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This paper analyzes the links between financial and trade openness and financial development in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. It is based on a panel dataset using methods that tackle slope heterogeneity, cross-sectional dependence and non-stationarity, important econometric problems that...
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Over the past two decades, the growth rate of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from developing and transition …, it is important to assess how domestic investment responds to such outflows. This study empirically examines the effects … of outward FDI on domestic investment in developing countries. Using data from 121 developing and transition economies …
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Greece’s investment rate plunged following the Sovereign Debt Crisis (SDC) and remained one of the lowest in the world … in 2019. This paper explores recent investment dynamics and compares them against estimated benchmarks. Our results … suggest that Greece has been under-investing since the SDC, with private investment notably lagging behind. The estimated …
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vulnerable to financial frictions. By sheltering intangible investment from financial shocks, counter-cyclical macroeconomic … policy through the intangible investment channel, and its complementarity with pro-competition product market deregulation …
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This study examines the drivers of growth in Asian countries, with focus on the role of investment, the exchange rate … evidence is found that reduced financial risk and higher foreign direct investment support growth. The exchange rate regime …
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directly or indirectly through investment. In contrast to earlier studies, we conclude that there is some evidence of positive …-eligible countries to reach higher growth, but it remains unclear whether this is through higher investment or another channel. Also, the …
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The paper analyzes Jamaica's experience of low growth despite consistently high investment. Cross-country analysis … excessively on a few maturing sectors with limited scope for productivity growth. Furthermore, public investment has been crowded …
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This paper studies the impact of the level and volatility of the commodity terms of trade on economic growth, as well as on the three main growth channels: total factor productivity, physical capital accumulation, and human capital acquisition. We use the standard system GMM approach as well as...
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This paper documents the expanding economic linkages between low-income countries (LICs) and a narrow group of "Emerging Market leaders" that have become major players in regional and global trade and financial flows. VAR models show that these linkages have increased the share of growth...
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This study investigates the role of India's economy in explaining the observed growth in South Asia, taking into … India's bilateral trade and financial linkages with South Asian countries (SAC) are relatively weak, the paper analyses the … spillover effects by focusing on growth more generally with India's growth as an explanatory variable. The results of the panel …
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