There are many factors that determine growth. Author in the present paper intends to point out empirically that globalization (measured by trade) as well as entrepreneurship can be two of them having a positive impact on economic growth. Panel Data cover Western world and Japan (1999–2006)....

In the present paper it will be shown that trade unions have a positive impact on economic growth. This finding is in agreement with the works of (Tapio Palokangas, 1996; 2000; 2004; 2005); (Grieben and Şener, 2008) and it refers to the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,...

In the present paper it will be shown that in country level economic growth has a positive impact on stock prices in the long run. This study refers annually to the Western Europe, Japan and the United States during the period 1999-2007. Therefore, any factor favoring economic growth should be...

In the present paper author through an empirical analysis with panel data will estimate the impact of government education spending (all levels of education) on unemployment rate reduction (all levels of training) vs the impact of real GDP growth. It will be pointed out that government education...

In the present short paper author attempts to point out econometrically the importance of banking sector viability and household consumption as a requirement for economic growth. In the recent financial crisis many economies are facing the danger of financial collapse. The remedy is difficult,...

In the present short paper author attempts to point out econometrically the importance of banking sector viability as a requirement for economic growth. In the recent financial crisis many economies are facing the danger of financial collapse. The remedy is difficult, cold minded policy-makers...

In the present paper an empirical analysis will point out that consumption generates economic growth, as claimed by Saito (2007). The sample covers all world during the period 2006 - 2011. Data are drawn from O.E.C.D. and are elaborated by means of the Eviews software package

In the present paper it will be pointed out that government debt is an obstacle to economic growth, thus supporting further the view of (Georgiou, 2009a). Data are kindly offered by (Paolo Mauro et al., 2013) and cover 55 countries for the period (1950-2011). It is worth noting that these...

Present paper is an extension of Georgiou (2009) and the conclusion is indirectly explained by the view of (Wachtel and Rousseau, 2007), who claim that after 1995 credit to private sector as a percentage of GDP causes a decline in economic growth. Hence, in the present paper two things will be...

In the present paper an empirical analysis will point out that ageing causes a decline on economic growth as claimed by Martins et al., (2005). The sample covers all western world and the United States. Data are taken from Eurostat and OECD. The elaboration of these panel data is made feasible...