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DO POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGICAL SPILLOVERS MATTER FOR HOW TRADE RESTRICTIONS OR OPENNESS AFFECT ECONOMIC GROWTH?

KAHNAMOUI, Farrokh - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 10 (2010) 1

In this paper we investigate if trade barriers or openness affect economic growth differently in the presence of technological diffusion. A sample of about 70 developing countries is chosen and the impact of import tariffs and SW openness index on economic growth when these countries engage in...

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ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE THROUGH TIME: A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL

CHENG, WENLI; ZHAO, XIAONAN - In: Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC) 03 (2008) 01, pp. 7-16

This paper presents a simple general equilibrium model of economic performance through time. The model incorporates four main determinants of economic performance: technology, capital investment, the division of labor and quality of institutions. It demonstrates that growth is not automatic even...

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Policy challenges for the next 50 years

Braconier, Henrik; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Westmore, Ben - 2014

This paper identifies and analyses some key challenges that OECD and partner economies may face over the coming 50 years if underlying global trends relating to growth, trade, inequality and environmental pressures prevail. For example, global growth is likely to slow and become increasingly...

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Wirtschaftliche Potenziale und politische Stabilität in Asien

Draguhn, Werner (ed.) - 2001

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Trade openness and cultural creative destruction

Coyne, Christopher J.; Williamson, Claudia R. - In: Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 1 (2012) 1, pp. 22-49

Purpose – This paper seeks to analyze empirically the net effect of trade openness on “economic culture”, measured by indicators of trust, respect, level of self‐determination, and obedience. Openness to international trade means that societies are more likely to be exposed to...

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Entrepreneurship and political risk

Dutta, Nabamita; S. Sobel, Russell; Roy, Sanjukta - In: Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 2 (2013) 2, pp. 130-143

wealth creation. Originality/value – Entrepreneurship is critical to the process of economic growth and development. To …

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Baumol’s productive and unproductive entrepreneurship after 25 years

Boettke, Peter J.; Piano, Ennio - In: Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 5 (2016) 2, pp. 130-144

the economic development puzzle. Design/methodology/approach – In many ways, the intuition behind the paper is … causes of economic growth and development can only be captured with these more historical methods. Attempts to force fit this … economic development through the operations of smoothly operating markets. Section 5 briefly concludes. …

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Publicly financed education in an endogenous growth model

Creedy, John; Gemmell, Norman - In: Journal of Economic Studies 32 (2005) 2, pp. 114-131

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the growth effects of human capital investment achieved through publicly‐provided, compulsory education, financed from income and consumption taxes. Design/methodology/approach – Constructs an endogenous growth model for developing countries, based on...

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Testing export‐led growth in South Asia

Love, Jim; Chandra, Ramesh - In: Journal of Economic Studies 32 (2005) 2, pp. 132-145

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the export‐led growth hypothesis for South Asia, a diverse region consisting of one large country, India, surrounded by a number of medium and small countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives....

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Does too much government investment retard economic development of a country?

Yavas, Abdullah - In: Journal of Economic Studies 25 (1998) 4, pp. 296-308

The purpose of this paper is to understand how the effect of the government size per capita on the steady‐state level of output and on the growth rate differs between LDC’s and developed countries. It is shown that an increase in government size will increase the steady‐state level of...

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