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The Significance of Research and Development for Economic Growth: The Case of Pakistan

Khan, Jangraiz; Khattak, Rehman; Ur, Naeem - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper concentrates on the significance of Research and Development (R&D) for economic growth in the developing economy of Pakistan. The paper also questioned the major macro determinants of R&D in Pakistan. The study used time series data for the period 1971- 2008. The results obtained from...

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Macroeconomic Determinants of Direct Investment Abroad of Singapore

Kueh, Jerome Swee-Hui; Puah, Chin Hong; Liew, Venus Khim-Sen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The objective of this study is to discover the determinants of Direct Investment Abroad (DIA) of Singapore. It also … measures the impacts of various determinants on the DIA of Singapore. Based on theoretical justification, several potential …. Meanwhile, the increase (decrease) of DIA of Singapore is significantly related to the appreciation (depreciation) of the …

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Productivity-wage-growth nexus: an empirical study of Singapore

Freddy, Liew - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper investigates the empirical relationship between labor productivity, real wages and real GDP in Singapore … from 1997 to 2011. The paper begins with a review of productivity, wage and growth situations in Singapore in the past … across industries. The empirical results suggest that in the Singapore economy, there exist a bi-directional causality …

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The role of education in economic development: a theoretical perspective

Ozturk, Ilhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001

Education in every sense is one of the fundamental factors of development. No country can achieve sustainable economic development without substantial investment in human capital. Education enriches people’s understanding of themselves and world. It improves the quality of their lives and...

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Service Sector Led Economic Growth in India and Some Measurement and Database Issues

Saikia, Dilip - 2017

In recent years there has been a rapid and sustained growth of the service sector in the Indian economy. But unfortunately, while the importance of the services is growing statistical data and other relevant information of the services are abysmally low. There are problems relating to the...

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Assessing the Impact of Ease of Doing Business and Corruption on Economic Growth for Africa Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) Member States

Bonga, Wellington Garikai - 2018

A positive economic growth is one crucial macroeconomic objective of every nation. Many countries have formed regional as well as international trading blocs in an attempt to enhance economic growth and maximise welfare of each member state, the AFTZ member states are not an exception. This...

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Education Inequality, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality : Evidence from Indonesia, 1996-2005

Digdowiseiso, Kumba - 2010

This paper examines the determinants of economic growth, income inequality, and their relationship in the context of education inequality. The econometrics indicate that a higher level of human capital and the relative dispersion of human capital have a disequalizing relationship with income...

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Do Sufficient Institutions Alter the Relationship between Natural Resources and Economic Growth?

Zeynalov, Ayaz - 2014

The purpose of this paper is to test whether institutional governance and its performance is a main driving force to achieve a positive relationship between natural resources and economic growth in the long run. The main objective is to ascertain what kind of institutional governance would be...

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Do University Rankings Matter for Growth?

Tan Kuan Lu, Clifford - 2014

I investigate the relationship between university rankings and economic growth and found that the relationship is statistically significant. The more the number of universities that a country has in international university rankings, the higher its GDP per capita. What is more surprising is...

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Revisiting the Relationships Between Non-Renewable Energy Consumption, CO2 Emissions and Economic Growth in Iran

Nasre Esfahani, Mohammad - 2016

Exploring the short-run and long-run relationships between consumption of various sources of non-renewable energy, economic growth and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions would be considered as a golden key to provide rational energy policies of Iran in the post sanctions era. The aim of this paper...

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