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Why is the number of catholic priests diminishing in Portugal?. Analysis of the period 1960-2002

Mourao, P. R. - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 6 (2006) 2

This work aims at testing a large range of hypotheses that focus on the evidence of the diminishing number of catholic priests. The data are from the Portuguese reality observed between 1960 and 2002. These hypotheses are related to the recent socio-economic evolution verified in Portugal. As...

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The consequences of corruption on inflation in developing countries : evidence from panel cointegration and causality tests

Özşahin, Şerife; Üçler, Gülbahar - In: Economies : open access journal 5 (2017) 4, pp. 1-15

Up until the 1980s, studies on corruption were dominated by disciplines of public administration and sociology. In the … International Agency, corruption, which has a negative impact on most macroeconomic indicators, is “the abuse of entrusted power for … private gain”. Even though the disruption of corruption causing weak growth and investment rates has long been examined, there …

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Financial Liberalization and Growth in Ghana : An Application of the ARDL Bounds Testing Approach

Adam, Anokye M. - 2009

In this paper we examined the impact of the liberalization of financial sector on growth in small open economy of Ghana using time series data from 1970 to 2007. Using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) modelling approach we find long-run positive and significant impact of financial...

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Religious tourism and economic growth in oil-rich countries : evidence from Saudi Arabia

Alodadi, Ahmed; Benhin, James - In: Tourism analysis : an interdisciplinary tourism & … 20 (2015) 6, pp. 645-651

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"What is the effect of foreign direct investment inflows on economic growth in Pakistan? : an empirical analysis in the light of religious sectarianism as catalyst for terrorism"

Serfraz, Ayesha - 2017

FDI inflows play an important role in bringing growth and development to emerging economies. Pakistan is also heavily dependent on FDI inflows for achieving a high growth rate but the main obstacle being faced by Pakistan is increasing number of terrorist activities. Although there is a vast...

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