The empirical growth literature has focused on capital accumulation but largely ignored productivity growth. To address … this imbalance, we propose a methodology for analyzing productivity convergence based on frontier production functions. We … importance of efficiency changes for economic growth. Using a sample of 26 OECD countries from 1965-90, we find convergence and …

The effects of public debt on economic growth are analyzed in an augmented neoclassical growth model with AK …

between different diversification strategies and farm performance (farm growth rates). The results of fixed- and random … products increases growth rates whereas the opposite applies for diversification into unrelated products. Initial farm size has … a significant and negative impact on the rate of growth which implies ßconvergence of farm sizes. …

This paper attempts to test Wagnerian and Keynesian hypotheses by examining the relationship between economic growth … expenditure) from economic growth to disaggregated public expenditure that total current, investment, transfer expenditures, non … casual relationship between economic growth and total public expenditures, they do support the existence of long run …

company growth. The results show that predecessors increasingly reduce investments, continuous training of employees, and …

significance (and, especially, the moral implications) of innovation for a modern, post-malthusian growth society. …

This study empirically investigates the relationship between entrepreneurial activity and economic growth on the level … exhibit higher economic growth. Basically, market entries of young firms can stimulate regional economic development. But on …

debt remains sustainable for now. In the medium run, debt sustainability could, however, become an issue as negative growth … weakening, but also the "rich North" has lost its role as growth engine. According to the authors, Italy's chronic growth …