"This book explores the causal link between GDP and military expenditure, and other economic and political indicators of the countries of different status of developments for the period of formal wars to till date. It surveys the interdependences between the national output and military or...

Chapter1 Introduction -- Chapter2 China’s SOEs’ Efficiency Losses: A Survey -- Chapter3 Survival Predicament, Soft Budget Constraints and Economic Growth Cumbrance: Mechanism -- Chapter4 Financial Repression, Ownership Discrimination and Economic Growth Cumbrance: Mechanism -- Chapter5 SOEs,...

Some developing countries borrow abroad and experience good growth (above 2 %), which we call good growth, while others borrow and have poor growth (below 1 %), which we label as bad growth. The data comprise all 443 available observations of borrowing for one 5-year period and average growth...