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The grand tour: Keynes and Goodwin go to Greece

Haddad, Eduardo Amaral; Cotarelli, Natalia; Simonato, … - In: Journal of Economic Structures 9 (2020) 31, pp. 1-21

The impact of the crisis in the Greek economy was not uniform among the regions, threatening socioeconomic cohesion. In this paper, we explore the concept of the income multiplier in a multi-regional input-output setting, in the context of the Greek recession, showing empirical evidence for the...

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Mexico's economic infrastructure: International benchmark and its impact on growth

Cantu, Catalina - In: Journal of Economic Structures 6 (2017) 33, pp. 1-26

After much debate, many academic circles have concluded that under the right circumstances, infrastructure stocks may be a promoter for growth. This paper benchmarks Mexico's infrastructure quantity stocks and identifies Mexico's infrastructure bottlenecks in regard to 94 countries. With a...

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Labour productivity convergence and structural changes: Simultaneous analysis at country, regional and industry levels

Naveed, Amjad; Ahmad, Nisar - In: Journal of Economic Structures 5 (2016) 19, pp. 1-17

affect the process of convergence. Most of the existing studies on convergence have ignored the role of structural change … productivity convergence and its speed at the country, region and industry levels simultaneously. The results show that conditional … convergence exists at country, regional and industry levels. However, speed of convergence is different across different …

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Determinants of industrial output in Syria

Mohsen, Adel; Chua, Soo Yean - In: Journal of Economic Structures 4 (2015), pp. 1-12

This study attempts to investigate the determinants of industrial output in Syria over the period 1980 - 2010. The ADF unit root test, Johansen cointegration test, Granger causality test, impulse response functions, variance decomposition analysis, and stability tests are used in this study. The...

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Cobb-Douglas production function on FDI in Southeast Europe

Apostolov, Mico - In: Journal of Economic Structures 5 (2016) 10, pp. 1-28

In this research, we focus on effects of foreign direct investments in Southeast European economies. Using World Bank Microdata Library and specifically Enterprise Surveys, we take a sample of six countries. The model is based on firm-level data of a representative sample of economy's private...

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Comparative Advantage Following (CAF) development strategy, Aid for Trade flows and structural change in production

Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm - In: Journal of Economic Structures 9 (2020) 1, pp. 1-29

This article investigates empirically the interaction between countries' Comparative Advantage Following (CAF) development strategy and Aid for Trade (AfT ) interventions in influencing the extent of structural change in production. Based on the Generalized Methods of Moments and an unbalanced...

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Analysis of economic convergence of Islamic justice in selected Islamic countries

Emamzadeh, Mohammad Reza Alizadeh - In: Journal of Economic Structures 9 (2020) 24, pp. 1-10

present study investigates economic convergence of Islamic justice in selected Islamic countries (Albania, Bangladesh …, Tajikistan, Turkey, Yemen And Tunisia) during 1995-2015 using beta-type con-vergence and generalized method of moment. It is … the long run towards fair distribution. Results of absolute beta convergence indicate convergence of Gini coefficient at …

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Does financial inclusion reduce poverty and income inequality in developing countries? A panel data analysis

Omar, Md Abdullah; Inaba, Kazuo - In: Journal of Economic Structures 9 (2020) 37, pp. 1-25

Financial inclusion is a key element of social inclusion, particularly useful in combat-ing poverty and income inequality by opening blocked advancement opportunities for disadvantaged segments of the population. This study intends to investigate the impact of financial inclusion on reducing...

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A productivity analysis considering environmental pollution and diseases in China

Cao, Huijuan; Fujii, Hidemichi; Managi, Shunsuke - In: Journal of Economic Structures 4 (2015), pp. 1-19

Environmental pollution and human health problems are becoming serious issues in China. This research focuses on regional differences in productive inefficiencies and attempts to clarify the determinants of inefficiency, accounting economic, environmental and health-related factors. Our dataset...

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Carbon footprint analysis through constructing a multi-region input-output table: A case study of Japan

Hasegawa, Ryoji; Kagawa, Shigemi; Tsukui, Makiko - In: Journal of Economic Structures 4 (2015), pp. 1-20

In line with recent trends toward decentralization, prefectural and municipal governments in Japan are becoming increasingly involved with managing global warming in their regions. As a result, there is a new need to estimate the environmental effects of regional economic activities, which can...

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