-to-date information about the cyclical stage of the global economy and of major emerging and developing regions including Africa …

, such as China, Poland, and Vietnam rode the tide, while other countries, many in the Africa region, faltered. This paper …

. We study an overlooked part of this Columbian Exchange: the effects of New World crops in Africa. Specifically, we test … Africa. We find robust empirical support for these predictions. We also find little evidence to suggest maize increased … economic growth or reduced conflict. Our results suggest that rather than stimulating development, the introduction of maize …

, both at the level of the outcome variable - usually national income or growth - as well as on the level of the independent … entire world for the period 1992-2013 we find that earthquakes reduce both light growth rates and light levels significantly … in a small grid and gets weaker the larger the unit of observation. National institutions and economic conditions are …

-together with standard growth models to frame the role of religion in economic growth. Unifying a growing literature, we argue that … religion can enhance or impinge upon economic growth through all four elements because it shapes individual preferences …, societal norms, and institutions. Religion affects physical capital accumulation by influencing thrift and financial …

turn looks for engines of sustained growth. We use a micro-founded macroeconomic model calibrated to Greece. Our …

East Africa the recent export growth was driven by new entrants rather than incumbent firms whose competitiveness might …) products for less developed countries in 1997 and the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in 2001 are used to assess … countries. The illusion of sustained African apparel exports is created by late-bloomers in East Africa offsetting boom …

inclusive green growth (IGG) relationship in Africa. Based on macro data for 22 African countries and the Driscoll …-Kraay standard errors with fixed effects instrumental variable regression, the following findings are established. First, Africa … threshold analysis suggests that by improving Africa's mostly unfree economic architecture to 60% (moderately free) or 80% (free …