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An important strand of research in macro-finance investigates which factors impede enterprise investment, and … equilibrium model with heterogeneous firms whose capital investment decisions are distorted by red tape. We find that the …
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The investment-intensive growth model of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is often viewed as state-driven and … ultimately unsustainable. But largely unnoticed, a shift has taken place. This paper examines the changes in investment patterns … economy-wide data with various breakdown. Significant shifts in investment patterns across sectors and ownership forms have …
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it driven by investment and capital accumulation. By 2014, gross capital formation had reached 46 percent of aggregate … expenditures. This paper documents the role of investment in driving economic growth in China, questions how much longer China can … sustain a relatively high investment rate, and examines the arguments that have been offered for an impending drastic …
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In this paper, we apply a convex hull approach to counterfactual analysis of trade openness and growth. The experiments we choose evaluate the importance of trade openness for growth across African countries. Specifically, we ask the question what would happen if African countries were more...
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Investment in network infrastructure can boost long-term economic growth in OECD countries. Moreover, infrastructure … investment can have a positive effect on growth that goes beyond the effect of the capital stock because of economies of scale … between infrastructure and economic growth. Time-series results reveal a positive impact of infrastructure investment on …
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This paper studies the formation of human capital and its transmission across generations when premature adult mortality is a salient feature of the demographic landscape, either permanently or in the form of a long-period wave that follows the outbreak of an epidemic. We establish several...
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Motivated by the process of economic development in Eastern Germany since the German reunification we set up a dynamic …
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Should a developing economy, such as India, have a macroeconomic policy framework that is identical to an advanced capitalist country? The answer is a "No", because the developing economies have external constraints, that the more developed countries do not. They also, often, need to achieve a...
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macroeconomic development in East Germany since 1991. …
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An important strand of research in macro-finance investigates which factors impede enterprise investment, and … equilibrium model with heterogeneous firms whose capital investment decisions are distorted by red tape. We find that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014348183