We analyze the empirical relationship between growth, country size and tourism specialization by using a dataset …-groups considered in our analysis. Tourism appears to be an independent determining factor for growth, and the reason for that is … covering the period 1980-2003. We find that tourism countries grow significantly faster than all the other sub …

We analyze the empirical relationship between growth, country size and tourism specialization by using a dataset …-groups considered in our analysis. Tourism appears to be an independent determining factor for growth, and the reason for that is … covering the period 1980-2003. We find that tourism countries grow significantly faster than all the other sub …

determinants, we find that the growth performance for pegs was not different from that of floats during the crisis. The picture is … different for the recovery period 2010–2011, as pegs appear to be faring worse, with growth recovering more slowly than floats … the trade and financial channels are important determinants of growth performance during the crisis, while only the trade …

Summary This paper analyses the extent and impact of structural changes on aggregate economic growth that occurred in … order to evaluate the impact of broader sectoral shifts on GDP growth, focusing on the period 1995-2011. A decomposition of … aggregate GDP/GVA growth using the shift and share analysis shows a distinct North-South pattern of growth and restructuring …

globalization as well as sub-indexes constructed to measure the single dimensions on economic growth are analyzed empirically. The … results show that globalization promotes growth - but not to an extent necessary to reduce poverty on a large scale. The … dimensions most robustly related with growth refer to actual economic flows and restrictions in developed countries. Although …

This paper tests the relationship between trade and economic growth for the case of Romania, during 1998-2004. We …, export-led-growth hypothesis is verified. Bi-directional causality found for exports and output in the case of Czech Republic … and EU 15 is implying a virtuous circle of growth and exports, case that should be desirable for all the countries from …

We investigate the relationship between tourism specialization and economic growth. We deviate from previous studies … once the potential of tourism-led growth has been exhausted. … - which have reported mixed evidence - by allowing the relationship to take a nonlinear form. We find that tourism …

From 1980 to 1992, emerging and developing countries grew by 3.4 percent per year. Their annual rate of growth … increased to 5.4 percent between 1993 and 2012. No such increase occurred for advanced nations, whose average growth from 1980 … embracing discipline--sustained commitment to a pragmatic and flexible growth strategy. Three illustrations of discipline …