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Explaining Anglo-German Productivity Differences in Services Since 1870
Broadberry, Stephen N - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Germany overtook Britain in comparative productivity levels for the whole economy primarily as a result of trends in … services rather than trends in industry. Britain’s productivity lead in services before World War II reflected external … economies of scale in a highly urbanised economy with an international orientation. Low productivity in Germany reflected the …
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Economic growth and the rise of political extremism: theory and evidence
Brückner, Markus; Grüner, Hans Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
In many western democracies, political parties with extreme platforms challenge more moderate incumbents. This paper analyses the impact of economic growth on the support for extreme political platforms. We provide a theoretical argument in favor of growth effects (as opposed to level effects)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530375
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Endogenous Growth and Stochastic Trends
Fatás, Antonio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
business cycles model with exogenous productivity shocks, cannot produce this correlation. We propose an explanation based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124049
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791604
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On the Sources of Convergence: A Close Look at the Spanish Regions
de la Fuente, Angel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
We investigate the sources of productivity convergence using panel data for the Spanish regions. As a framwork, we … productivity levels, which point to the omission of important variables and to the need for a more disaggregated analysis. Lastly …
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The Sources of Irish Growth
de la Fuente, Angel; Vives, Xavier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
This paper explores the sources of Ireland’s relative growth performance. Using panel data for a sample of OECD countries, we estimate a convergence equation and use it to conduct a growth accounting exercise which provides quantitative estimates of the immediate sources of Ireland’s growth...
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Regional Convergence in Spain, 1965-95
de la Fuente, Angel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
this variable into employment and productivity factors and an estimate of a regional production function. …
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Regional Cohesion: Evidence and Theories of Regional Growth and Convergence
Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
After arguing that the concepts of b-convergence and s-convergence are independently interesting, this paper extends the empirical evidence on regional growth and convergence across the United States, Japan, and five European nations. We confirm that the estimated speeds of convergence are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114384
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The Classical Approach to Convergence Analysis
Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
The concepts of s-convergence, absolute b-convergence and conditional b-convergence are discussed in this paper. The concepts are applied to a variety of data sets that include a large cross section of 110 countries, the sub-sample of OECD countries, the states within the United States, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656407
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Galton's Fallacy and Tests of the Convergence Hypothesis
Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993
Recent tests for the convergence hypothesis derive from regressing average growth rates on initial levels: a negative initial level coefficient is interpreted as convergence. These tests turn out to be plagued by Francis Galton's classical fallacy of regression towards the mean. Using a dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791236