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Economic growth, size of the agricultural sector, and urbanization in Africa
Brückner, Markus - In: Journal of Urban Economics 71 (2012) 1, pp. 26-36
This paper uses variations in international commodity prices and rainfall to construct instrumental variables estimates of the within-country effect that changes in the size of the agricultural sector and GDP per capita growth have on the urbanization rate. For a panel of 41 African countries...
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Capital flows, real estate, and local cycles : evidence from German cities, banks, and firms
Bednarek, Peter; Kaat, Daniel Marcel te; Ma, Chang; … - 2019
Capital flows and real estate are pro-cyclical, and real estate has a substantial weight in economies' income and wealth. In this paper, we study the role of real estate markets in the transmission of bank flow shocks to output growth across German cities. The empirical analysis relies on a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137065
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The effect of remittances on domestic capital formation in select African countries : a comparative empirical analysis
Yiheyis, Zelealem; Kasahun Woldemariam - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 28 (2016) 2, pp. 243-265
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Remittances, investment and growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Lartey, Emmanuel - In: The journal of international trade & economic development 22 (2013) 7/8, pp. 1038-1058
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The impact of international financial institutions investments in the countries of the region with particular emphasis on Kosovo
Prekazi, Ylber; Pasjaqa, Albana; Dumi, Alba Robert; … - In: Acta Universitatis Danubius / Oeconomica 11 (2015) 5, pp. 121-128
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The impact of remittances on domestic investment in developing countries : fresh evidence from the Asia-Pacific region
Le Thanh Tung - In: Organizations and markets in emerging economies 9 (2018) 2, pp. 193-211
relationship between remittances and domestic investment in recipient countries has not been fluently evidenced. This paper aims to … fill the empirical gap in the Asia-Pacific region by investigating the impact of remittances on domestic investment with a …Despite the sharply increasing remittances in developing countries (especially in the AsiaPacific region), the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012193692
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Is there a link between remittances, capital formation, structural transformation and economic growth? : a dynamic panel analysis for Latin America under the PVAR approach
Zurita Moreano, Eduardo; González Bautista, María Gabriela - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 5, pp. 1-25
The literature has mainly focused on analyzing the relationship of remittances with economic growth and social welfare …, neglecting more complex aspects where remittances can have relevant implications. To contribute to the literature, the objective … of this research is to examine the dynamic relationship between remittances, capital formation, structural transformation …
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The relationship between real estate investment and economic growth in China : a threshold effect
Jie Zhang; Wang, Jianhua; Zhu, Aiyong - In: The annals of regional science : an international … 48 (2012) 1, pp. 123-134
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Chaebol investments and government policy
Yun, Eugene - In: International studies review 6 (2005) 1, pp. 57-68
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The impact of the credit crisis on poor developing countries : growth, worker remittances, accumulation and migration
Ziesemer, Thomas H. W. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003882030