth for 25 developing …
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when institutional quality is instrumented. Finally, the experience of Hong Kong, which has had a flat investment ratio … since the 1960s, is consistent with the idea that making the transition from a low-investment economy to a high-investment …
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We document regularities in the distribution of relative incomes and patterns of investment in countries and over time …. We develop a quantitative version of the neoclassical growth model with a broad measure of capital in which investment … slowest growing countries in the model have growth rates and investment-output ratios similar to those in the data. In both …
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politico-economic environment, reduces investment. As a consequence, income inequality and investment are inversely related …. Since investment is a primary engine of growth, this paper identifies a channel for an inverse relationship between income … are investment and an index of socio-political instability. Our results are robust to sensitivity analysis on the …
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argued in two papers that the link between equipment investment and economic growth across countries is stronger than can be … generated by the Solow model. Accordingly, they conclude that such investment yields important external benefits. However, their … externalities to equipment investment. In particular, we find that the empirical link between investment and growth in the OECD …
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