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Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Pakistan: A Sectoral Analysis
Khan, Muhammad Arshad; Khan, Shujaat Ali - eSocialSciences - 2012
under the framework of Granger causality and panel cointegration for Pakistan over the period 1981-2008. The result supports … th e evidence of panel cointegration between FDI and output. FDI has a positive effect on output in the long run. The … result also supports the evidence of long-run causality running from GDP to FDI, while in the short run, the evidence of two …
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External Debt and Growth in Developing Countries: A Sensitivity and Causal Analysis
Chowdhury, Abdur R. - eSocialSciences - 2010
The paper aims to enhance the existing literature on the debt-growth nexus by analysing the relationship in two separate country groups using the extreme bounds analysis for sensitivity tests and the mixed, fixed, and random coefficient approach that allows for heterogeneity in the causal...
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The Causal Relationship between Information and Communication Technology and Foreign Direct Investment
Gholami, Roghieh; Lee, Sang-Yong Tom; Heshmati, Almas - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper investigates the simultaneous causal relationship between investments in information and communication technology (ICT) and foreign direct investment (FDI), with reference to its implications on economic growth. For the empirical analysis we use data from 23 major countries with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008725987
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The Dynamic Relationship between Price and Trading Volume: Evidence from Indian Stock Market
Kumar, Brajesh; Singh, Priyanka; Pandey, Ajay - eSocialSciences - 2010
using VAR, Granger causality, variance decomposition (VD) and impulse response function (IRF) are examined. Mixture of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543098
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A Spatial Integration Analysis of the Regional Fertilizer Markets in the Philippines
Galang, Ivory Myka R. - eSocialSciences - 2014
the Granger causality test, it is found that the price in one region either causes or affects prices in another region …. The cointegration test suggest that regional markets are integrated. Long-run relationships are also shown to be …
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Does Economic Growth Reduce Corruption? Theory and Evidence from Vietnam
Bai, Jie; Jayachandran, Seema - eSocialSciences - 2013
Government corruption is more prevalent in poor countries than in rich countries. This paper uses cross-industry heterogeneity in growth rates within Vietnam to test empirically whether growth leads to lower corruption. The analysis uses survey data collected from over 13,000 Vietnamese firms...
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Deforestation in the Himalayas: Myths and Reality
Baland, Jean Marie; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2014
Deforestation in developing and middle income countries is an urgent global problem, affecting climate change, soil erosion, major river basins, and livelihoods of poor households living near the forests. Public discussions of the problem are frequently dominated by widely held beliefs...
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Reframing the Climate Debate
Sharan, Vivan - eSocialSciences - 2014
There is perhaps only one broad certainty in the contemporary debate on climate change: not only does climate change affect different nations and communities differently, but the responses of individual stakeholders and institutions are also quite different, primarily because of their different...
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Creating a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in India: Report of the Committee on Angel Investment and Early Stage Venture Capital
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2012
Even though the economic and social benefits of thriving entrepreneurship and innovation are evident, it is critical to recognize that these benefits will only accrue if the key gaps in the ecosystem are addressed. Five key areas that an entrepreneur would need to address on a priority basis are...
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Firewood Collections and Economic Growth in Rural Nepal 1995-2010: Evidence from a Household Panel
Baland, Jean-Marie; Libois, Francois; Mookherjee, Dilip - eSocialSciences - 2013
A longitudinal household survey from World Bank Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) was used for the study. A relatively small (but representative) sample of households residing in the mountainous regions of Nepal (i.e., excluding the low-lying Terai regions) were surveyed in three...
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