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Ostry, Jonathan David - 2008

We identify structural breaks in economic growth in 140 countries and use these to define ""growth spells:"" periods of high growth preceded by an upbreak and ending either with a downbreak or with the end of the sample. Growth spells tend to be shorter in African and Latin American countries...

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Social spending in Korea : can it foster sustainable and inclusive growth?

Elekdaǧ, Selim Ali - 2012

Going forward, Korea faces two closely related challenges: sustaining economic growth against the backdrop of a rapidly aging population and ameliorating income inequality. This paper argues that a gradual increase in social spending could promote more sustainable and inclusive growth in Korea....

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Fiscal Sustainability, Public Investment, and Growth in Natural Resource-Rich, Low-Income Countries : The Case of Cameroon

Samake, Issouf - 2013

This paper assesses the implications of the use of oil revenue for public investment on growth and fiscal sustainability in Cameroon. We develop a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model to analyze the effects of such investment on growth and on the path of key fiscal indicators, such as...

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Can Digitalization Help Deter Corruption in Africa?

Ouedraogo, Rasmane - 2020

This paper studies the effect of digitalization on the perception of corruption and trust in tax officials in Africa …. Using individual-level data from Afrobarometer surveys and several indices of digitalization, we find that an increase in … the use of Internet on the perception of corruption. Yet, the paper shows that the dampening effect of digitalization on …

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Who's Going Green and Why? Trends and Determinants of Green Investment

Eyraud, Luc; Zhang, Changchang; Wane, Abdoul Aziz; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

This paper fills a gap in the macroeconomic literature on renewable sources of energy. It offers a definition of green investment and analyzes the trends and determinants of this investment over the last decade for 35 advanced and emerging countries. We use a new multi-country historical dataset...

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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Supply for the G-7 Countries, with Emphasison Germany

Strand, Jon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper discusses structure, impact, costs, and efficiency of renewable energy supply in the eight largest advanced economies (the G-7 plus Spain), with focus on Germany. Renewables production costs are compared to benefits, defined as reductions in net carbon emissions; technological...

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Tax composition and growth : a broad cross-country perspective

Acosta-Ormaechea, Santiago; Yoo, Jiae - 2012

We investigate the relation between changes in tax composition and long-run economic growth using a new dataset covering a broad cross-section of countries with different income levels. We specifically consider 69 countries with at least 20 years of observations on total tax revenue during the...

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An Alternative Explanation for the Resource Curse

Alichi, Ali - 2009

The paper provides an alternative explanation for the ""resource curse"" based on the income effect resulting from high government current spending in resource rich economies. Using a simple life cycle framework, we show that private investment in the non-resource sector is adversely affected if...

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Development Aid and Economic Growth

Reddy, Sanjay - 2009

We analyze the growth impact of official development assistance to developing countries. Our approach is different from that of previous studies in two major ways. First, we disentangle the effects of two kinds of aid: developmental and non-developmental. Second, our specifications allow for the...

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Tourism Specialization and Economic Development

Piotrowski, John M. - 2009

UNESCO World Heritage List. We find that there is a positive relationship between the extent of tourism specialization and …

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