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Coordinated tax-tariff reforms, informality, and welfare distribution
Ligthart, Jenny E.; Meijden, Gerard C. van der - 2010
and tariffs on factor markets, we find an efficiency gain, which is unevenly distributed. Existing generations benefit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003981994
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When is Trade Protection Good for Growth?
Minier, Jenny; Unel, Bulent - Louisiana State University <Baton Rouge, La.> / E. J. … - 2009
The empirical relationship between trade protection and economic growth is surprisinglyfragile, as shown in a number of … between trade barriers and growth is contingent on measures ofcomparative advantage. The findings suggest that these … nonlinearities do in fact exist— in particular, the correlation between tariffs and growth is strongest and positive forcapital …
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From worship to worldly pleasures : secularization and long-run economic growth
Strulik, Holger - 2012 - This version: May 2012
In medieval times, most people identified with religious values and aggregate income and productivity grew at glacier speed. In the 20th century, religion played a much lesser role in daily life and income and productivity grew at high and unprecedented rates. The present paper develops a simple...
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To what extent is the institutional environment responsible for worldwide differences in economic development
Próchniak, Mariusz - In: Contemporary economics 7 (2013) 3, pp. 17-38
This study aims to assess to what extent the institutional environment is responsible for worldwide differences in economic development. To answer this question, a new concept of the institutions-augmented Solow model is constructed. The analysis covers 153 countries and the period 1994-2009....
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Culture, diffusion, and economic development
Harutyunyan, Ani; Özak, Ömer - 2016
This research explores the effects of culture on technological diffusion and economic development. It shows that culture's direct effects on development and barrier effects to technological diffusion are, in general, observationally equivalent. In particular, using a large set of measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528503
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Stylised facts of economic growth in developing countries
Steger, Thomas M. - 2001
This paper offers a concise survey on the literature of growth empirics applying to DCs. It is argued that there is a number of important stylised facts of economic growth relevant to DCs which are not included in the corresponding lists of Kaldor and Romer. In contrary to the usual procedure,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010485436
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How does quality of institutions affect the impact of trade openness on economic growth of Ghana?
Duodu, Emmanuel; Baidoo, Samuel Tawiah - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-19
Developing countries, of which Ghana is no exception have actively engaged in trade openness after independence, yet … examines the impact of trade openness on economic growth of Ghana for the period 1984-2018 taken into consideration the role … quality of institutions play. The results from the autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL) reveal that, both trade …
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Law, political stability, tourism management and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Rahman, Mushfiqur; Nnanna, Joseph - 2022
This study complements the extant literature by assessing how the rule of law and political stability modulate tourism development dynamics (i.e. tourism receipts and tourism expenditure) to affect economic development in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. The study focuses on 47...
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Left-handedness and economic development
Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Pensieroso, Luca - 2021
This paper studies the interplay between left-handedness and economic development. To explain the decline and subsequent recovery of left-handedness observed over the last few centuries in the Western world, we propose a theory in which economic development influences the prevalence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012493880
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The impact of tourism development on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Nyasha, Sheilla; Odhiambo, Nicholas M.; Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This study examines the dynamic impact of tourism development on economic growth in subSaharan Africa (SSA) using the Generalised Method of Moments and data covering the period from 2002 to 2018. The increasingly important role of tourism and the limelight the tourism sector has been enjoying of...
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