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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277005
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Is There Convergence of Russia's Regions?: Exploring the Empirical Evidence: 1995–2010
Lehmann, Hartmut; Silvagni, Maria Giulia - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
preuve de bêta-convergence. Nous trouvons au contraire une divergence qui s’atténue toutefois au fil du temps. Nous …This paper analyses convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia’s regions during the period 1995 …-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we …
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Fixed Cost, Imperfect Competition and Bias in Technology Measurement : Japan and The United States
Nishimura, Kiyohiko - 2000
In many industries, competition is far from perfect and managerial efficiency (or a fixed cost) varies among firms. However, traditional measurement of technological progress assumes perfect competition and no fixed cost. This paper incorporates these two factors in the technological-progress...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446897
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Fixed Cost, Imperfect Competition and Bias in Technology Measurement: Japan and The United States
Nishimura, Kiyohiko G.; Shirai, Masato - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000
In many industries, competition is far from perfect and managerial efficiency (or a fixed cost) varies among firms. However, traditional measurement of technological progress assumes perfect competition and no fixed cost. This paper incorporates these two factors in the technological-progress...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005049015
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Can India Achieve Double-digit growth ?
Herd, Richard; Conway, Paul; Hill, Sam; Koen, Vincent; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
In recent years, India has enjoyed one of the highest growth rates worldwide, weathering the global financial crisis better than many other countries. Prudent macroeconomic policies will be critical to prolonging the current expansion, given the risks associated with high inflation and volatile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009191040
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Restoring the dynamism of Malaysia's business sector
Suzuki, Kosuke - 2022
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Malaysia undertook a series of vigorous reforms, ranging from the improvement of regulatory framework to the digitalisation of the economy, with the aim of boosting productivity. While the protracted pandemic has inevitably stalled reform efforts in many countries,...
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Improving Access and Quality in the Indian Education System
Hill, Sam; Chalaux, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
Education has been given high priority by India’s central and state governments and continues to grow fast. School access has been expanded by investment in school infrastructure and recruitment of teachers. In higher education too, the number of providers continues to rise rapidly. A new law...
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Economic Growth: The Role of Policies and Institutions : Panel Data. Evidence from OECD Countries
Bassanini, Andrea - 2001
cross-country time-series regressions. The econometric approach allows short-term adjustments and convergence speeds to vary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446117
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Regulation, Competition and Productivity Convergence
Conway, Paul; de Rosa, Donato; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; … - 2006
observed divergence of productivity in OECD countries, given the emergence of new general-purpose technologies over the 1990s …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446836
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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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