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Indian GDP Before 1870: Some Preliminary Estimates and a Comparison with Britain
Broadberry, Stephen N; Gupta, Bishnupriya - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This paper provides estimates of Indian GDP constructed from the output side for the pre-1871 period, and combines them with population estimates to track changes in living standards. Indian per capita GDP declined steadily between 1600 and 1871. As British living standards increased from the...
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A Different Approach of Tax Progressivity Measurement
Govori, Florije - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Measuring income tax progression is a matter of many debates among groups with specific social interests. These debates are a consequence of disagreements regarding the model they prefer for measuring income tax progression. For this reason, authors with interest in this field suggest different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212956
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Tax Design in the OECD: A test of the Hines-Summers Hypothesis
Furceri, Davide; Karras, Georgios - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper investigates the effects of economic size and trade openness on tax design in the OECD. Using data for thirty OECD countries over the 1965-2007 period, we test the recently proposed Hines-Summers [2009] Hypothesis, according to which the smaller the size and the greater the openness...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008602766
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The Us Dollar, the Euro, and the Yen : An Evaluation of Their Present and Future Status as International Currencies
Beckmann, Rainer - 2010
The paper evaluates the present and future international currency status of the US dollar, the euro and the yen. In section two the functions, benefits, and costs of a leading international currency are discussed. In section three key determinants for the continuous dominance of the US dollar...
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Catching-Up and Club Convergence from Cross-National Perspective. A Statistical Study for the Period 1980-2010
Lechman, Ewa - 2014
The paper present the analysis outcomes on the catching-up process. Additionally it seeks for identifying the “convergence clubs” in cross-national section. It implements a traditional analysis of convergence tracking the catching-up process as well as the per capita income dynamics across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147302
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Catching-Up and Club Convergence from Cross-National Perspective. A Statistical Study for the Period 1980-2010
Lechman, Ewa - 2014
The paper present the analysis outcomes on the catching-up process. Additionally it seeks for identifying the “convergence clubs” in cross-national section. It implements a traditional analysis of convergence tracking the catching-up process as well as the per capita income dynamics across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147303
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Poverty Lines, What are they telling us?
Bronfman, Javier - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Global and local Poverty has been subject of study since early times, now a day, it seems like poverty alleviation is one of the most important and complex issues countries and regions are facing, and dealing with. None the less, poverty measurements lack of standardization and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212958
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Japan And The Great Divergence, 725-1874
Bassino, Jean-Pascal; Broadberry, Stephen N; Fukao, Kyoji; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
Japanese GDP per capita grew at an annual rate of 0.04 per cent between 725 and 1874, but the growth was episodic, with the increase in per capita income concentrated in three periods, 1150-1280, 1450-1600 and after 1730, interspersed with periods of stable per capita income. There is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272718
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How Did Japan Catch-Up On The West? A Sectoral Analysis Of Anglo-Japanese Productivity Differences, 1885-2000
Broadberry, Stephen N; Fukao, Kyoji; Zammit, Nick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
acceleration, comparison with the United States suggests that catching-up only really started after 1950, due to the unusually … dynamic performance of the US economy before 1950. A comparison with the United Kingdom, still the world productivity leader … Japanese manufacturing, which is also obscured by a comparison with the United States. Japan overtook the UK as a major …
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The impact of the global financial crisis on border-crossing mergers and acquisitions: A continental/industry analysis
Reddy, Kotapati Srinivasa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
While referring to the recent study on the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions in 26 countries (Reddy, Nangia, & Agrawal, 2014b), this paper aims to further examine the impact of financial crisis on the later form of market in 13 sub-continentals, three...
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