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Growth, longevity and public policy : presented at CESifo Area Conference on Public Sector Economics, April 2006

Ponthière, Grégory - 2006

This paper studies the optimal long-run public intervention in a two-period OLG model where the probability of surviving the first period and the length of the second period can be influenced by distinct policies. While the optimal size of public intervention depends on the extra-productivity of...

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Are cardiovascular diseases bad for economic growth?

Suhrcke, Marc; Urban, Dieter M. - 2006

We assess the impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality on economic growth, using a dynamic panel growth regression framework taking into account potential endogeneity problems. We start from a worldwide sample of countries for which data was available and detect a non-linearity in the...

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Shadow economies and corruption all over the world: what do we really know?

Schneider, Friedrich - 2006

Estimations of the size and development of the shadow economy for 145 countries, including developing, transition and … highly developed OECD economies over the period 1999 to 2003 are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (as a … with labor market regulation, are the driving forces of the shadow economy. Furthermore, the results show that the shadow …

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Financial markets and economic growth in Poland : simulations with an econometric model

Wdowinski, Piotr - 2005

In this paper we present simulations of economic performance of the Polish economy based on a quarterly econometric … model. The model consists of 22 stochastic equations, which link the financial market with the real economy. The purpose of …

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Distribution of natural resources, entrepreneurship, and economic development : growth dynamics with two elites

Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2005

This paper develops a model in which the interaction of entrepreneurial investments and power of the owners of land or other natural resources determines structural change and economic development. A more equal distribution of natural resources promotes structural change and growth through two...

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Fiscal federalism and economic growth

Brueckner, Jan K. - 2005

This paper uses an endogenous-growth model with overlapping generations to explore the connection between fiscal federalism and economic growth. The analysis shows that federalism, which allows public-good levels to be tailored to suit the differing demands of young and old consumers, who live...

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Institutions and technological innovation during early economic growth : evidence from the great inventors of the United States, 1790-1930 ; presented at CESifo Venice Summer Institute, workshop on institutions and growth, July 2004

Khan, B. Zorina; Sokoloff, Kenneth L. - 2004

Biographical information on a sample of renowned U.S. inventors is combined with information on the patents they received over their careers, and employed to highlight the implications of patent institutions for markets in inventions and for democratization. The United States deliberately...

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Making judges independent : some proposals regarding the judiciary

Feld, Lars P.; Voigt, Stefan - 2004

It is argued that an independent judiciary is a necessary condition for both individual liberty and economic prosperity. After having surveyed the literature dealing with how to arrange for an independent judiciary, the authors derive some additional policy implications by drawing on two...

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The welfare state redistribution and the economy : reciprocal altruism, consumer rivalry and second best

Ploeg, Frederick van der - 2004

economy, but there is not much evidence that countries with a large welfare state and substantial redistribution have worse … misconduct and search effort harm the economy less. Indeed, conditional benefits may even boost employment in an economy with …

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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 presents some new results. The principal reasons why resource-based production can inhibit economic growth over long periods are traced to the Dutch disease, neglect of education,...

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