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Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Rise and Decline of the East German Economy, 1949–1988 / Blut, Schweiß, Tränen: Aufstieg und Niedergang der ostdeutschen Wirtschaft, 1949–1988

Blum, Ulrich; Dudley, Leonard - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 220 (2000) 4, pp. 438-452

Summary The rise of the East-German economy in the 1950s and 1960s and its decline in the 1970s and 1980s is difficult to explain by neoclassical economics. However; the observed life cycle may be explained by the inclusion of concepts from old and new institutional economics and from functional...

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Where Has All the Education Gone?

Pritchett, Lant - In: The World Bank Economic Review 15 (2001) 3, pp. 367-392

Cross-national data show no association between increases in human capital attributable to the rising educational attainment of the labor force and the rate of growth of output per worker. This implies that the association of educational capital growth with conventional measures of total factor...

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New Structural Economics : A Framework for Rethinking Development

Lin, Justin Yifu - In: World Bank Research Observer 26 (2011) 2, pp. 193-221

at each level. Such upgrading entails large externalities to firms' transaction costs and returns to capital investment …

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Überproportionale Geldvermögensbildung und relativ sinkende Sachkapitalrendite / Increasing Share of Financial Assets and Decreasing Rate of Return to Capital

Behr, Andreas - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 220 (2000) 6, pp. 641-652

Zusammenfassung In dem Beitrag wird das in Deutschland beobachtbare Phänomen der im Vergleich zur Realvermögensbildung überproportionalen Geldvermögensbildung untersucht. Grundlage ist die Finanzierungsrechnung der Deutschen Bundesbank, die eine sektorale Analyse des...

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Corporate Balance Sheet Adjustment: Stylized Facts, Causes and Consequences

Ruscher, Eric; Wolff, Guntram B. - In: Review of Economics 64 (2013) 2, pp. 117-138

tends to be long lasting and associated with significant effects on current accounts, wages and investment. Adjustment … leverage. The adjustment is generally achieved by reducing investment and increasing savings on the back of a falling wage …

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How relevant is corporate governance and corporate social responsibility in emerging markets?

Peters, Sanjay; Miller, Mariah; Kusyk, Sophia - In: Corporate Governance: The international journal of … 11 (2011) 4, pp. 429-445

Purpose – The principal aim of this research is to provide an in‐depth analysis of existing practices of corporate governance in mature markets and to compare and contrast these approaches with CG and CSR practices in emerging markets, given the growing influence of EMs on the global...

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Spatial effects of the property sector investment on Greek economic growth

Benos, Nikos; Karagiannis, Stelios; Vlamis, Prodromos - In: Journal of Property Investment & Finance 29 (2011) 3, pp. 233-250

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to identify the importance of property sector investment in regional economic growth … in Greece. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses regional accounts data, including investment and employment for … positive relationship between investment in real estate services and hotels and restaurants and regional growth. Also …

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A latitudinal assessment of economic development in Sub‐Saharan African countries

Beraho, Enoch K. - In: Management Decision 35 (1997) 2, pp. 110-118

Reviews the economic development of Sub‐Saharan African countries and discusses investment potential and opportunities … assessing development and investment potential of this region, examines and compares economic development data pertaining to the …

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Financial intermediation under information asymmetry: implications for capital market efficiency in selected developing countries

Agbetsiafa, Douglas K. - In: Managerial Finance 24 (1998) 3, pp. 62-73

need for credit for investment. Looks at the link between financial intermediation and economic growth for nine countries … linkages. Finds that financial structure variables explain income growth better than investment variables in five countries …

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The role of technology spillovers in convergence

Azid, Toseef - In: Humanomics 26 (2010) 1, pp. 53-64

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of human capital technology spillovers across countries in converging their growth rates. Design/methodology/approach – This paper develops a closed form mathematical endogenous growth model and applies it to a small open economy...

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