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For over a century, economists and policy makers have debated the relative merits of bank-based versus market-based financial systems. Recent research, however, argues that classifying countries as bank-based or market is not a very fruitful way to distinguish financial systems. This paper...
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This paper reviews, appraises, and critiques theoretical and empirical research on the connections between the operation of the financial system and economic growth. While subject to ample qualifications and countervailing views, the preponderance of evidence suggests that both financial...
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We analyze the relationship between financial development and inter-industry resource allocation in the short- and long-run. We suggest that in the long-run, economies with high rates of financial development will devote relatively more resources to industries with a 'natural' reliance on...
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This paper brings together two strands of the economic literature -- that on the finance-growth nexus and that on capital market integration -- and explores key issues surrounding each strand through both institutional/country histories and formal quantitative analysis. We begin with studies of...
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deeper division of labor among these teams which leads to an increase in firm productivity. The paper can be thought of as a …
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it is important to distinguish between technology and human capital. The conclusion is simply this: In generating world … growth, the world's research outlays are an essential ingredient. But for most agents the decision determining growth is one …
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&D investment: (1) Are there diminishing returns to inventive activities? (2) What is the relationship between R&D and productivity … between R&D expenditures and growth of output or total factor productivity. The relation is pervasive, though the magnitudes …, there is evidence that R&D as a factor of production affects not only productivity growth but also the demand for …
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In this paper we: (1) estimate the effects of international R&D spillovers on total factor productivity growth of the …
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