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The Economics of China : Successes and Challenges
Fan, Shenggen - 2013
This paper is the first chapter in the Oxford Companion to the Economics of China (Oxford University Press, forthcoming …). Rather than trying to summarize other contributors' views, we provide our own perspectives on the Economics of China …--the past experience and the future prospects. Our reading of China's economic development over the past 35 years raises two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459015
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The Rise of Europe : Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth
Acemoglu, Daron - 2002
This paper documents that the Rise of (Western) Europe between 1500 and 1850 is largely accounted for by the growth of European nations with access to the Atlantic, and especially by those nations that engaged in colonialism and long distance oceanic trade. Moreover, Atlantic ports grew much...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469325
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Mauritius : African Success Story
Frankel, Jeffrey A. - 2010
What explains the success of Mauritius, a top performer among African countries? It has mostly followed growth-enhancing policies, which can in turn be attributed to sound institutions. But from where did the institutions come? Mauritius chose well around the time of independence in 1968, for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462088
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The Link Between Fundamentals and Proximate Factors in Development
Keller, Wolfgang - 2013
The paper introduces a framework for studying the hierarchy of growth factors, from deep to more immediate. The specific setting we examine is 18th and 19th century Germany, when institutional changes introduced by reforms and transportation improvements converged to create city growth. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459845
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Trade Induced Technical Change? The Impact of Chinese Imports on Innovation, IT and Productivity
Bloom, Nicholas - 2011
-specific quotas following China's entry into the World Trade Organization. Chinese import competition had two effects: first, it led …We examine the impact of Chinese import competition on patenting, IT, R&D and TFP using a panel of up to half a million … account for around 15% of European technology upgrading between 2000-2007. Rising Chinese import competition also led to falls …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461940
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On Current Account Surpluses and the Correction of Global Imbalances
Edwards, Sebastian - 2007
significant exchange rate movements. This analysis also suggests that a reduction in China's (very) large surplus will be needed …
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Coping with Shocks and Shifts : The Multilateral Trading System in Historical Perspective
Irwin, Douglas A. - 2011
shifts. By shocks we mean sudden jolts to the world economy in the form of financial crises and deep recessions, or wars and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461059
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Equilibrium Fictions : A Cognitive Approach to Societal Rigidity
Hoff, Karla - 2010
This paper assesses the role of ideas in economic change, combining economic and historical analysis with insights from psychology, sociology and anthropology. Belief systems shape the system of categories ("pre-confirmatory bias") and perceptions (confirmatory bias), and are themselves...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462860
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Electoral Fraud, the Rise of Peron and Demise of Checks and Balances in Argentina
Alston, Lee J. - 2009
The future looked bright for Argentina in the early twentieth century. It had already achieved high levels of income per capita and was moving away from authoritarian government towards a more open democracy. Unfortunately, Argentina never finished the transition. The turning point occurred in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463440
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Industrial Catching Up in the Poor Periphery 1870-1975
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2011
This paper documents industrial output and labor productivity growth around the poor periphery 1870-1975 (Latin America, the European periphery, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia). Intensive and extensive industrial growth accelerated there over this critical century. The...
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