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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
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Growth and Human Development: Comparative Latin American Experience
Ranis, Gustav; Stewart, Frances - 2001
This paper seeks to examine the interdependence between economic growth (EG) and human development (HD). It is concerned with changes in per capita income and its two-way relationship with the basic societal objective of human development. Regressions across various Latin American countries are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369250
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The Failure of Northern Rock: A multi-dimensional Case Study
Congdon, Tim; Goodhart, Charles A.E.; Eisenbeis, Robert A. - 2009
In August 2007 the United Kingdom experienced its first bank run in over 140 years. Although Northern Rock was not a … particularly large bank (it was at the time ranked 7th in terms of assets) it was nevertheless a significant retail bank and a … outside the bank as depositors rushed to withdraw their deposits. There was always a fear that this could spark a systemic run …
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Bank bias in Europe: effects on systemic risk and growth
Langfield, Sam; Pagano, Marco - 2015
Europe’s financial structure has become strongly bank-based – far more so than in other economies. We document that an … paper concludes by discussing policy solutions to Europe’s “bank bias”, which include reducing regulatory favouritism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605842
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International financial linkages of Latin American banks: the effects of political risk and deposit dollarisation
Ramon-Ballester, Francisco; Wezel, Torsten - 2007
This paper empirically investigates the extent to which the financial linkages of Latin American banks with the exterior are influenced by political risk and deposit dollarisation. We find that the sum of banks’ foreign assets and liabilities is a function of risk-return considerations and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604790
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On the Latin American growth paradox: A hindsight into the Golden Age
Barboni, Giorgia; Treibich, Tania - 2010
In 1950, Latin American countries capabilities were promising, and the subcontinent was thought to have a big potential for convergence. In order to understand why this prediction was not fulfilled, we apply in this paper the framework set by Fagerberg and Srholec (2008(24)). Our study of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328448
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Growth, structural change and technological capabilities: Latin America in a comparative perspective
Cimoli, Mario; Holland, Marcio; Porcile, Gabriel; … - 2006
Countries differ in terms of technological capabilities and complexity of production structures. According to that, countries may follow different development strategies: one based on extracting rents from abundant endowments, such as labor or natural resources, and the other focused on creating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328590
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Education, Governance and Trade-Related Technology Diffusion in Latin America
Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - 2004
This paper examines the impact on TFP of North-South trade-related technology diffusion in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). North-South R&D flows are constructed based on industry-specific R&D in the North, North-South trade patterns, and input-output relations in the South. The main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261795
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Fertility changes in Latin America in the context of economic uncertainty
Adsera, Alicia; Menendez, Alicia - 2009
We explore the relation between fertility and the business cycle in Latin American countries taking advantage of the existing cross-country and within-country differences in both fertility and macroeconomic conditions. First, we use a panel of 18 nations for over 45 years to study how different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269027
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North-South trade-related technology diffusion: Virtuous growth cycles in Latin America
Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - 2010
This paper examines the impact on TFP in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and in other developing countries (DEV) of trade-related foreign R&D (NRD), education and governance. The measures of NRD are constructed based on industry-specific R&D in the North, North-South trade patterns, and...
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