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Estimating the Speed of Convergence in the Neoclassical Growth Model: An MLE Estimation of Structural Parameters Using the Stochastic Neoclassical Growth Model, Time-Series Data, a...
Swaine, Daniel G. - Department of Economics and Accounting, College of the … - 2008
countries. Economists have used the disequilibrium adjustment property of growth models to justify the view that convergence … parameters of a growth model that has the conditional convergence property and then computing the speed of convergence implied by … a stochastic neoclassical growth model and compute the speed of conditional convergence in the non-stochastic model from …
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North-South Dualism and the European Union. Where is the Italy System Headed?
Giannola, Adriano - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2009) 1
This article deal with the dualistic nature of the Italy System and its evolution from the 1950s to the present day, arguing that it went through a prolonged stage as essential leverage for the economy as a whole to achieve rapid development, and that as from the mid-1970s it progressively...
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CORPORATE OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL:Corporate Governance and Economic Development in Sri Lanka
Perera, Shalini - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
The governance of companies is of importance to developing countries due to the link between effective corporate governance and economic development. Ownership and control of public companies, except in the US and UK, is often in the hands of a few individuals, families or corporate groups and...
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Using Carbon Pricing Revenues to Finance Infrastructure Access
Jakob, Michael; Chen, Claudine; Fuß, Sabine; Marxen, Annika - 2015
Introducing a price on greenhouse gas emissions would not only contribute to reducing the risk of dangerous anthropogenic climate change, but would also generate substantial public revenues. Some of these revenues could be used to cover investment needs for infrastructure providing access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451162
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Could Resource Rents Finance Universal Access to Infrastructure? A First Exploration of Needs and Rents
Fuß, Sabine; Chen, Claudine; Jakob, Michael; Marxen, Annika - 2015
It is often argued that, ethically, resource rents should accrue to all citizens. Yet in reality the rents from exploiting national resources are often concentrated in the hands of a few. If resource rents were to be taxed, on the other hand, substantial amounts of public money could be raised...
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Infrastructural Needs & Economic Development in Southeastern Europe: The Case of Rail and Road Transport Infrastructure
Christie, Edward; Gligorov, Vladimir; Holzner, Mario - 2004
This paper seeks to analyse the state of rail and road transport infrastructure in the Southeast European Countries (SEECs). The paper is structured in four parts. Part one summarises theoretical findings and international empirical evidence on the theory of the ‘Big Push', on the issues of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012311449
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Could resource rents finance universal access to infrastructure? : a first exploration of needs and rents
Fuß, Sabine; Chen, Claudine; Jakob, Michael; Marxen, Annika - 2015
It is often argued that, ethically, resource rents should accrue to all citizens. Yet in reality the rents from exploiting national resources are often concentrated in the hands of a few. If resource rents were to be taxed, on the other hand, substantial amounts of public money could be raised...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391823
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Using carbon pricing revenues to finance infrastructure access
Jakob, Michael; Chen, Claudine; Fuß, Sabine; Marxen, Annika - 2015
Introducing a price on greenhouse gas emissions would not only contribute to reducing the risk of dangerous anthropogenic climate change, but would also generate substantial public revenues. Some of these revenues could be used to cover investment needs for infrastructure providing access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391828
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Corruption and Public Expenditure in Italian Mezzogiorno
Centorrino, Mario; Ofria, Ferdinando - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2003) 2
This paper is divided in two parts. The first, exposes a review ofthe empirical literature on the italian economy and particularly on the Italian Mezzogiorno dealing with the relationship between government expenditure in public works, corruption, and productivity in the private sector of the...
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The water and sanitation service provision in Peru
Aragón, Gisella; Bonifaz, José Luis - Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del … - 2013
Public services in all countries are related to the basic needs that people should satisfy in order to warranty a worthy quality of life. The water and sanitation services provision is one of these services. Through this study, the case of water and sanitation provision in Peru will be analyzed....
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