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Role of Production Networks in Sustaining and Rebalancing Asia's Growth
Thorbecke, Willem - 2012
In last few decades, Asian production networks have contributed significantly toward the rapid trade expansion and economic growth in East Asia. Developed Asia produces technology-intensive intermediate goods and capital goods and ships them to the People Republic of China (PRC) and ASEAN for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101411
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The Sustainability of Chinese Growth and the Aggregate Factor Substitution Elasticity
Whalley, John - 2012
We discuss the sustainability of Chinese high growth relative to growth experience elsewhere, and specifically Soviet … sustainability of high Chinese growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110413
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Brown Growth, Green Growth, and the Efficiency of Urbanization
Quaas, Martin F.; Smulders, Sjak - 2021
We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a stylized dynamic model of urban growth with three sectors of production. Pollution, as a force that discourages agglomeration, is caused by domestic production. We show that cities are too large and too few in number in uncoordinated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315820
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Natural Resources : Curse or Blessing?
van der Ploeg, Rick - 2013
Are natural resources a “curse” or a “blessing”? The empirical evidence suggests either outcome is possible. The paper surveys a variety of hypotheses and supporting evidence for why some countries benefit and others lose from the presence of natural resources. These include that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013094532
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The Sustainability of Empire in Global Perspective : The Role of International Trade Patterns
Bonfatti, Roberto - 2012
revolution and the sustainability of empire come to depend on the capacity of the rebel colony to access international markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104259
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Sustainable Climate Treaties
Gersbach, Hans - 2017
We examine long-run treaties for mitigating climate change. Countries pay an initial fee into a global fund that is invested in long-run assets. In each period, part of the fund is distributed among the participating countries in relation to the emission reductions they have achieved in this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958888
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Generous Sustainability
Gerlagh, Reyer - 2014
I define “generous sustainability” as a combination of two conditions: neither instantaneous maximin income nor … compared to existing sustainability concepts. As a rule of thumb, generosity requires that GHG emissions are limited to levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040484
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Fiscal Sustainability in the Presence of Systemic Banks : The Case of EU Countries
Bénassy-Quéré, Agnès - 2012
fiscal sustainability, for 27 countries of the European Union. We first calculate tax gaps à la Blanchard (1990) and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098648
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Fiscal Equalization Schemes and Fiscal Sustainability
Potrafke, Niklas - 2012
Fiscal sustainability tests have largely ignored the institutional setting of fiscal policy making. Fiscal equalization … policies taking into account fiscal equalization transfers. Using panel data techniques we assess fiscal sustainability by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100010
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Sustainability of German Fiscal Policy and Public Debt : Historical and Time Series Evidence for the Period 1850-2010
Burret, Heiko - 2013
debt crisis has prompted a fundamental re‐evaluation of public debt sustainability and the looming threat of sovereign debt …'s peacetime debt‐to‐GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio has never been higher. In this paper, we analyse the sustainability of … anecdotal his‐torical analysis, we conduct formal tests on fiscal sustainability, including tests on stationarity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085753