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Business cycles in Bulgaria and the Baltic countries : an RBC approach : International Conference on Applied Economics - ICOAE 2008

Vasilev, Aleksandar Zdravkov - 2008

This paper explores the business cycle in Bulgaria and the Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during the … crucial for the output performance throughout the period in Bulgaria and the Baltic countries, a finding that has important …

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Revisiting the invisible hand hypothesis : a comparative study between Bulgaria and Germany

Gesheva, Nadezhda; Vasilev, Aleksandar - 2016

allocation, employs growth accounting in Bulgaria relative to a frontier country (Germany), and tries to explain the Total Factor … better and a "catching up" effect of Bulgaria’s Total Factor Productivity levels towards those of Germany has been observed …. Finally, the study provides policy recommendations facilitating the Invisible Hand Process in Bulgaria for a more rapid …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451790

Revisiting the invisible hand hypothesis : a comparative study between Bulgaria and Germany

Vasilev, Aleksandar; Gesheva, Nadezhda - 2017

allocation, employs growth accounting in Bulgaria relative to a frontier country (Germany), and tries to explain the Total Factor … better and a "catching up" effect of Bulgaria's Total Factor Productivity levels towards those of Germany has been observed …. Finally, the study provides policy recommendations facilitating the Invisible Hand Process in Bulgaria for a more rapid …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011660207

From "Hindu Growth" to Productivity Surge; The Mystery of the Indian Growth Transition

Rodrik, Dani; Subramanian, Arvind - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This paper explores the causes of India's productivity surge around 1980, more than a decade before serious economic reforms were initiated. Trade liberalization, expansionary demand, a favorable external environment, and improved agricultural performance did not play a role. We find evidence...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825610

Global Imbalances; The Role of Non-Tradabletotal Factor Productivity in Advanced Economies

Rebucci, Alessandro; Batini, Nicoletta; Cova, Pietro; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper investigates the role played by total factor productivity (TFP) in the tradable and nontradable sectors of the United States, the euro area, and Japan in the emergence and evolution of today's global trade imbalances. Simulation results based on a dynamic general equilibrium model of...

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International knowledge flows and economic performance: An introductory survey of the evidence

Barba Navaretti, Giorgio; Tarr, David - 2000

The empirical analysis of the micro links between trade and knowledge diffusion allows us to distinguish among the key predictions of the theoretical literature on endogenous growth. This literature postulates that total factor productivity (TFP) is higher when trade gives access to a wider or...

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The geography and channels of diffusion at the world's technology frontier

Keller, Wolfgang - 2001

Convergence in per capita income turns on whether technological knowledge spillovers are global or local. Global spillovers favor convergence, while a geographically limited scope of knowledge diffusion can lead to regional clusters of countries with persistently different levels of income per...

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Does international openness affect productivity of local firms? Evidence from Southeastern Europe

Damijan, Jože P.; de Sousa, Jose; Lamotte, Olivier - 2008

This paper examines the role of international openness on the change of firm productivity in Southeastern Europe (SEE). This is a crucial question for middel income countries. Using firm-level date for six transition economies over the period 1994-2002, we identify whether foreign ownership and...

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Growth and Structural Reforms; A New Assessment

Christiansen, Lone Engbo; Tressel, Thierry; Schindler, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper presents a simultaneous assessment of the relationship between economic performance and three groups of economic reforms: domestic finance, trade, and the capital account. Among these, domestic financial reforms, and trade reforms, are robustly associated with economic growth, but...

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Growth and Recovery in Mongolia During Transition

Cheng, Kevin C. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This paper studies Mongolia's experience of growth and recovery during the first decade of its transition to a market-based system and compares it with those of other transition economies. Mongolia, like most other transition economies, experienced a painful, initial "transformational recession"...

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