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Do corporate tax cuts boost economic growth?
Gechert, Sebastian; Heimberger, Philipp - 2021
The empirical literature on the impact of corporate taxes on economic growth reaches ambiguous conclusions: corporate tax cuts increase, reduce, or do not significantly affect growth. We apply metaregression methods to a novel dataset with 441 estimates from 42 primary studies. There is evidence...
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Is the Washington consensus dead? : growth, openness, and the great liberation, 1970s - 2000s
Estevadeordal, Antoni; Taylor, Alan M. - 2009
According to the Washington Consensus, developing countries’ growth would benefit from reductions in barriers to trade. However, the empirical basis for judging trade reforms is weak. Econometrics are mostly ad hoc; results are typically not judged against models; policies are poorly measured;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294505
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Transmission channels of the global economic crisis : micro evidence for Macedonia
Jovanovikj, Biljana; Georgievska, Ljupka - 2013
The 2008-2009 global recession, which originated in developed economies, has rapidly spilled over worldwide, hitting different economies with various intensity. The Macedonian economy was not an exception - the export sector suffered heavily, expectations deteriorated and household consumption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011671841
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Russia's macroeconomy : a closer look at growth, investment, and uncertainty
Becker, Torbjörn - 2019
This paper looks at economic growth and its fundamental determinants in Russia over the last decades. It starts by showing that, contrary to the views of some political commentators, growth is highly important for the popularity of president Putin. Furthermore, regular models of growth are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012132420
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In search of larger per capita incomes : how to prioritize across productivity determinants?
Izquierdo, Alejandro; Llopis, Jimena; Muratori, Umberto; … - 2016
This study is a first contribution to prioritization across productivity determinant capabilities that attempts to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457783
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Uncertainty, intangible capital, and productivity dynamics
Palombo, Edoardo - 2020
productivity growth. This paper offers a quantitative study on the link between uncertainty and low productivity growth. Firstly … Recession. Secondly, to investigate the effect of uncertainty on productivity growth dynamics, I present a novel general … productivity growth when accounting for the empirical discrepancy between the realised and expected changes to the second-moment of …
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The impact of sectorial FDI on economic growth in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
Miteski, Mite; Stefanova, Dijana Janevska - 2017
This paper investigates the effects of foreign direct investment inflows in the industrial, construction and services sectors on economic growth in a panel of sixteen Central, Eastern and Southeastern European CESEE countries using data of different time spans within the 1998-2013 period. The...
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India's macroeconomic performance and policies since 2000
Acharya, Shankar N. (contributor) - 2008
The paper reviews India’s macroeconomic performance and policies since 2000. The first section briefly summarizes key macroeconomic developments regarding economic growth, inflation, external balance, the fiscal situation and aggregate savings and investment. The second section considers some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003768016
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Tourism and development : a recent phenomenon built on old (institutional) roots?
Brau, Rinaldo; Di Liberto, Adriana; Pigliaru, Francesco - 2010
Is tourism an opportunity for lagging countries in the elusive quest for growth (Easterly, 2002)? Recent empirical evidence suggests that the answer is a cautious yes. Aggregate cross-country data show that tourism specialization is likely to be associated with higher per capita GDP growth rates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702298
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China and India : a tale of two trade integration approaches
Kowalski, Przemyslaw (contributor) - 2008
The comparison of the key features of trade integration processes and the economic outcomes in China and India reveals that while much has already been achieved in both these economies, the Chinese reforms, especially with respect to manufacturing trade, have gone further and that this is likely...
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