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Since the “third wave” of democratization began in 1974, nearly 100 states have adopted democratic forms of government, including, of course, most of the former Soviet bloc nations. Policy-makers in the west have expressed the hope that this democratic wave will extend even further, to the...
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Theoretical and empirical literature have focused on supply factors when studying economic growth determinants. The present work analyzes demand factors as determinants of the Bolivian economic growth between 1953-2002 using framework introduced by Thirlwall (1979). According to cointegration...
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Theoretical and empirical literature have focused on supply factors when studying economic growth determinants. The present work analyzes demand factors as determinants of the Bolivian economic growth between 1953-2002 using framework introduced by Thirlwall (1979). According to cointegration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005620158
inequality, the figure decline dramatically starting from the year 2000. In this setting, Bolivia has been one of the poorest … other variables) has contributed on the reduction of inequality in Bolivia. Moreover, the sources of inequality are mainly …
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Using a Structural Vector Autoregression approach (SVAR), the paper estimates the response of output, price levels, private investment and consumption to expansive and contractive fiscal shocks. The results show that government spending shocks have a positive effect on GDP. On the other hand, a...
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The paper models the behavior of the Central Bank of Bolivia, through the estimation of reaction functions. According …
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In the last few years, Bolivia has experienced a growing migration phenomenon. Many household members migrate from …
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small economy. We use the data of Bolivia, for the years 1990–2003. We apply gravity model, adding a migration variable to … Bolivia). We control for the economic size and geographical location of trade partners, and for changes in terms of trade … effect of immigration on exports and imports is confirmed also in Bolivia, even when the migration flows in Bolivia are not …
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institutional design of Bolivia’s decentralization model and its evolution. Subnational public finance data up to 2008 is used to …
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democracy and cognitive skill are negatively correlated to the top 1% income share. …
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