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Threshold effects and regional economic growth e Evidence from West Germany
Funke, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2002
We study an overlapping generations model of human capital accumulation with threshold effects using regional data for West Germany. Our basic goal is to shed light on what makes German regions grow. The paper finds that the relative income distribution appears to be stratifying into a trimodal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409398
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Product variety and economic growth : empirical evidence for the OECD countries
Funke, Michael; Ruhwedel, Ralf - 2000
Utilizing panel data for 19 OECD countries we find suppor t for the hypothesis that a greater degree of product variety relative to the US helps to explain relative per capita GDP levels. The empirical work relies upon some direct measures of product variety calculated from 6-digit OECD export...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781524
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A convex hull approach to counterfactual analysis of trade openness and growth
Funke, Michael; Gronwald, Marc - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003854442
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The undisclosed renminbi basket : are the markets telling us something about where the renminbi - US dollar exchange rate is going?
Funke, Michael (contributor); Gronwald, Marc (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003674399
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The US-China phase one trade deal : an economic analysis of the managed trade agreement
Funke, Michael; Wende, Adrian - 2021
In light of the recent tit-for-tat trade dispute between China and the US, interest in quantifying the effects of the … for China and the US, trade diversion effects are also analyzed. The model-based analysis finds noticeable positive … (negative) impacts of the agreement for the US (China) as well as negative spillover effects for countries not directly affected …
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