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This is a review article by Andrew Sharpe from the Centre for the Study of Living Standards of Angus Maddison's path-breaking new book, The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective. The article summarizes Maddison's key findings in a number of areas, with particular emphasis on his estimates of...
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The question of why economies grow has been at the heart of economic inquiry since Adam Smith. The final article is a review of the recent book Why Economies Grow: The Forces That Shape Prosperity and How to Get Them Working Again by Jeff Madrick. He argues that the growth of markets through...
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This paper aims to show how the neo-classical current, which has yet absorbed development as one of its components, is trapped in a deep crisis, and how its domination can be understood in the theoretical field tightly linked to that of neo-liberalism on the policies of development.
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Expliciter un cadre général d'analyse des évolutions institutionnelles contemporaines pour caractériser les grands traits d'un régime de croissance post fordiste, tel est l'objectif général du présent article. Après un rappel de quelques faits stylisés sur le régime de croissance...
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Real gross domestic product (GDP) fails to account for the trading gains and losses that result from changes in the terms of trade and in the real exchange rate (the price of tradables relative to the price of nontradables). Canada has enjoyed vast improvements in its terms of trade over recent...
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Labour productivity in the U.S. non-farm business sector grew two and a half per cent per year during the 1995-2005 period, nearly double its growth rate over the previous two decades. Services sector labour productivity (LP) and multifactor productivity (MFP) grew more rapidly and substantially...
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Cet article examine l’évolution des inégalités des activités de production (PIB par habitant) et de technologie (Brevets par habitant) de 32 pays européens sur la période 1989-2002. La mesure de Theil est utilisée comme indicateur des inégalités. Elle est définie comme la somme des...
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Ce travail analyse les effets des investissements directs étrangers sur les investissements domestiques. L’étude empirique est construite sur la base du modèle théorique d’Agosin et Mayer (2001). Deux hypothèses nous intéressent particulièrement : (i) l’une stipule que les firmes...
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Cet article propose de tester les relations qui existent entre le développement économique, le développement institutionnel, la régulation bancaire et le développement bancaire en utilisant la méthode GMM en panel dynamique pour 19 pays d’Afrique du Nord et du Moyen-Orient (MENA) durant...
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This chapter presents the methods and contributions of evolutionary approach to economic dynamics. First, we expose why economic dynamics can indeed be considered as evolutionary. Second, we discuss sources of diversity and selection mechanisms that drive these dynamics, in the context of...
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