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The international economics of natural resources and growth
Thorvaldur Gylfason (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003497703
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International taxation and multinational firm location decisions
Barrios Cobos, Salvador; Huizinga, Harry; Laeven, Luc; … - 2008
Using a large international firm-level data set, we estimate separate effects of host and parent country taxation on the location decisions of multinational firms. Both types of taxation are estimated to have a negative impact on the location of new foreign subsidiaries. In fact, the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805989
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Do natural resources depress income per capita?
Arezki, Rabah; Ploeg, Frederick van der - 2010
significant negative effect on income per capita, especially in countries with bad rule of law or bad policies, but these results … natural capital) has a significant negative effect on income per capita even after controlling for geography, rule of law and … openness. These results are robust to using alternative measures of institutional quality (expropriation and corruption instead …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969214
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Natural resource endowment : a mixed blessing?
Thorvaldur Gylfason - 2011
that arise along the way. Special attention is given to Norway, the world's third largest oil exporter, and the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009010049
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Nature, power, and growth
Thorvaldur Gylfason - 2001
This essay reviews the relationship between natural-resource abundance and economic growth around the world, and … protection, corruption, and income inequality. The cross-sectional data show, moreover, that the share of the primary sector in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397924
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Natural resources and economic growth : what is the connection?
Thorvaldur Gylfason - 2001
abundant natural capital tend to have (a) less trade and foreign investment, (b) more corruption, (c) less education, and (d …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399567
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Conference on housing, stability, and the macroeconomy : international perspectives
Arezki, Rabah; Beck, Thorsten; DeYoung, Robert; Duca, … - In: Journal of money, credit and banking : JMCB 47 (2015), pp. 1-11
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010532475
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The real exchange rate in the long run : Balassa-Samuelson effects reconsidered
Bordo, Michael D.; Choudhri, Ehsan U.; Fazio, Giorgio; … - 2014
Historical data for over hundred years and 14 countries is used to estimate the long-run effect of productivity on the real exchange rate. We find large variations in the productivity effect across four distinct monetary regimes in the sample period. Although the traditional Balassa-Samuelson...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010374513
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Thin capitalization rules and multinational firm capital structure
Blouin, Jennifer L.; Huizinga, Harry; Laeven, Luc; … - 2014
This paper examines the impact of thin capitalization rules that limit the tax deductibility of interest on the capital structure of the foreign affiliates of US multinationals. We construct a new data set on thin capitalization rules in 54 countries for the period 1982-2004. Using confidential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256736
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Education, social equality and economic growth : a view of the landscape
Thorvaldur Gylfason; Gylfi Zoega - 2003
Education has been one of the key determinants of economic growth around the world since 1965. In this paper, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506215