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Can general purpose technology theory explain economic growth? : electrical power as a case study
Ristuccia, Cristiano Andrea; Solomou, Solomos - 2014
Does the concept of General Purpose Technologies help explain periods of faster and slower productivity advance in economies? The paper develops a new comparative data set on the usage of electricity in the manufacturing sectors of the USA, Britain, France, Germany and Japan and proceeds to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252126
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Economic Growth and the Public Sector : A Comparison of Canada and Italy, 1870-2013
Di Matteo, Livio - 2019
There is considerable evidence that the size of the public sector can influence an economy's rate of economic growth. We investigate public sector spending of central governments and economic performance in two G7 countries over the long-term, Canada and Italy. Their economic performance has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870718
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Can General Purpose Technology Theory Explain Economic Growth? Electrical Power as a Case Study
Ristuccia, Cristiano Andrea - 2015
Does the concept of General Purpose Technologies help explain periods of faster and slower productivity advance in economies? The paper develops a new comparative data set on the usage of electricity in the manufacturing sectors of the USA, Britain, France, Germany and Japan and proceeds to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013033865
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Elusive development in the Balkans : research findings
Gligorov, Vladimir - 2016
that are compatible with them are infrastructure, physical and institutional, investments supported by the EU and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153398
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Rationale and institution for public-private partnerships
Kim, Jung-Wook - 2018
supply of social infrastructure. If successfully pursued, PPP can deliver benefits to users, governments, and the private … renegotiation of PPPs. PPPs are not a must-have solution but an option for building and upgrading infrastructure. In conclusion … promoting the PPP modality for infrastructure. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903172
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Quantitative Aspects of Canadian Growth and Development, 1850-1926
Altman, Morris - 2010
Estimates of the quantitative attributes of Canadian economic history, such as total output, manufacturing output, labour productivity, and price changes, have, with the application of more sophisticated methods of data collection and compilation, undergone significant revision since the 1950s....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014198785
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Industrial policies in Europe in historical perspective
Grabas, Christian; Nützenadel, Alexander - 2013
that state industrial policy in Europe after 1945 had been always one of the most controversial policy fields and that its … enormous differences between nations and regions in Europe, even when they had to face similar challenges. The paradigm shift … environment favourable to competition, innovation and technology transfer. For Western Europe, it was increasing trade and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010432441
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Why Did Small European Colonies Not Perform Better? GDP Estimation for Cyprus and Malta During the Interwar Period (1921-1938)
Apostolides, Alexander - 2012
evaluated in the context of South Eastern Europe, suggesting that the economic growth was slow considering the islands were far …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105783
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Fickle fossils : economic growth, coal and the European oil invasion, 1900-2015
Fritzsche, Miriam; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2023
Fossil fuels have shaped the European economy since the industrial revolution. We use new long-run panel data to analyse the effect of both, coal and oil on economic growth between 1900 and 2015, exploiting variation at the level of European NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions. We show that the reversal of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014487309
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Fickle fossils : economic growth, coal and the European oil invasion, 1900-2015
Fritzsche, Miriam; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2023
Fossil fuels have shaped the European economy since the industrial revolution. We use new long-run panel data to analyse the effect of both, coal and oil on economic growth between 1900 and 2015, exploiting variation at the level of European NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions. We show that the reversal of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014442780