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“Economic freedom” and economic growth: questioning the claim that freer markets make societies more prosperous
Cohen, Joseph N - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
A conventional reading of economic history implies that free market reforms rescued the world’s economies from stagnancy during the 1970s and 1980s. I reexamine a well-established econometric literature linking economic freedom to growth, and argue that their positive findings hinge on two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257910
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“Economic freedom” and economic growth: questioning the claim that freer markets make societies more prosperous
Cohen, Joseph N - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
A conventional reading of economic history implies that free market reforms rescued the world’s economies from stagnancy during the 1970s and 1980s. I reexamine a well-established econometric literature linking economic freedom to growth, and argue that their positive findings hinge on two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325575
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Commodity Export Diversification in Rwanda - Many Export Discoveries with Little Scaling-Up
Chandra, Vandana; Li, Ying; Osorio Rodarte, Israel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
generate employment and meet the Government of Rwanda´s targets for poverty reduction. This chapter presents evidence that … increased diversification of exports is linked to increased export and GDP growth. Yet, commodity exports in Rwanda are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472237
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Measuring the maritime potential of nations. The CenPRIS ocean index, phase one (ASEAN)
Evers, Hans-Dieter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper describes the methods used to construct an index to measure the maritime potential of nations. This prototype uses a limited number of variables to measure (a) the locational advantage of having a long coastline in comparison to the landmass (Maritime Potential Index MPI) , (b) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147910
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Development patterns and the international order
Chichilnisky, Graciela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1977
The concept of basic needs is today at the center of many discussions about development and the international order. Some international organizations are rethinking their prior evaluation of development policies based largely on aggregate economic output, in particular, the welfare of the very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619684
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Developing Economies with Industrial Policy: Towards a Toolbox for Economic Growth. With Case Studies of Jordan and Egypt
Benner, Maximilian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
During the past two decades, the “Washington Consensus” has been the dominant recipe for unleashing economic growth in developing countries. In view of the strong criticism mounted against it, it seems to have lost prominence recently. The success of the East Asian newly industrialized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260809
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The Metropolitan Region of Campinas, Brazil: applying the technopolis framework
Lambais, Guilherme B. R. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the MRC with respect to entrepreneurship and becoming a technopolis. We … technological innovation and entrepreneurship in the form of research institutes, a research university (Unicamp), support groups … legal assistance, as well as their policy recommendations for improving entrepreneurship in the region. We conclude that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490079
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Foreign direct investment, development and the new global economic order. A policy brief for the South
Singh, Ajit; Zammit, Josephine Ann - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1997
Preface Over the last decade and a half the global economic order has been undergoing major changes. While this may be thought to reflect the results of a multilateral and participatory process involving debate and negotiations, in reality it has been mostly driven by the economic interests of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109162
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Is “economic freedom” strictly free market capitalism? A decompositional analysis of the Economic Freedom of the World index
Cohen, Joseph N - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The Frasier Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World is often taken as a metric of market capitalism. This paper argues that the index is an amalgam of measures capturing free markets and good governance, and analysts should remain cognizant of this conceptual conflation when using the index...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560960
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The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Latinamerican Scoreborard: The impact of University-Industry Cooperation in Ecuador
Massón-Guerra, José Luis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
of the innovation and entrepreneurship in Latin-American Countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836495