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trade and TFP growth both over time and across sectors …
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This paper examines the factor intensity of South Africa''s trade. The conclusion is that South Africa is revealed though its trade pattern to be capital abundant (relative to labor). Surprisingly, this result holds especially for South Africa''s trade with its high income partners, which should...
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financial intermediation on economic activity. On the one hand, the empirical growth literature finds a positive effect of … paper starts by illustrating these opposing effects by, first, analyzing the dynamics of output growth and financial … intermediation around systemic banking crises and, second, showing that the growth enhancing effects of financial depth are weaker in …
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We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining cross-country income levels using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of institutions ""trumps"" everything else. Controlling for...
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intermediation on economic activity. On the one hand, the empirical growth literature finds a positive effect of financial depth as …
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Several recent empirical studies have examined determinants of economic growth using country average (cross … industrial and developing countries over 1960-85 to determine the quantitative importance for economic growth of both country … results provide support for the view that these factors exert a positive and significant influence on economic growth. They …
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