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growth in West Germany over the period 1992 to 2002. Design/methodology/approach – Following a descriptive narrative on … further training and wages in Germany, data derived from the West German sub-sample of the German Socio-Economic Panel is … reinforces. The analysis also suggests that the economic conditions during Germany's post-unification period may have mitigated …
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France and Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries. The analysis leads to a significant result: no short or long term cycle …
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We evaluate explanations for why Germany grew so quickly in the 1950s. The recent literature has emphasized convergence …
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from West Germany, Regional Studies39, 143-153. The paper is based on recent theoretical writings in growth economics that …
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Given the backdrop of pressing infrastructure needs, this paper argues that higher German public investment would not only stimulate domestic demand in the near term and reduce the current account surplus, but would also raise output over the longer-run as well as generate beneficial regional...
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This working paper presents analysis about long-term trend in economic growth by examining per-capita GDP in Germany …
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This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that Germany’s economic rebound of 2010–11 gave way to weakening momentum during the course of 2012. Although exports to non-European trading partners began to recover by mid-2012, in line with improved prospects in the United States and...
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. But Germany has almost equally consistently run current account surpluses. Exports have powered the dynamic phases and … delivery of services, will be good for Germany and for the global economy. Absent such an effort, German growth will remain … constrained, and Germany will play only a modest role in spurring growth elsewhere. …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive concept for the role of culture in economic growth. Design/methodology/approach – The paper overviews the culture based development (CBD) concept and its precise definition of culture as an encompassing socio-economic factor....
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In this paper, we empirically assess how economic sanctions imposed by the UN and the US affect the target states’ GDP growth. Our sample includes 68 countries and covers the period 1976–2012. We find, first, that sanctions imposed by the UN have a statistically and economically significant...
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