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Modelling tourism development and long-run economic growth in Aruba
Ridderstaat, Jorge; Croes, Robertico; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191232
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Entrepreneurship and the business cycle
Koellinger, P. D.; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003851112
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Identifying reduced-form relations with panel data
Vollebergh, Herman R. J.; Melenberg, Bertrand; … - 2007 - This version: September 13, 2007
The literature that tests for U-shaped relationships using panel data, such as those between pollution and income or inequality and growth, reports widely divergent (parametric and non-parametric) empirical findings. We explain why lack of identification lies at the root of these differences. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372978
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A Tourism Conditions Index
Chang, Chia-Lin; Hsu, Hui-Kuang; McAleer, Michael - 2014
This paper uses monthly data from April 2005 to August 2013 for Taiwan to propose a novel tourism indicator, namely the Tourism Conditions Index (TCI). TCI accounts for the spillover weights based on the Granger causality test and estimates of the multivariate BEKK model for four TCI indicators...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010227695
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The bicausal relation between religion and income
Bettendorf, Leon; Dijkgraaf, Elbert - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003233485
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Time-weighted difference-in-differences : accounting for common factors in short T panels
Schenk, Timo - 2023
This paper proposes a time-weighted difference-in-differences (TWDID) estimation approach that is robust against … DID estimation through balancing the pre-treatment and post-treatment unobserved common factors. To conduct valid … estimation uncertainty. Revisiting a study on the effect of a cap-and-trade program on NOx emissions, TWDID estimation reduces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013540632
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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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Financial sector competition, service trade, and growth
Francois, Joseph F.; Eschenbach, Felix - 2002
We explore dynamic linkages between financial/banking sector openness, financial sector competition, and growth. We first develop an analytical model, highlighting links between long-run economic performance and services trade, through scale economies and market and cost structures in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327533
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Skill intensity in foreign trade and economic growth
Wörz, Julia - 2004
estimation pointtowards a positive long-run growth effect arising from trade specialization in medium …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335211
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Space and growth
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial factors. An important distinction in this literature is the one between absolute and relative location. The literature on absolute location predominantly uses non-spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342567