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Capital account policies, IMF programs and growth in developing regions
Bicaba, Zorobabel; Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli - 2015
policymakers' beliefs about the impact of capital account liberalization on growth, under the 'Mundell's trilemma constraint. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469677
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The African Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Index : conceptual, methodological and empirical flaws and the way forward
Naudé, Wim - 2024
This paper identifies conceptual, methodological, and empirical flaws in the first African Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Index (AEEI) that was launched in 2024. These flaws limit the usefulness of the AEEI. Moreover, given that the both the notions of entrepreneurial ecosystems and composite indices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014552647
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Trade and economic growth: theories and evidence from the Southern African Development Community
Farahane, Matias Jaime; Heshmati, Almas - 2020
This paper empirically tests the hypothesis that trade can act as an engine of growth using panel data for the Southern … formation was the need to accelerate, foster, and encourage the region's growth. Our results indicate that during the period … covered by this study (2005-2017), export expansion stimulated growth, more openness to trade reduced it, and that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290621
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Immigration, human capital formation and endogenous economic growth
Ehrlich, Isaac; Kim, Jinyoung - 2015
propositions and empirical tests consistent with these trends via a general-equilibrium model of endogenous growth where human … capital, population, income growth and distribution, and migration trends are endogenous. We derive new insights about the … impact of migration on long-term income growth and distribution, and the net benefits to natives in both destination and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428114
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Birthplace diversity and economic prosperity
Alesina, Alberto; Harnoss, Johann; Rapoport, Hillel - 2013
We use recent immigration data from 195 countries and propose an index of population diversity based on people's birthplaces. This new index is then decomposed into a size (share of foreign born) and a variety (diversity of immigrants) component and is available for 1990 and 2000 disaggregated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009793124
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Trust, growth and well-being : new evidence and policy implications
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - 2013
This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and growth. It discusses the various measures of trust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009763283
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Religion and innovation
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2015
In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010509962
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Labor market discrimination and the macroeconomy
Asali, Muhammad; Gurashvili, Rusudan - 2019
general-to-specific vector autoregression framework to test for the Granger causality between discrimination and growth. A … reduces economic growth, and economic growth lowers discrimination. Also, we find that higher unemployment rates are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974394
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The political U : new evidence on democracy and income
Campos, Nauro; Coricelli, Fabrizio; Frigerio, Marco - 2022
This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960-2018, we show that the causal relationship between political and economic development is U-shaped: "intermediate" political regimes significantly lead to inferior economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412764
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Lobbying for industrialization : theory and evidence
Veselov, Dmitriy; Yarkin, Alexander - 2024
Industrial policies, such as infrastructure investments and export tariffs, affect the allocation of labor and incomes across sectors, attracting substantial lobbying efforts by special interest groups. Yet, the link between structural change and lobbying remains underexplored. Using more than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014545117