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Measuring Electoral Competitiveness: With Application to the Indian States
Bhusana Dash, Bharatee; Ferris, John Stephen; Winer, … - 2018
We consider alternative methods of measuring the competitiveness of a majoritarian electoral system in the context of an analysis of Indian State elections. Our analysis highlights a number of weaknesses in the construction and interpretation of commonly used measures such as the effective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931966
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Measuring Electoral Competitiveness : With Application to the Indian States
Dash, Bharatee Bhusana - 2018
We consider alternative methods of measuring the competitiveness of a majoritarian electoral system in the context of an analysis of Indian State elections. Our analysis highlights a number of weaknesses in the construction and interpretation of commonly used measures such as the effective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908702
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A pair-wise approach to testing for output and growth convergence
Pesaran, Mohammad Hashem - 2004
This paper proposes a pair-wise approach to testing for output convergence that considers all N(N-1)/2 possible pairs … of log per capita output gaps across N economies. A general probabilistic definition of output convergence is also …-2000. Overall, the results do not support output convergence, and suggest that the findings of convergence clubs in the literature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276156
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Long memory in US real output per capita
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alana, Luis A. - 2009
This paper analyses the long memory properties of quarterly real output per capita in the US (1948Q1 2008Q3) using non-parametric, semi-parametric and parametric techniques. The results vary substantially depending on the methodology employed. Evidence of mean reversion is obtained in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271970
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Climate Damages in Convergence-Consistent Growth Projections
Harding, Tony; Moreno-Cruz, Juan; Quaas, Martin; … - 2023
projections can be resolved by accounting for growth convergence in a climate-econometric approach that is consistent with the …-level economic growth, our convergence-consistent projections reveal that under an unmitigated warming scenario, global climate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377464
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Unraveling the fortunes of the fortunate: an Iterative Bayesian Model Averaging (IBMA) approach
Eicher, Theo S.; Papageorgiou, Chris; Roehn, Oliver - 2007
We investigate country heterogeneity in cross-country growth regressions. In contrast to the previous literature that focuses on low-income countries, this study also highlights growth determinants in high-income (OECD) countries. We introduce Iterative Bayesian Model Averaging (IBMA) to address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264062
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Does Financial Inclusion Enhance per Capita Income in the Least Developed Countries?
Afonso, António; Blanco-Arana, M. Carmen - 2024
Financial inclusion is a key factor for economic growth in most developing countries. This paper examines the relationship between financial inclusion and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) using panel data for the period 1990-2021. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534365
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We Do Not Know the Population of Every Country in the World for the past Two Thousand Years
Guinnane, Timothy - 2021
Economists have reported econometric results that rely on estimates of the population of every country in the world for the past two thousand or more years. The underlying source is usually McEvedy and Jones' Atlas of World Population History, published in 1978. The McEvedy and Jones data have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012657948
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Ideas Production and International Knowledge Spillovers: Digging Deeper into Emerging Countries
Luintel, Kul B; Khan, Mosahid - 2017
Research and Development (R&D) activities of emerging countries (EMEs) have increased considerably in recent years. Recent micro studies and anecdotal evidence points to industrialized countries as the sources of knowledge in EMEs. In this context, we examine ideas production and international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777602
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We Do Not Know the Population of Every Country in the World for the Past Two Thousand Years
Guinnane, Timothy W. - 2021
Economists have reported econometric results that rely on estimates of the population of every country in the world for the past two thousand or more years. The underlying source is usually McEvedy and Jones’ Atlas of World Population History, published in 1978. The McEvedy and Jones data have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013215896