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Economic Growth and the Swedish Model
Henrekson, Magnus; Jonung, Lars; Stymne, Joakim - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
productivity catch-up is rejected. A number of potential `ultimate' causes behind the slowdown are explored. An increasingly …
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Persistent Differences in National Productivity Growth Rates with a Common Technology and Free Capital Mobility
Buiter, Willem H.; Kletzer, Kenneth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991
persistence of productivity growth differentials between nations, even though these countries show a common technology, constant … generations specification. The source of productivity (growth) differentials in our model is the existence of a non-traded capital … than leisure). We consider the influence on productivity growth differentials of private thrift, public debt, the taxation …
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Workers, Machines and Economic Growth
Zeira, Joseph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
This paper models technology adoption as replacing workers by machines, which perform the same job in the production process. The paper shows that such modelling of technology adoption affects significantly the analysis of economic growth. This model can explain large and persistent...
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Global Divergence in Growth Regressions
Battisti, Michele; Di Vaio, Gianfranco; Zeira, Joseph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper extends the standard growth regression model by adding an assumption that a country follows the global technology frontier either fully or partially. This additional assumption changes significantly the growth regression model and its results in three main ways. First, it shows that...
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Irish Economic Growth, 1945-88
O'Gráda, Cormac; O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
The paper reviews the economic performance of the Republic of Ireland since 1945. Its focus is comparative: Ireland's record is assessed against the evidence in OECD and Penn Mark V datasets for a `convergence club' of European economies, and is found wanting. The comparison confirms that the...
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