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Infrastructure and Growth : Empirical Evidence

Égert, Balázs - 2009

Investment in network infrastructure can boost long-term economic growth in OECD countries. Moreover, infrastructure … the links between infrastructure and growth and the role of public policies, reports the results on the links with growth … from a variety of econometric approaches. Time-series results reveal a positive impact of infrastructure investment on …

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Infrastructure and Private-Sector Productivity

Ford, Robert - 1991

rate of investment in public-sector infrastructure. Using data for eleven OECD countries, this note provides only mixed … significant effect of infrastructure on TFP in about half the countries. A longer-term perspective was also examined for the … between infrastructure and TFP until after World War II ... …

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The Nature of Financial and Real Business Cycles : The Great Moderation and Banking Sector Pro-Cyclicality

Égert, Balázs - 2012

This paper takes a fresh look at the nature of financial and real business cycles in OECD countries using annual data series and shorter quarterly and monthly economic indicators. It first analyses the main characteristics of the cycle, including the length, amplitude, asymmetry and changes of...

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Indicator Models of Real GDP Growth in Selected OECD Countries

Sédillot, Franck - 2003

Accurate and timely information on the current state of economic activity is an important requirement for the policymaking process. Delays in the publication of official statistics mean that a complete picture of economic developments within a particular period emerges only some time after that...

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Summary of an Informal Workshop on the Causes of Economic Growth

Temple, Jonathan - 2000

This paper provides a summary of an OECD workshop on the causes of economic growth, held 6-7 July 2000. The topics covered include the recent growth resurgence in the United States, the potential importance of ICT and the Internet, and the part played by continual reallocation and restructuring....

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Regulation, Productivity and Growth : OECD Evidence

Nicoletti, Giuseppe - 2003

In this paper, we relate the scope and depth of regulatory reforms to growth outcomes in OECD countries. By means of a new set of quantitative indicators of regulation, we show that the cross-country variation of regulatory settings has increased in recent years, despite extensive liberalisation...

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Knowledge, Technology and Economic Growth : Recent Evidence from OECD Countries

Bassanini, Andrea - 2000

In this paper we present an international comparison of growth trends in the OECD countries, with a special attention to developments in labour productivity - allowing for human capital accumulation – and multifactor productivity (MFP) - allowing for changes in the composition of fixed...

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Finance and Growth : Some Theoretical Considerations and a Review of the Empirical Literature

Tsuru, Kotaro - 2000

This paper aims at providing an overview of the theoretical considerations and a review of the empirical literature on the relationship between finance and growth. Section I describes the role of financial development in economic growth at the macro level, both theoretically and empirically....

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The Impact on Growth of Higher Efficiency of Public Spending on Schools

Gonand, Frédéric - 2007

This paper assesses the impact on economic growth of increased efficiency of public spending in primary and lower-secondary education. Higher efficiency in public spending in schools can bolster growth through two main channels. On the one hand, it can allow a transfer of labour from the public...

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Globalisation and Linkages : Macro-Structural Challenges and Opportunities

Richardson, Pete - 1997

This paper was prepared in the OECD Economics Department as a contribution to the Organisation-wide study entitled, “Towards a New Global Age”. It examines macro-structural economic developments in and between OECD and non-OECD economies, the economic linkages and a number of structural...

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