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Determinants of regional growth disparity in China's transitional economy

Chen, Chien-Hsun; Wu, Hsiu-Ling - In: Journal of Economic Studies 32 (2005) October, pp. 406-419

Purpose – This study undertakes empirical analysis of the factors that have influenced economic growth in China … divergence of the economic growth rates achieved by China's provinces, with the variables relating to the employed population … limitations/implications – With China's huge size and the idiosyncrasies of its constituents, it is difficult to quantify the data …

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How Does Income Inequality Affect the Growth of U.S. Counties?

Roth, Jeremy - 2010

This paper aims to conduct a precise test of the political economy hypothesis linking income inequality and economic growth. By choosing covariates from a detailed county-level dataset and assuming that U.S. counties experience perfect capital mobility, I shut off the four possible channels...

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ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TRANSITION:Econometric Analysis of Lim's S-Curve Hypothesis

Sng, Hui Ying - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

This book is the first of its kind to systematically analyze and apply Lim Chong Yah's S-Curve Hypothesis to the various facets of economic growth and economic transition. By augmenting the mathematical and economical sophistication of the hypothesis, this book extends the S-Curve hypothesis to...

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Long term economic convergence among ten new EU member states in the light of the economic crisis

Sikic, Luka - In: Financial Theory and Practice 37 (2013) 4, pp. 361-381

This paper provides an analysis of absolute economic convergence among the group of ten new member states (NMS-10) that entered European Union in the year 2004. Convergence dynamics is estimated for the period from 1997 to 2012 as well as for two sub-periods: 1997-2007 and 2007-2012. The...

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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Direc...

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009

The staff report for the 2008 Article IV Consultation of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia discusses economic developments and policies. The new governmentâ€™s economic program aims to raise growth further, but does not address these vulnerabilities. Plans to increase the central...

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The Southern African Development Community's Macroeconomic Convergence Program: Initial Performance; Initial Performance

Burgess, Robert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

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The Limiting Distribution of Production in Integrated Economies: Evidence from US States and EU Countries

Bowen, Harry P.; Munandar, Haris; Viaene, Jean-Marie - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

We show that in a fully integrated economy, in which there is free mobility of goods and factors, each member’s share of total output will equal its shares of total stocks of productive factors (i.e., physical and human capital). We label this result the equal-share relationship. This...

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Institutional convergence - part of Romania's economic development

Moisescu (Duican) Elena Raluca - In: Social-Economic Debates 3 (2014) 1, pp. 60-65

This paper presents the issue of economic convergence, reviewing some of the theories used in analyzing this process, theories of economic growth, types of economic convergence: nominal, real and institutional convergence, the effects of the recent crisis on economic convergence. The programme...

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Exchange rate regime shift and price patterns

Andrén, Niclas; Oxelheim, Lars - In: International Journal of Managerial Finance 7 (2011) April, pp. 153-178

Purpose – The financial crisis starting in 2008 made many European countries opt for a change of exchange rate regime. The choice of price measure as an entry requirement to the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and as input in the monetary policy decision process re-appeared as an...

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The Long-Run Effects of Tradeon Income and Income Growth

Brunner, Allan D. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This paper examines the dynamic relationship between trade and income. While most economists agree that increased trade leads to an increase in average income, economic theory is ambiguous about the possible effects on the long-run growth rate of the economy. Using a dynamic panel data model,...

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