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China's Impact on Africa - the Role of Trade, FDI and Aid
Busse, Matthias; Erdogan, Ceren; Mühlen, Henning - 2014
We investigate the impact of Chinese activities in sub-Saharan African countries with respect to the growth performance of economies in that region. Using a Solow-type growth model and panel data for the period 1991 to 2011, we find that African economies that export natural resources have...
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Agricultural imports, agriculture productivity and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Mwangi, Esther N.; Chen, Fuzhong; Njoroge, Daniel M. - In: Journal of African Trade 7 (2020) 1/2, pp. 15-28
This study investigates the causal links among agricultural imports, agriculture productivity, and economic growth in … bidirectional causality between agricultural imports and agriculture productivity in the full sample, and in middle- and low …-income non-oil-exporting countries. The relationship between agricultural imported inputs and agriculture productivity is …
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Nach 1995 deutliche Wachstumsschwäche der deutschen Wirtschaft im internationalen Vergleich
Gornig, Martin; Görzig, Bernd - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 12, pp. 183-184
internationalen Vergleich präsentiert. Die Informationen decken den Zeitraum von 1970 bis 2004 ab. Sie zeigen, dass Deutschland seine …
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Ranking of Countries - The WEF, IMD, Fraser and Heritage Indices
Ochel, Wolfgang; Röhn, Oliver - In: CESifo DICE Report 04 (2006) 2, pp. 48-60
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New economy in growth and development
Pohjola, Matti - 2002
The benefits from the New Economy should accrue as improvements in productivity and economic growth. But while the use … apparent ‘productivity paradox’. The most obvious one is the fact that not many countries, other than the US, have yet invested …
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Market forces and the continent's growth problem
2009
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Financial liberalization, growth, productivity and capital accumulation: The case of European integration
Gehringer, Agnieszka - 2012
, productivity growth and capital accumulation. Moreover, there is evidence of a positive contribution to the process stemming from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311699
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The role of sectoral growth patterns in labor market development
Arias-Vazquez, Francisco Javier; Lee, Jean Nahrae; … - 2012
This paper investigates the relationship between sectoral growth patterns and employment outcomes. A broad cross-country analysis reveals that in middle-income countries, employment responds more to growth in less productive and more labor-intensive sectors. Employment in middle-income countries...
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Understanding West German economic growth in the 1950s
Eichengreen, Barry; Ritschl, Albrecht - 2008
We evaluate explanations for why Germany grew so quickly in the 1950s. The recent literature has emphasized convergence, structural change and institutional shake-up while minimizing the importance of the postwar shock. We show that this shock and its consequences were more important than...
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Revenue and expenditure nexus: A case study of ECOWAS
Magazzino, Cosimo - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-13, pp. 1-27
This paper aims to assess the relationship among fiscal variables (government revenue and expenditure) in Sub-Saharan African countries. Using yearly data for the period between 1980 and 2011 in fifteen ECOWAS countries, a weak long-run relationship between government expenditure and revenue...
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