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China Meets the Middle-Income Trap : The Large Potholes in the Road to Catching-Up

Woo, Wing Thye - 2012

We follow Woo (2011) in using the Catch-Up Index (CUI) to define the middle-income trap and identify the countries caught in it. The CUI shows that China became a middle-income country in 2007-2008. We see five major types of middle-income trap that China is vulnerable to (a) fiscal stress from...

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Recent Claims of China's Economic Exceptionalism : Reflections Inspired by WTO Accession

Woo, Wing Thye - 2003

The desirability of WTO membership for China depends on whether its economic successes have been the result of its discovery of new institutional forms (e.g. dual track pricing, SOE contracts, and fiscal contracts) that are optimal for China's particular economic circumstances, or have been the...

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Productivity-wage nexus at the firm-level in Portugal : Decoupling and divergences

Mergulhão, Alexandre - 2021

There is a growing international concern about the slowdown in productivity growth, especially as labor productivity enhancements are important drivers of higher generalised living standards. Using administrative data of firms in Portugal between 2010 and 2016, we analyse the relationships...

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Methods of privatization and economic growth in transition economies

Bennett, John (contributor); Estrin, Saul (contributor); … - 2006

1990 to 2003. The estimating equation is augmented with country- and time-specific variables for methods of privatization … and other factors potentially relevant to growth in transition economies. It is found that ‘mass privatization’ is … associated with faster growth, but the other privatization methods have no significant impact. The findings suggest that in the …

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Fifteen Years of Economic Reform in Russia : What has been Achieved? What Remains to be Done?

Ahrend, Rudiger - 2005

The paper provides an overview of the course of economic reform and the performance of the Russian economy since the early 1990s and an analysis of the structural reform challenges ahead. It assesses the contribution of institutional and structural reforms to economic performance over the...

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Privatisation methods and economic growth in transition economies

Bennett, John; Estrin, Saul; Maw, James W.; Urga, Giovanni - 2004

We investigate the impact of differences in privatisation method on national economic performance in transition economies. Our approach is to estimate, using dynamic panel data methods, a growth equation over 23 countries for the period 1990-2001. Among our results, we find that mass...

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Fifteen Years of Economic Reform in Russia : What Has Been Achieved? What Remains to Be Done?

Ahrend, Rudiger; Tompson, William - 2006

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Privatisation Methods and Economic Growth in Transition Economies

Estrin, Saul; Bennett, John; Urga, Giovanni; Maw, James W. - 2004

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A new way to link development to institutions, policies and geography

Basu, Sudip Ranjan - 2008

The paper aims to examine the role of institutions relative to economic policy and geography in explaining the differential level of development across countries over time. To that end, it attempts to construct a Development Quality Index (DQI) and an Institutional Quality Index (IQI) by using...

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Institution and development revisited : a nonparametric approach

Basu, Sudip Ranjan; Das, Monica - 2008

The paper uses nonparametric methodology to examine the role of institutions in understanding differential levels of development across countries. This technique estimates first order derivatives for every country allowing a deeper look into the impact of institutions on development. The...

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