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Decoupling of emissions and GDP : evidence from aggregate and provincial Chinese data

Cohen, Gail; Jalles, João Tovar; Loungani, Prakash; … - 2018

We provide a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and GDP in China using … both aggregate and provincial data. The Kuznets elasticity is about 0.6 for China, higher than that in advanced countries … as China has become richer. Further evidence of this comes from provincial data: richer provinces tend to have smaller …

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Cooperation, Emergence of the Economic Agency Role of Government, and Governance

Johnson, Omotunde E. G. - 1997

This paper focuses on the emergence of the economic agency role of government and its relationship with cooperation and economic management. It distinguishes emergence under war, domination or capitulation, perfect cooperation, and strategic bargaining. Good governance is a consequence of...

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Shadow Economies Around the World : Size, Causes, and Consequences

Schneider, Friedrich - 2000

This paper presents estimates of the size of the shadow economy in 76 developing, transition, and OECD countries, which are derived by combining figures from different estimation methods. We describe and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the different estimation methods. We find that the...

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The Role of the State and the Quality of the Public Sector

Tanzi, Vito - 2000

This paper discusses issues to be considered in designing “second generation” reforms. These reforms should focus on improving the capacity of the public sector to implement economic policies. The paper contrasts these reforms with those known as first generation reforms, which essentially...

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Illuminating economic growth

Hu, Yingyao; Yao, Jiaxiong - 2019

This paper seeks to illuminate the uncertainty in official GDP per capita measures using auxiliary data. Using satellite-recorded nighttime lights as an additional measurement of true GDP per capita, we provide a statistical framework, in which the error in official GDP per capita may depend on...

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The global economic recovery 10 years after the 2008 financial crisis

Chen, Wenjie; Mrkaic, Mico; Nabar, Malhar - 2019

This paper takes stock of the global economic recovery a decade after the 2008 financial crisis. Output losses after the crisis appear to be persistent, irrespective of whether a country suffered a banking crisis in 2007-08. Sluggish investment was a key channel through which these losses...

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Mongolia : measuring the output gap

Bersch, Julia; Sinclair, Tara M. - 2011

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The Evolution of Output in Transition Economies : Explaining the Differences

Sahay, Ratna - 1999

What are the relative roles of macroeconomic variables, structural policies, and initial conditions in explaining the time path of output in transition and the large observed differences in output performance across transition economies? Using a sample of 26 countries, this paper follows a...

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Gdp Growth, Potential Output, and Output Gaps in Mexico

Faal, Ebrima - 2005

This paper analyzes the sources of Mexico''s economic growth since the 1960s and compares various decompositions of historical growth into its trend and cyclical components. The role of the implied output gaps in the inflationary process is then assessed. Looking ahead, the paper presents...

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Mongolia : Measuring the Output Gap

Bersch, Julia - 2011

This paper compares the output gap estimates for Mongolia based on a number of different methods. Special attention is paid to the substantial role of mining in the Mongolian economy. We find that a Blanchard and Quah-type joint model of output and inflation provides a more robust estimate of...

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