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The great divergence : a network approach
Lindner, Ines; Strulik, Holger - 2014
We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge … country depends on its connections to the rest of the world and on the human capital of the countries it is exchanging … knowledge with. We show how the diffusion of knowledge through the world explains the evolution of global income inequality. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010253459
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Innovation and inequality in a small world
Lindner, Ines; Strulik, Holger - 2017
We present a multi-country theory of economic growth and R&D-driven technological progress in which countries are … countries it exchanges knowledge with. The diffusion of knowledge throughout the world explains a period of increasing world …. Knowledge diffusion through a Small World network produces an extraordinary diversity of country growth performances, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688459
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Growth effects of fiscal policies : a comparative analysis in a multi-country context
Brons, Martijn; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Nijkamp, Peter - 1999
The potential interactions among fiscal policies, investments and economicgrowth are complex and manifold.In this paper, we will perform a systematic comparative analysis of the variouseconomic insights that arecurrently available on these complex relationships, both theoretically (by aselective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301152
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Finance and growth : a survey of the theoretical and empirical literature
Eschenbach, Felix - 2004
This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on links between domestic financial development and economic growth. It starts with the pioneers in this field and then classifies two main schools favouring liberal financial regimes. First McKinnon and Shaw advocated financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335226
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Growth effects of fiscal policies : a comparative analysis in a multi-country context
Brons, Martijn; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Nijkamp, Peter - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001387211
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Growth and inequality : a meta-analysis
Dominicis, Laura de; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, … - 2006
In recent years there has been a growing interest in the impact of inequality on economic growth. Both theoretical and empirical approaches have produced ambiguous results on sign and size of this relationship. Although there is a considerable part of the literature that considers inequality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349190
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Trade policy and the household distribution of income
Francois, Joseph F.; Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo - 2004
We explore the relationship between import protection and the household distribution of income. We first develop a general-equilibrium mapping from tariffs to household inequality measures. This also yields predictions for linkages between tariffs, development level, and observed household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335217
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Education, growth and income inequality
Teulings, Coen N.; Rens, Thijs van - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001639506
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Lobbying on entry
Perotti, Enrico C.; Volpin, Paolo - 2004
We develop a model of endogenous lobby formation in which wealth inequalityand political accountability undermine entry and financial development. In-cumbents seek a low level of effective investor protection to prevent potentialentrants from raising capital. They succeed because they can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011338011
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Decomposing world health inequality
Pradhan, Menno; Sahn, David E.; Younger, Stephen D. - 2001
with usingincomes across time or place to compare welfare. Our calculation of world height inequalityindicates that in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317439