Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 546
Cover Image
Productive Government Expenditure and Economic Growth
Irmen, Andreas; Kuehnel, Johanna - 2021
We provide a comprehensive survey of the recent literature on the link between productive government expenditure and economic growth. Starting with the seminal paper of Robert Barro (1990) we show that an understanding of the core results of the ensuing contributions can be gained from the study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316522
Cover Image
Demographic Structure and Macroeconomic Trends
Aksoy, Yunus; Basso, Henrique S.; Smith, Ron; Grasl, Tobias - 2021
The effect of changes in demographic structure on medium-run trends of key macroeconomic variables is estimated using a Panel VAR of 21 OECD economies. The panel data variability assists the identification of direct effects of demographics, while the dynamic structure uncovers long-term effects....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315503
Cover Image
Ageing and Productivity Growth : Are There Macro-Level Cohort Effects of Human Capital?
Werding, Martin - 2021
demographics and the productivity of those who will still be active during the up-coming period of demographic ageing. As … productivity is difficult to investigate at a micro level, the paper builds on a large macro-data panel covering developed as well … output per worker as well as on total factor productivity (TFP). The results confirm earlier findings by Feyrer (2007 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316605
Cover Image
Do Government Purchases Affect Unemployment?
Holden, Steinar - 2011
We investigate empirically the effect of government purchases on unemployment in 20 OECD countries, for the period 1960-2007. Compared to earlier studies we use a data set with more variation in unemployment, and which allows for controlling for a host of factors that influence the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124098
Cover Image
The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Profits
Katsimi, Margarita - 2009
This paper investigates the impact of fiscal policy on profits using panel data for 19 high-income OECD countries during the period 1975-1999. We estimate a profit equation in which profits depend on a set of fiscal variables. Our empirical method is based on a consistent treatment of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154254
Cover Image
Fiscal Decentralization and Public Sector Efficiency : Evidence from OECD Countries
Adam, Antonis - 2008
This paper attempts to identify the effect of fiscal decentralization on public sector efficiency (PSE). We employ data envelopment analysis on a panel of 21 OECD countries over the period 1970-2000 to construct two alternative PSE indicators that reflect the governmental goals of economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012770638
Cover Image
The Economic Effects of Constitutions : Replicating - and Extending - Persson and Tabellini
Blume, Lorenz; Müller, Jens; Voigt, Stefan; Wolf, Carsten - 2021
fiscal policy, government effectiveness and productivity. Here, their dataset is extended in a number of ways: the number of … countries included is increased from 85 to up to 116, and more recent data for both government effectiveness and productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317083
Cover Image
Human Capital and the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle
Katsimi, Margarita - 2007
view (i.e., including human capital) of investment and saving. We find that the Feldstein-Horioka result is impervious to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777642
Cover Image
Evaluating Market Consolidation in Mobile Communications
Genakos, Christos - 2017
We study the dual relationship between market structure and prices and between market structure and investment in …. Furthermore, they also lead to higher investment per mobile operator, though the impact on total investment is not conclusive. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953486
Cover Image
Regulation, Institutions and Aggregate Investment : New Evidence from OECD Countries
Egert, Balazs - 2017
This paper investigates the relationship linking investment (capital stock) and structural policies. Using a panel of … with less investment (lower capital stock). The paper also sheds light on the existence of non-linear effects of product …, barriers to entrepreneurship and barriers to trade and investment) tend to amplify the negative relationships between product …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956879