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Weather and Income: Lessons from the main European regions
García-León, David - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Some recent papers by Dell et al. (2009) and Dell et al. (2012) (DJO) relating weather and economic outcomes, have … countries, leaving rich countries basically unaffected. In this study, we make use of a detailed weather and economic dataset … regions to a climate shock is partially adapted in the long-run. …
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910879
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Are Investment and Saving Cointegrated Evidence From Middle East and North African Countries
Sbia, Rashid; Hamdi, Helmi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The aim of this paper is to empirically examine the relationship between saving and investment for 6 Middle East and North African Countries for the period 1980-2008. To this end, we use panel cointegration analysis and Error Correction Model techniques. The long run estimation reveals causality...
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The impact of remittances on economic growth in small-open developing economies
Ahortor, Christian R.K.; Adenutsi, Deodat E. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The essence of this study is to verify the macroeconomic implications of cross-border remittances for economic growth prospects of small-open developing economies for the period, 1996-2006. A set of dynamic panel model, specified within the framework of Blundell-Bond Generalized Method of Moment...
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Economic Development, Institutional Quality and Regional integration: Evidence from Africa Countries.
Enowbi Batuo, Michael; Fabro, Gema - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The aim of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence about the determinants of per capita income in African countries, with particular attention to the affects of governance institutional quality and sub regional integration on income level. We use a sample of 49 countries from the period...
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The effects of technology-as-knowledge on the economic performance of developing countries: An econometric analysis using annual publications data for Botswana, Namibia, and South...
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Extant literature indicates that technology, and by implication its underlying knowledge base, determines long-run economic performance. Absent from the literature with respect to developing countries are quantitative assessments of the nexus between technology as knowledge and economic...
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The nexus between FDI and Total Factor Productivity Growth in Sub Saharan Africa
Senbeta, Sisay - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this study we construct an alternative analytical framework aimed at investigating the nexus between FDI inflow and productivity growth within the externalities type endogenous growth theory. The competitive equilibrium of our model indicates that a technological spillover from FDI has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025320
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The Role of Renewable Energy Consumption and Trade: Environmental Kuznets Curve Analysis for Sub-Saharan Africa Countries
Ben Jebli, Mehdi; Ben Youssef, Slim; Ozturk, Ilhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Based on the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis, this paper uses panel cointegration techniques to investigate the short and the long-run relationship between CO2 emissions, economic growth, renewable energy consumption and trade openness for a panel of 24 Sub-Saharan Africa countries...
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Financial instability, financial openness and economic growth in african countries
Batuo Enowbi, Michael; Kupukile, Mlambo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In the aftermath of the recent global financial crisis, the implication of financial liberalisation for stability and economic growth has come under increasing scrutiny. One strand of literature posits a positive relationship between financial liberalisation and economic growth and development....
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Income Shocks and HIV in Africa
Burke, Marshall; Gong, Erick; Jones, Kelly M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We examine how variation in local economic conditions has shaped the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Using data from over 200,000 individuals across 19 countries, we match biomarker data on individuals' HIV status to information on local rainfall shocks, a large source of variation in income for rural...
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