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Does IT help? : information technology in banking and entrepreneurship

Ahnert, Toni; Dörr, Sebastian; Pierri, Nicola; Timmer, … - 2021

This paper analyzes the importance of information technology (IT) in banking for entrepreneurship. To guide our … entrepreneurship by making it easier for startups to borrow against collateral. We provide empirical evidence that job creation by … lending channel for IT banks, entrepreneurship increases more in IT-exposed counties when house prices rise. In line with the …

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What Happens During Recessions, Crunches, and Busts?

Terrones, Marco - 2008

We provide a comprehensive empirical characterization of the linkages between key macroeconomic and financial variables around business and financial cycles for 21 OECD countries over the period 1960–2007. In particular, we analyze the implications of 122 recessions, 112 (28) credit...

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Structural changes in Japanese firms : business dynamism in an aging society

Hong, Gee Hee; Ito, Arata; Saito, Yukiko Umeno; Anh Thi … - 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a serious threat to the survival of Japanese firms, highlighting the importance of understanding how and why firms exit. In this paper, we use a rich firm-level dataset of Japanese firms to document how firm exit patterns have evolved between 2007 and 2017. Firm...

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European productivity, innovation and competitiveness : the case of Italy

Tiffin, Andrew - 2014

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Regional growth spillovers in Sub-Saharan Africa

Arizala, Francisco; Bellon, Matthieu; MacDonald, Margaux - 2019

This paper documents the steady increase in intraregional trade in sub-Saharan Africa since 1980, links this rise to important growth spillovers in the region, and identifies the main source countries and those most vulnerable to the economic conditions of others. Estimates show that in the...

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Centripetal forces in China's Economic Take-Off

Dayal-Gulati, Anuradha - 2000

This paper uses provincial time series data from China to empirically investigate two propositions relating to economic development: (i) that economic takeoff is associated with technological transfer through foreign direct investment (FDI); and (ii) that takeoff is accompanied, at least in the...

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Do the Gulf Oil-Producing Countries Influence Regional Growth? : The Impact of Financial and Remittance Flows

Ilahi, Nadeem - 2008

This paper tests the association between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries'' financial and remittance outflows and regional growth in the Middle East. The findings, based on 35-year panel data, indicate that growth rates of real GDP, private consumption and private investment in...

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Mind the Gap : Is Economic Growth in India Leaving Some States Behind?

Purfield, Catriona - 2006

This paper examines how growth has varied across India''s states. It finds that (i) the income gap between rich and poor states has widened; (ii) rich and faster-growing states have been more effective in reducing poverty; (iii) poor and slower-growing states have had little success in generating...

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The Dynamics of Provincial Growth in China : A Nonparametric Approach

Unel, Bulent - 2006

China''s growth record since the start of its economic reforms in 1978 has been extraordinary. Yet, this impressive performance has been associated with an increasing regional income disparity. We use a recently developed nonparametric approach to analyze the variation in labor productivity...

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China's Provincial Growth Dynamics

Aziz, Jahangir - 2001

China''s rapid overall growth since 1978 masks significant differences in relative economic performance across its provinces. This paper finds that, while per capita income of poor provinces are catching up with those in the rich, the relative income distribution appears to be stratifying into a...

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