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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

This study examines the time series behavior of investment in physical capital, human capital (comprising education and health) and output in a co-integration framework, taking growth of primary gross enrolment rate and a dummy for structural adjustment programme (openness which has been...

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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 investment for Singapore, using the methodology of Granger causality and vector auto regression (VAR). Evidence shows that there is a unidirectional Granger causation from foreign direct...

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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 distortions and government interventions....

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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

-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 aftermath of the reforms, efficiency gains were explained by within … constraints experienced the largest efficiency gains. Trade openness and a superior access to external finance seem to have …

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Macroeconomic regimes, policies and outcomes in the world

Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus - In: Estudios de economía 37 (2010) 2, pp. 161-187

This paper analyzes entry deterrence strategies at sequential multi-unit Englishtype repeated auctions, motivated by entry deterrence observed at a series of yearly auctions of fishing rights occurring since the early 1990s in the Chilean Sea Bass industrial fishery. It analyzes parametric...

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Prospects of Poland's socio-economic development in light of statistical data

Luciński, Witold - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 3, pp. 39-51

The objective of this paper is to evaluate, in light of statistical data, Poland’s capacity for dynamic development in the future and its possibilities for the attainment of its ambitious economic and social goals. The analysis was based on the latest available data drawn primarily from...

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Impact of economic reform on the Nigerian telecommunications sector

Babatunde, Onakoya Adegbemi - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 3, pp. 141-154

In the early days of nationalization, it seemed axiomatic that price and quality standards could be better managed by State Owned Enterprises (SOE). Subsequent experience, however demonstrates that public ownership and control are different as the challenges of imposing effective public...

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Wege zu einem höheren Wachstumspfad

Bach, Stefan; Baldi, Guido; Bernoth, Kerstin; Bremer, Björn - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 26, pp. 6-17

1999 haben die Euroländer im Durchschnitt mehr Wirtschaftswachstum erzielt als Deutschland, und ein großer Teil der … das deutsche Pro-Kopf-Wirtschaftswachstum unter sonst gleichen Bedingungen jährlich um fast einen Prozentpunkt höher … höherem Wirtschaftswachstum in Deutschland führen würde. Das Potentialwachstum könnte 2017 um 0,6 Prozentpunkte höher sein …

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Investigating tourism seasonality in Macedonia

Petrevska, Biljana - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 4 (2013) 1, pp. 37-44

The main aim of the paper is to make an empirical investigation on tourism seasonality. Moreover, the research examines seasonal patterns in tourism in terms of tourist arrivals. In this line, the case of Macedonia is studied by employing the Gini coefficient and Seasonality Indicator, thus...

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