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economic growth that has accumulated over the past quarter-century. The bulk of the historical evidence suggests that financial … development a¤ects economic growth in a positive, monotonic way, yet recent research endeavors have provided useful and important … society, as well as the channels through which finance can slow down long-term growth. …
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This paper analyzes growth and welfare effects of income taxation in a stochastic endogenous growth model with … effect on the expected growth rate. Paradoxically, this may induce welfare gains. The opposite results can be derived for a … ascribed to the specific int eraction of consumption and portfolio choice in the determination of growth and welfare. …
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This paper examines the relationship between stock market development and economic growth in case of Argentina … growth. -- stock market development ; economic growth ; VEC models ; Granger causality ; exogeneity …
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) in recent years. The impact on bank funding and economic growth in the region cannot be ignored. This paper examines the … extent to which Fintech has affected bank funding and economic growth in the region by utilizing data from 56 banks across 19 … financial system has ultimately restricted its effects on economic growth in SSA. Furthermore, the study did not find evidence …
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impact of both trends on long-run economic growth is studied, and results are discussed in light of relevant policy debate. …
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The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement error. This paper analyses the effect of this measurement error on GDP regressions. There is a systematic difference in the education level between census data and observations...
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This paper confirms recent evidence of a positive impact of aid on growth and widens the scope of evaluation to a range … of outcomes including proximate sources of growth (e.g., physical and human capital), indicators of social welfare (e … coherent and favorable pattern of results emerges. Aid has over the past forty years stimulated growth, promoted structural …
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This essay reviews the historical and ongoing role played by trade in sustained high growth and human development … supply-side capacity. Given the strong links between trade-led growth, economic upgrading, and poverty reduction, the paper … argues that trade led economic growth must be prioritised in the post-2015 development agenda. …
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This paper explores the long-run effects of inflation on the dynamics of private sector bank credit and economic growth … private sector. Another crucial finding is that policies of financial liberalization have helped stimulate economic growth …. Reinforcing the literature on finance and growth, this study reaffirms that inflation rates are detrimental to long-run financial …
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also small relative to the variation in growth in average incomes, implying that the latter accounts for most of the … variation in income growth in the poorest quintiles. These findings hold across most regions and time periods and when … conditioning on a variety of country-level factors that may matter for growth and inequality changes. This evidence confirms the …
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