's accounts in relation to the rest of the world. Problems in the balance sheet either cause a financial crisis that develops into … probability of a crisis are of the expected sign. The panel data set covers the time period 1973 through 2003 for 90 countries …. "--World Bank web site …

that this effect can be offset by having a large level of human capital. They test their model using panel data for the … Caribbean Region"--World Bank web site …

panel data models with country-specific fixed effects. The empirical results show that the most robust growth determinants … are the price of investment goods, distance to major world cities, and political rights. This suggests that growth … different prior assumptions on expected model size. "--World Bank web site …

. This paper shows how dynamic pseudo-panel methods can overcome these difficulties, allowing estimation of non-linear income … Mexico and are compared to panel data estimates from a short rotating panel. The results do find evidence of nonlinearities … in household income dynamics and demonstrate large bias in the panel data estimates. Nevertheless, even after allowing …

In accordance with the goals of the innovation grant, World Bank staff undertook a study tour to Turkey to observe …

contrast, domestic regulatory impediments to competition are not robustly correlated with product innovation. "--World Bank web …

the policies to forestall them. The paper concludes by identifying directions for future research. "--World Bank web site …

intermediation. Working with a panel of cross-country and time-series observations, they estimate an encompassing model of short- and … panel growth regressions. This paper--a product of the Growth and Investment Team, Development Research Group--is part of a … larger effort in the group to understand the sources of growth and volatility"--World Bank web site …