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Product Market Regulation and Macroeconomic Performance : A Review of Cross Country Evidence
Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2021
of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318222
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Some Thoughts on Making Long-Term Forecasts for the World Economy
Fardoust, Shahrokh - 2017
the world urgently need to see the big picture if they are to deal with the specific challenges and opportunities they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973755
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Sub-Saharan Africa's Recent Growth Spurt : An Analysis of the Sources of Growth
Cho, Yoonyoung - 2017
accumulation, and total factor productivity, unlike previous periods. Resources play a role by attracting capital inflows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973251
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Trade and Migration with Renewable Natural Resources : Out-of-Steady-State Dynamics
Lopeza, Ramon - 2017
Commodity price increases associated with the entry of China, India, and other countries into the world economy have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976535
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Openness, Specialization, and the External Vulnerability of Developing Countries
Barrot, Luis-Diego - 2017
Deepening real and financial integration of developing countries into the world economy has prompted renewed interest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968744
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Innovation Shortfalls
Maloney, William F. - 2016
There is a common perception that low productivity or low growth is due to what can be called an quot …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747686
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Does Vertical Specialization Increase Productivity?
Constantinescu, Cristina - 2018
This paper investigates the impact of global value chain participation on productivity, using data on trade in value … added from the World Input-Output Database. The results based on a panel estimation covering 13 sectors in 40 countries over … 15 years suggest that participation in global value chains is a significant driver of labor productivity. Backward …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012934600
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International Benchmarking for Country Economic Diagnostics : A Stochastic Frontier Approach
Norambuena, Vivian - 2020
This paper discusses the analytical foundations of international comparisons for assessing a country's potential for improvement along various dimensions of social and economic development. The paper presents the Stochastic Frontier approach and applies it to estimate feasible frontiers or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828629
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Human Capital, Trade Liberalization, and Income Risk
Krebs, Tom - 2016
Using data from Mexico, the authors study empirically the link between trade policy and individual income risk and the extent to which this varies across workers of different human capital (education) levels. They use longitudinal income data on workers to estimate time-varying individual income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747694
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Using Gross Trade Data to Map Archetypal Gvcs
Ferrantino, Michael Joseph - 2018
This paper introduces a new, publicly available database for tracking merchandise trade in the global value chains for apparel/textile/footwear, motor vehicles and parts, and electronics, developed originally for in-depth analysis at the country level. The data enable tracking of intermediate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930781