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CO2 emissions, energy consumption and economic growth in Tunisia
Chebbi, Houssem Eddine; Boujelbene, Y. - 2008
The aim of this country specific study is tounderstand long and short-run linkages between economicgrowth, energy consumption and CO2 emission using Tunisiandata over the period 1971-2004. Statistical findings indicatethat economic growth, energy consumption and CO2 emissionare related in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445698
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The relationship between energy consumption, energy prices and economic growth: Time series evidence from Asian developing countries
Asafu-Adjaye, J. - 2000
This paper estimates the causal relationships between energy consumption and income for India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, using cointegration and error-correction modelling techniques. The results indicate that, in the short-run, unidirectional Granger causality runs from energy to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448215
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Ausländische Direktinvestitionen als Wachstumsmotor? - Eine Empirische Analyse am Beispiel Lateinamerikas
Hinrichs, Cord - 2005
kausale Beziehung zwischen ausländischen Direktinvestitionen (DI) und Wirtschaftswachstum in 6 lateinamerikanischen Ländern … aufgeworfen, wie die Interaktion zwischen DI und inländischem Wirtschaftswachstum zu sehen ist. Auch wenn in der theoretischen als … auch empirischen Literatur signifikante Belege für eine Verbindung zwischen DI und Wirtschaftswachstum zu finden sind, so …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476170
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Economic Growth, Inflation, and Monetary Policy in Pakistan: Preliminary Empirical Estimates
Khalid, Ahmed M. - 2006
There is a growing debate in the emerging market on the choice of an appropriate monetary or exchange rate policy that could lead to a sustainable economic growth. Inflation targeting has become one of these policy alternatives and has recently been implemented in some of the emerging markets in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441723
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A Pair-wise Approach to Testing for Output and Growth Convergence
Pesaran, M Hashem - 2004
This paper proposes a pair-wise approach to testing for output convergence that considers all N(N-1)/2 possible pairs of log per capita output gaps across N economies. A general probabilistic definition of output convergence is also proposed. The approach is compatible with individual output...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441996
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Spatial R&D Spillovers and Economic Growth - Evidence from West Germany
Funke, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2000
The paper bases itself on recent theoretical writings in growth economics that emphasize the effects of both own R&D efforts and of interregional technology spillovers on regions´ productivity. We propose robust estimation techniques to evaluate the R&D spillovers across West German functional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442319
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Economic Growth, Lifestyle Changes, and the Coexistence of Under and Overweight in China: A Semiparametric Approach
Shimokawa, Satoru; Pinstrup-Andersen, Per - 2006
We investigate the relationship between changes in socioeconomic factors and the emerging coexistence of under and overweight among adults in China during 1991-2000. Our key questions are: (1) whether any socioeconomic factor explains both increasing overweight (Body Mass Index (BMI)less than or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442500
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Something of a Paradox: The Neglect of Agriculture in Economic Development
Bezemer, Dirk J.; Headey, Derek D. - 2006
This paper argues that investment in agriculture has a large and continuing developmental importance in terms of both economic growth and poverty reduction. Moreover, targeted public resources have proven to be indispensable in achieving these results. Both arguments are supported with novel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442552
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THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP MODEL OF BUSINESS EDUCATION: BUILDING KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
Singh, Rahul; Mishra, Jitendra Kumar; Singh, Mahesh Kumar - 2008
Business education around the globe is similar in one aspect that it needs to track the economic developments and train the students with the latest models of operations. The serious faces of the education institutions come only from the high standards of the research and percolation of the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445623