Similar Search Results

Industrialization, exports and the developmental state in Africa: The case for transformation

wa Githinji, Mwangi; Adesida, Olugbenga - 2011

This essay explores the role of the state in promoting exports and industrialization in the quest for transformation of African economies. It does this by exploring the role of trade in African economies followed by a brief look at the East Asian Developmental state. This is followed by an...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287814

Estimation of Panel Data Models with Interactive Effects and Multiple Structural Breaks When T Is Fixed

Kaddoura, Yousef; Westerlund, Joakim - 2021

In this article, we propose a new estimator of panel data models with interactive fixed effects and multiple structural breaks that is suitable when the number of time periods, T, is fixed and only the number of cross-sectional units, N, is large. This is done by viewing the determination of the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208906

Institutions, infrastructure, and trade

Francois, Joseph F.; Manchin, Miriam - 2007

We work with a panel of bilateral trade flows from 1988 to 2002, exploring the influence of infrastructure … the institutions and infrastructure literature in this respect, using selection-based gravity modeling of trade flows. We … also depart from this literature by mixing principal components (to condense our institutional and infrastructure measures …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294570

When Should an Incumbent Be Obliged to Share its Infrastructure with an Entrant Under the General Competition Rules?

Bergman, Mats - 2003

According to the essential facilities doctrine, competition law requires an infrastructural monopoly to provide access. Under the "Bronner criterion", proposed by the EC Court, the doctrine is only applicable when an infrastructural duopoly is non-viable. This paper uses a simple model to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321538

The linkages between FDI and domestic investment: Unravelling the developmental impact of foreign investment

Ndikumana, Leonce; Verick, Sher - 2007

-Saharan Africa. The results suggest that firstly, FDI crowds in domestic investment, and secondly, countries will gain much from …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287877

From contractors to investors? Evolving engagement of Chinese state capital in global infrastructure development and the case of Lekki Port in Nigeria

Zhang, Hong - 2023

This paper introduces and critically analyzes an emerging form of global infrastructure development by China …'s infrastructure construction companies, known as "integrated investment, construction, and operation" (IICO). This model has been … promoted by the Chinese infrastructure industry, financial institutions, and policymakers in recent years, as a response to the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013556507

Counting gigs: How can we measure the scale of online platform work?

Piasna, Agnieszka - 2020

The potential transformation of labour markets by the emergence of online labour platforms has triggered an intense academic, media and policy debate, but its true scale remains speculation. Nevertheless, adequate policy responses hinge on a good understanding of dynamics - something that will...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565869

Phasing out coal: A just transition approach

Galgóczi, Béla - 2019

The clock is ticking and time is running short for us to have a realistic chance to get climate change under control and prevent it becoming irreversible and selfsustaining. Phasing out coal is widely seen as a 'low hanging fruit' of climate policy commitments in the move towards a net zero...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565937

The Two Waves of Service-Sector Growth

Eichengreen, Barry; Gupta, Poonam - 2009

The positive association between the service sector share of output and per capita income is one of the best-known regularities in all of growth and development economics. Yet there is less than complete agreement on the nature of that association. Here we identify two waves of service sector...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807641

Has India emerged? Business cycle stylized facts from a transitioning economy

Ghate, Chetan; Pandey, Radhika; Patnaik, Ila - 2012

This paper presents a comprehensive set of stylised facts for business cycles in India from 1950-2010. We show that most macroeconomic variables are less volatile in the post reform period, even though the volatility of macroeconomic variables is still high and similar to other emerging market...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807666

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last