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While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the … microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to …
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While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the … microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011273191
the south of the country, (2) the effect of the mining output shock on output and productivity growth in other sectors …
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This paper examines the nonlinear propagation of sectoral productivity shocks in a general equilibrium framework with intersectoral linkages characterized by allowing elasticities of substitution in sectoral outputs and sectoral productivities to vary across sector pairs. Evidence based on a...
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In this paper we review the literature on the impact that monetary policy has on growth and employment in developing … sometimes on output (GDP) levels and volatility of output. This survey of the literature on Monetary policy and growth shows … that money plays a small role in developing countries and that monetary policy is not a very important influence on growth …
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contribute to longer-term growth by building human and financial capital or degrade long-run growth by creating labor … remittances-growth link because previous studies have not correctly controlled for endogeneity. Using Dynamic Data Panel estimates … we find that remittances exert a weakly positive impact on long-term macroeconomic growth. The paper also considers the …
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legislation on growth. It exploits macro-panel data for OECD countries. For countries close to the technological frontier …, education and rigidities are significantly related to TFP growth. The contribution of the interaction between product market …
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This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986 … capital on economic growth. And second, the contribution of immigrants to human capital accumulation tends to dominate the … migration policies. …
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This paper investigates the determinants of economic growth emphasizing the role of institutional quality, social … fragmentation, and increasing global integration on recent growth experience. Our longitudinal data consists of 103 countries … the security of property rights has played a critical role in promoting economic growth. Ethnic heterogeneity has been a …
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We present a harmonized data set on intangible investment for a number of EU countries and an analysis of growth. …
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