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Infrastructure, economic growth and population density in Turkey

Beyzatlar, Mehmet Aldonat; Kuştepeli, Yeşim - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 3, pp. 39-57

. This study deals with the impact of railways as hard type of transportation infrastructure on economic growth and … economic growth; and between railway infrastructure and population density in Turkey. By using annual data for 1950-2004, both …Transportation infrastructure is an exciting topic for public policy, private sector and the connection between them …

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Volatility modeling for forecasting stock index with fixed parameter distributional assumption

Rahman, Md. Mostafizur; Rahman, Md. Azizur; Hossain, … - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 3 (2013) 1, pp. 109-122

The aim of this paper is to empirically investigate the in sample and out of sample forecasting performance of several GARCH-type models such as GARCH, EGARCH and APARCH model with Gaussian, student-t, Generalized error distribution (GED), student-t with fixed DOF 10 and GED with fixed parameter...

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An appraisal of fiscal policy measures and its implication for growth of the Nigerian economy : 1970 - 2009

Ilegbinosa, Imoisi Anthony - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 4, pp. 193-204

This research examines problems surrounding procedures of fiscal policy and their influence on economic growth in … Nigeria from 1970 - 2009. Theory envisage that fiscal policy can impinge on economic growth by changing motivation for … analysis concerning the effect of government spending and tax on economic growth in any nation. The research was conducted …

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The determinants of domestic resources mobilization in Togo : the case of public revenuesx

Amadou, Akilou - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 1, pp. 77-84

the public revenues. -- domestic resources ; public revenues ; error correction model ; Sub-Saharan Africa ; Togo …

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Key sectors of the Namibian economy

Humavindu, Michael N.; Stage, Jesper - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 2 (2013), pp. 1-15

The present paper presents key sector research for the Namibian economy, based on input–output and Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) analyzes. The analyses were derived from a Namibian SAM for the 2004 period, using 28 economic sectors. We find that mining and government services are currently...

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Threshold conditions' and regional convergence in European agriculture

Alexiadis, Stilianos; Alexandrakis, Alexandros - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 1 (2008) 2, pp. 13-37

Convergence across regional economies has spurred one of the most debatable issues in contemporary research in economics. In this paper we seek to address the question of whether, during the period 1995-2004 the NUTS-2 regions of EU-26 exhibited a tendency to converge in terms of agricultural...

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Does human capital cause economic growth? : a case study of India

Haldar, Sushil Kumar; Mallik, Girijasankar - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 7-25

health) and output in a co-integration framework, taking growth of primary gross enrolment rate and a dummy for structural … years) and openness is found to have a significant effect on growth of per capita GNP. The Generalized Impulse Response … Function confirms that the innovation in per capita GNP growth can only explain the movements of the growth of per capita GNP …

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Impact of FDI on economic development : a causality analysis for Singapore ; 1976 - 2002

Feridun, Mete; Sissoko, Yaya - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 1, pp. 7-17

This study examines the relationship between economic growth as measured by GDP per capita and foreign direct … is a unidirectional Granger causation from foreign direct investment to economic growth. -- Granger causality ; vector … auto regression ; economic growth …

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Economic growth in Latin America : structural breaks or fundamentals?

Chumacero, Rómulo A.; Fuentes, J. Rodrigo - In: Estudios de economía 33 (2006) 2, pp. 141-154

Despite having accumulated physical and human capital at significant rates, Latin America's growth has been generally … disappointing. Successful growth episodes have been accompanied by surges in TFP, sound and stable macroeconomic policies, and fewer … growth performance of countries in Latin America. We find that, once controlled for external shocks and a measure of …

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Market reforms and efficiency gains in Chile

Bergoeing, Raphael; Hernando, Andrés; Repetto, Andrea - In: Estudios de economía 37 (2010) 2, pp. 217-242

Starting in the mid 1970s, Chile implemented comprehensive structural market reforms. Using manufacturing plant-level data on Chilean firms for years 1980 to 2001, we estimate the role of reforms on efficiency. We analyze aggregate productivity constructed from micro data to find that in the...

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