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Monetary policy and sectoral shocks : did the Federal Reserve react properly to the high-tech crisis?
Raddatz, Claudio E. - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523277
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The relative richness of the poor? : Natural resources, human capital, and economic growth
Bravo-Ortega, Claudio - 2005
"Are natural resources a blessing or a curse? Bravo-Ortega and De Gregorio present a model in which natural resources have a positive effect on the level of income and a negative effect on its growth rate. The positive and permanent effect on income implies a welfare gain. There is a growth...
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Traffic fatalities and economic growth
Cropper, Maureen L. - 2003
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World product and income : international comparisons of real gross product
Kravis, Irving B.; Heston, Alan; Summers, Robert - 1982
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Does inflation targeting matter for output growth? : evidence from industrial and emerging economies
Varella Mollick, Andre - 2008
"This paper examines the effects of inflation targeting on industrial and emerging economies' output growth over the … systematic positive and significant effects of inflation targeting on real output growth. In dynamic models, the findings show … strong output persistence in industrial economies, in which partial and full inflation targeting regimes have a positive long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520968
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Foreign direct investment, regulations, and growth
Busse, Matthias - 2006
"This paper explores the linkage between income growth rates and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. So far the evidence is rather mixed, as no robust relationship between FDI and income growth has been established. The authors argue that countries need a sound business environment in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522178
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Why have traffic fatalities declined in industrialized countries? : implications for pedestrians and vehicle occupants
Kopits, Elizabeth - 2005
"This paper examines whether the relationship between traffic fatalities and per capita income is the same for different classes of road users and investigates the factors underlying the decline in fatalities per vehicle kilometer traveled (VKT) observed in high-income countries over recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522522
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Growth, inequality, and simulated poverty paths for Tanzania, 1992-2002
Demombynes, Gabriel - 2004
Tanzanians live, requires sustaining high growth in rural output per capita. This paper--a product of the Poverty Reduction and …
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Trade facilitation and economic development : measuring the impact
Mann, Catherine L. - 2003
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Exports, Export Destinations, and Skills
World Bank - 2013
This paper explores the links between exports, export destinations and skill utilization by firms. The authors identify two mechanisms behind these links, which we integrate into a unified theory of export destinations and skills. First, exporting to high-income countries requires quality...
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