policymakers' beliefs about the impact of capital account liberalization on growth, under the 'Mundell's trilemma constraint. The …

We examine the (potentially nonlinear) relationship between inequality and growth using a method which does not require …

for growth, especially for developing countries. The empirical literature has not been able to conclusively establish the … presumed growth benefits of financial integration. Indeed, a new literature proposes that the indirect benefits of financial … ; capital account liberalization ; growth ; threshold conditions ; financial development ; institutions ; macroeconomic policies …

(1999) that Zipf's law follows from a stochastic growth process. In particular, Gabaix shows that if the regions follow … distributions ; city growth ; Zipf's law ; Gibrat's law ; rank-size rule …

We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth …-country distribution. Extensive sensitivity analyses of cross-country growth regressions generate remarkably stable results across … specifications, time periods, and country samples. In addressing causality, we find, first, significant growth effects of cognitive …

growth models estimated across world regions, these low levels of cognitive skills can account for the poor growth … comparable income data. Our growth analysis using these data confirms the significant effects of cognitive skills on intra … ; economic growth ; cognitive skills ; Latin America …

declines. In this paper, we examine whether faster growth in the Hispanic population is linked to faster growth in income per … capita in rural areas and small towns. Our results indicate strong support for the hypothesis that Hispanic population growth … has fueled increased economic growth in those small, rural communities whose populations had been in decline during the …

China has achieved impressive growth over the last three decades. However, there has been debate over the sources of … the growth, and the role of the intensive versus extensive margin. Growth accounting exercises at the aggregate level … have been doubts about the contribution of TFP improvements to growth. For the period between 1978 and 1998, Young (2003 …