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Testing the convergence hypothesis for OECD countries : a reappraisal

Gadea, María Dolores; Sanz-Villarroya, Isabel - 2016

This paper reviews the results of a number of empirical studies of convergence among the OECD countries and discusses … OECD countries, there are different clusters. The parameter representing the convergence hypothesis, despite being negative … convergence between the countries that belong to the upper quantiles. Moreover, 1960-1970 is highlighted as the period in which …

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Does fiscal consolidation hurt economic growth? : empirical evidence from Spanish regions

Lago Peñas, Santiago; Vaquero-Garcia, Alberto; … - 2019

This article provides empirical evidence on the effect of fiscal consolidation in decentralized countries. The focus on Spain is justified for three reasons. First, it is one of the OECD countries that has been the most affected by the Great Recession in terms of both GDP and public deficit....

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Public investment and economic activity in Mexico, 1925-1981

Fonseca, Felipe; Gómez-Zaldívar, Manuel; … - 2019

Mexican economic historiography recognizes the key role that public investment played in the country's economic performance from the post-revolutionary period until the beginning of the economic liberalization that began in the mid-1980s. However, there is no concrete empirical evidence that...

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Regional evidence on the finance-growth Nexus

Vaona, Andrea (contributor) - 2006

The Finance-Growth Nexus is a classical source of debate among economists. This contribution offers regional evidence on this issue in order to see if it can meet the data within a 140 years old economic union -- Italy -, in the ideal context for its main competitor - New Economic Geography -...

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The finance-growth nexus revisited : from origins to a modern theoretical landscape

Stolbov, Michail I. - 2012

The paper is a survey of theoretical and empirical approaches applied to analyze the impact of financial system on economic growth. The key issues of the modern theories of the finance-growth nexus are discussed and the theories are classified on the basis of the methodology they rely on. The...

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The corruption-income inequality trap : a study of Asian countries

Dwiputri, Inayati Nuraini; Arsyad, Lincolin; Pradiptyo, … - 2018

The existence of ambiguity in the study of the impact of corruption on economic growth, namely the grease the wheel hypothesis and sand the wheel hypothesis, trigger this research to look at the impact of corruption through another perspective, i.e. income inequality. This study identifies the...

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Macroeconomic constraints on economic development and poverty reduction : the case of Bolivia

Schweickert, Rainer - 2001

Bolivia's macroeconomic performance in the period 1994 to 1998 is analyzed and compared with the performance in former periods and the performance of other developing countries (grouped according to income, region, and debt status). This allows to assess what has been achieved in Bolivia since...

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Die Entwicklungschancen Lateinamerikas : ein Blick über die Argentinien-Krise hinaus

Schweickert, Rainer - 2002

Der Beitrag analysiert die Argentinien-Krise, vergleicht die makroökonomische Entwicklung von Argentinien, Brasilien, Chile und Mexiko seit der Mexiko-Krise und entwickelt Indikatoren zur Beurteilung der Entwicklungschancen dieser Länder. Für Argentinien wie für Brasilien, Chile und Mexiko...

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Die ökonomische und wirtschaftspolitische Entwicklung Lateinamerikas nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg

Foders, Federico - 2001

In diesem Beitrag wird zunächst das Wirtschaftswachstum Lateinamerikas im Zeitraum 1950-2001 im internationalen Vergleich untersucht. Daran schließt sich eine Analyse der Industrie- und Handelspolitik, der makroökonomischen Stabilisierung und der institutionellen Entwicklung in den...

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The religious transition : a long-run perspective

Paldam, Martin; Gundlach, Erich - 2009

We use factor analysis to derive a robust measure of religiosity from items reported in five waves of the World Value Survey. Our measure of religiosity is negatively correlated with per capita income. Development apparently causes religiosity to fall to about half its pre-modern level. Most...

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