Abu-Qarn, Aamer; Abu-Bader, Suleiman - Economics Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev - 2005
This paper reconsiders the A versus K debate, namely, which factor is the leading contributor to economic growth …? productivity gains (A) or factor accumulation (K). The growth accounting analysis is conducted for ten Middle Eastern and North … share of capital is much higher than the conventional share of 0.3-0.4. The growth accounting exercise conducted with the …