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This report presents the results from a new model for projecting growth of OECD and major non-OECD economies over the next 50 years as well as imbalances that arise. A baseline scenario assuming gradual structural reform and fiscal consolidation to stabilise government-debt-to GDP ratios is...
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This paper presents the results from a new model for projecting growth of OECD and major non-OECD economies over the next 50 years as well as imbalances that arise. A baseline scenario assuming gradual structural reform and fiscal consolidation to stabilise government-debt-to GDP ratios is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276784
Poland’s productivity has grown strongly over the past decade, and efforts to reduce the regulatory burden have been significant. Despite impressive progress, product market regulation remains more burdensome than in most OECD countries, partly due to the importance of red tape and the level...
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Stabilizing and liberalizing policies are key elements of the Washington Consensus. This paper adds a historical dimension to the ongoing debate by assessing the economic impact of market-oriented reforms undertaken during General Franco’s dictatorship, the 1959 Stabilization and...
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This paper examines capital account policy choices in an innovative model with adaptive learning under uncertainty. In the model, countries’ past experiences and IMF programs influence policymakers’ beliefs about impact of capital account liberalization on growth, taking into account...
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This paper develops an adaptive learning model under uncertainty that examines evolution of capital account polices over time and across developing regions. In the framework, countries' past experiences and IMF programs influence policymakers' beliefs about the impact of capital account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125876
Η Εθνική Αποταμίευση κατά την περίοδο της εικοσαετίας 1990-2010 εμφανίζεται συνεχώς μειούμενη. Οι αιτίες αυτού του φαινομένου μπορούν να εντοπιστούν τόσο στα...
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Diversification, especially in the context of small, highly trade-dependent economies, has recently become quite a …-income countries seeking to improve their economic conditions or strengthen their economies. However, diversification per se is not …-making, and assessing the circumstances under which economic diversification can indeed be a desirable goal for a country to …
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This paper investigates the determinants of economic growth emphasizing the role of institutional quality, social fragmentation, and increasing global integration on recent growth experience. Our longitudinal data consists of 103 countries covering the period 1992-2005. We find that democracies...
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The paper provides a survey of theoretical and empirical literature on non-linear impact of democracy on economic … of some semi-democracies and semi-autocracies. Finally, it discusses the opportunity to test the growth-and-democracy …
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