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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 … transition and recession was over. Our analysis suggests that an advantage of mass privatisation was that it led spontaneously to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606670
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A Turning Point for the Service Sector in Thailand
Koonnathamdee, Pracha - 2013
Although Thailand's service sector accounts for almost half of the national income and has a major stake in national employment, its contribution to the growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) fluctuates. Moreover, the share of the service sector in GDP is decreasing while many developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079262
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A turning point for the service sector in Thailand
Koonnathamdee, Pracha - 2013
Although Thailand's service sector accounts for almost half of the national income and has a major stake in national employment, its contribution to the growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) fluctuates. Moreover, the share of the service sector in GDP is decreasing while many developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781188
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Examination of Afghanistan's development traps
Knez, Klemen; Lokar, Tina G. - In: Regional science policy and practice : RSPP 16 (2024) 2, pp. 1-17
empirical indicators, and we employ non‐linear smooth transition models to evaluate the link between empirical indicators and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014517008
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Understanding Russian regions’ economic performance during periods of decline and growth—An extreme bound analysis approach
Ahrend, Rüdiger - In: Economic Systems 36 (2012) 3, pp. 426-443
This article uses “extreme-bound”-type analysis to revisit the determinants behind the widely differing economic growth in Russian regions prior to the recent global financial crisis. Using data of regional growth in 1995–2006 for 77 Russian regions, it examines the growth drivers for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011040302
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Application and use of the ISEW for assessing the sustainability of a regional system: A case study in Italy
Pulselli, Federico M.; Bravi, Mirko; Tiezzi, Enzo - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 81 (2012) 3, pp. 766-778
The Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) was introduced by Daly and Cobb in 1989 in order to integrate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011048130
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Methods of privatization and economic growth in transition economies
Bennett, John (contributor); Estrin, Saul (contributor);  … - 2006
Dynamic panel data methods are used to estimate a growth model using data from 23 transition countries for the period … and other factors potentially relevant to growth in transition economies. It is found that ‘mass privatization’ is … structure and the speed with which the links between the state and firms were severed. -- Privatization ; transition economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003342122
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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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Modernization and the Russian Economy : Three Hundred Years of Catching Up
Mau, Vladimir - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101550
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Economic Growth in Belarus (1996-2004) : Main Drivers and Risks
Bakanova, Marina - 2014
This chapter takes stock of growth trends in Belarusian economy since 1996, reviews the evidence of accumulated challenges and risks within the existing growth patterns, and provides policy recommendations aimed at strengthening growth sustainability. In sum, while economic growth in Belarus in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058110