GDP growth rate data from 1980 to 2022 is used to evaluate real convergence among member states. The findings of the study …

This study presents novel empirical evidence on the optimal disaggregated public debt-growth threshold in the WAMZ over … the period 1996-2022. Determining the public debt-growth threshold in a disaggregated form is crucial for macroeconomic … capita income. Furthermore, they show that domestic debt appears to have less negative dampening effects on economic growth …

The paper investigates the role of real exchange rate misalignment on long-run growth for a set of ninety countries …-step System GMM panel growth models indicate that the coefficients for real exchange rate misalignment are positive for different …-run growth. The estimated coefficients are higher for developing and emerging countries. -- long-run economic growth ; real …

Undervaluation of the currency is generally believed to affect growth through two main transmission channels: the … 'capital accumulation channel' and the 'total factor productivity (TFP) growth channel'. This paper carries out the first … empirical investigation on the TFP growth channel. More specifically, we provide answers to the three following questions: Does …

The relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and economic growth in host countries is a heavily … debated issue. Although some studies have found evidence of the positive impact of FDI on economic growth, others have …

The paper investigates the role of real exchange rate misalignment on long-run growth for a set of ninety countries …-step System GMM panel growth models indicate that the coefficients for real exchange rate misalignment are positive for different …-run growth. The estimated coefficients are higher for developing and emerging countries …

utilization proxy. Based on a large panel of Hungarian manufacturing firms, we decompose value added growth to input factor …, capacity utilization and estimated TFP growth contributions. We find that using an hours worked proxy, the variance of the … growth mostly in periods when/after institutional reforms, privatization or FDI inflow took place and lost its importance …