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Bribery-export nexus under the firm's growth obstacles
Trang Hoai Phan; Stachuletz, Rainer - In: Economies : open access journal 10 (2022) 2, pp. 1-26
Business bribery is a particularly serious problem in the integration era. First, this article investigates the effects of institutional obstacles on firms' bribery in 131 countries classified by nation income groups. Through the appropriate proposal of fitting functions, the relationship...
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Empirical analysis of the impact of education on economic growth
Ziberi, Besime Fekri; Rexha, Donat; Ibraimi, Xhemazie; … - In: Economies : open access journal 10 (2022) 4, pp. 1-10
Education is a crucial factor for sustainable economic growth. Therefore, public expenditures on education are of great … the model is Gross Domestic Product and the independent variables in the model are public expenditures on education, labor … expenditures on education will positively affect economic growth in the North Macedonia. The study also shows that a one …
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Causal interaction between FDI, corruption and environmental quality in the MENA region
Bardi, Wajdi; Hfaiedh, Mohamed Ali - In: Economies : open access journal 9 (2021) 1/14, pp. 1-12
The present work analyzes the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) and corruption on the quality of the environment in the MENA region. Indeed, the magnitude of corruption and the quality of institutions are often cited as the main factors affecting the FDI inflow. Here, the Autoregressive...
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Growth effect of public debt : the role of government effectiveness and trade balance
Butkus, Mindaugas; Seputiene, Janina - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 4/62, pp. 1-27
A growing number of recent works support the idea of debt threshold level (turning point), above which debt starts reducing economic growth. However, estimated threshold varies sharply across studies and gives a little insight into what the optimal level of debt is. The point is that there is no...
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Foreign direct investment and exports stimulate economic growth? : evidence of equilibrium relationship in Peru
Bazán Navarro, Ciro Eduardo; Álvarez-Quiroz, Víctor … - In: Economies : open access journal 10 (2022) 10, pp. 1-16
The purpose of this research is to estimate the dynamic impacts of foreign direct investments (FDI) and exports on economic growth in Peru (1970-2020) using annual series. Starting with the theoretical Mundell-Fleming static model with assumptions, we find that the change in exports does not...
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On the asymmetric relation between inflation and growth in Mexico : a NARDL approach
Trejo-García, José Carlos; Valencia-Romero, Ramón; … - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 1, pp. 1-25
The effects of various geopolitical tensions, conflicts between countries and the global post-pandemic COVID-19 have caused an acceleration in the price level in many countries around the world. This research focuses on Mexico since its monetary policy has created intricate interactions between...
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Corruption, Public Investment, and Growth
Tanzi, Vito - 1997
expenditures on operations and maintenance; and (iv) lower quality of public infrastructure. The evidence also shows that …
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Are Immigrant Remittance Flows a Source of Capital for Development
Jahjah, Samir - 2003
The role of remittances in development and economic growth is not well understood. This is partly because the literatures on the causes and effects of remittances remain separate. We develop a framework that links the motivation for remittances with their effect on economic activity. Because...
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Can Policies Affect Employment Intensity of Growth? : A Cross-Country Analysis
Furceri, Davide - 2012
The aim of this paper is to provide new estimates of employment-output elasticities and assess the effect of structural and macroeocnomic policies on the employment-intensity of growth. Using an unbalanced panel of 167 countries over the period 1991 - 2009, the results suggest that structural...
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Do Taxes Matter for Long-Run Growth? : Harberger's Superneutrality Conjecture
Asea, Patrick K. - 1995
Harberger’s superneutrality conjecture contends that, although in theory the mix of direct and indirect taxes affects investment and growth, in practice growth effects of taxation are negligible. This paper provides evidence in support of this view by testing the predictions of endogenous...
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