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Modeling the future of knowledge economy: evidence from SSA and MENA countries
Asongu, Simplice A - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 1, pp. 612-624
This paper projects the future of knowledge economy (KE) in SSA and MENA countries using the four components of the World Bank's Knowledge Economy Index (KEI): economic incentive, education, ICTs and innovation. The empirical evidence provides the speeds of integration as well as the time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278769
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Innovation, Growth and Convergence in the Euro-Mediterranean Area: Implications for MENA Countries
Péridy, Nicolas - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 4, pp. 2978-2986
implications in terms of growth and convergence. Using a large set of innovation variables, we estimate a growth model à la Barro … which shows that differences in innovation between countries explain differences in growth of per capita GDP within this … the estimation of a convergence model, which shows that differences in innovation between MENA countries explain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008692046
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Big push industrialization: some empirical evidence for East Asia and Eastern Europe
Sauer, Christine; Li, Geng; Gawande, Kishore - In: Economics Bulletin 15 (2003) 9, pp. 1-7
In this paper we examine some testable implications of growth theories based on threshold externalities and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767634
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Are Non-Exporters Locked out of Foreign Markets because of Low Productivity?: Evidence from New Zealand Agriculture and Forestry
Iyer, Kris; Stevens, Philip Andrew; Austin, Darran - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 2, pp. 1694-1709
mixed rate of productivity growth: negative until the median and positive beyond. Exporters record a higher negative growth … rate relative to non-exporters (below the median) and also a higher positive growth rate (beyond the median). Analysis of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542661
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Big push industrialization: some empirical evidence for East Asia and Eastern Europe
Sauer, Christine; Li, Geng; Gawande, Kishore - In: Economics Bulletin 15 (2003) 9, pp. 1-7
In this paper we examine some testable implications of growth theories based on threshold externalities and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010629499
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The Aid-Growth Nexus: Empirical Evidence from Four Sub-Saharan African Countries.
Ogunleye, Eric; Nwachukwu, Tochukwu - In: Economics Bulletin 28 (2007) 1, pp. 0-0
There is a raging controversy regarding the impact of foreign aid on economic growth in developing countries. This … paper contributes to the growing literature by examining empirically the impact of per capita aid on economic growth using … environments. Our empirical results show a mixed evidence of the impact of aid on growth. In the case of Nigeria and Ghana, aid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010630340
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The Aid-Growth Nexus: Empirical Evidence from Four Sub-Saharan African Countries.
Ogunleye, Eric; Nwachukwu, Tochukwu - In: Economics Bulletin 28 (2007) 1, pp. 0-0
There is a raging controversy regarding the impact of foreign aid on economic growth in developing countries. This … paper contributes to the growing literature by examining empirically the impact of per capita aid on economic growth using … environments. Our empirical results show a mixed evidence of the impact of aid on growth. In the case of Nigeria and Ghana, aid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008556064
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Education, growth and technology diffusion
Heinrich, Tobias - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 1, pp. 866-870
-country datasets. The empirical results give evidence that all types of education are important for TFP growth and that there is an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278861
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Optimal intellectual property rights protection: the case of Colombia
Bogliacino, Francesco; Ramos, Alberto José Naranjo - In: Economics Bulletin 15 (2008) 20, pp. 1-15
We investigate the optimality of the actual degree of Intellectual Property Rights protection using a methodology derived from Patent Race Literature. We applied the methodology to Colombia, using the available two Innovation Surveys. Our result are consistent with an already optimal existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010836209
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Optimal intellectual property rights protection: the case of Colombia
Bogliacino, Francesco; Ramos, Alberto José Naranjo - In: Economics Bulletin 15 (2008) 20, pp. 1-15
We investigate the optimality of the actual degree of Intellectual Property Rights protection using a methodology derived from Patent Race Literature. We applied the methodology to Colombia, using the available two Innovation Surveys. Our result are consistent with an already optimal existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094581