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In the US, defense R&D share of GDP has decreased significantly since 1960. To analyze the implications on economic growth and welfare, we develop an R&D-based growth model that features the commonly discussed crowding-out and spillover effects of defense R&D on civilian R&D. The model also...
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The Stern Review (2006) on the economics of climate change presented a cost estimate of perhaps even 20% of national income and subsequently was criticized by Weitzman and Nordhaus and others in a discussion that centered on the use of the calculus of variations and the choice of the proper rate...
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Tinbergen & Hueting (1991) provide an approach to the economics of ecological survival that still is unsurpassed. Various “green GDPs” have been proposed such as ISEW, Ecological Footprint, Genuine Savings and Genuine Progress Indicator, and lately there is an increased interest in happiness...
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Finance and growth emerged as a distinct field of economics during the last three decades as economists integrated the fields of finance and economic growth and then explored the ramifications of the functioning of financial systems on economic growth, income distribution, and poverty. In this...
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There have been important developments in the decentralization of the government structure in Turkey since the early … economic effects of government decentralization from both developed and developing countries, these effects have not been … recent reform efforts. They then provide an empirical analysis of the effects of decentralization in Turkish provinces using …
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lead to decentralization in 1999, which has entitled local governments (province and regency/municipality) to develop its … region autonomously. Surprisingly, it was concern that the decentralization will increase the disparities, rather than … Indonesian provinces disparities and poverty rate to overview the economic growth after decentralization. Overall, this research …
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poverty reduction at the regional level, with a particular emphasis on the role of decentralization. Over the past decade …
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