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What if all countries were actually in the same boat? : a comparison of countries' vulnerability based on Markov Switching Models
Vannier, Brendan - 2016
This article aims at assessing the main characteristics of the business cycle of 80 developed and developing countries. By comparing the possibility for these economies to enter or to exit a recession and the associated consequences, it aims at complementing existing literature with regard to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446268
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Forms of Democracy, Policy and Economic Development
Persson, Torsten - 2005
The paper combines insights from the recent research programs on constitutions and economic policy, and on history, institutions and growth. Drawing on cross-sectional as well as panel data, it presents new empirical results showing that the form of democracy (rather than democracy vs....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065998
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Skill intensity in foreign trade and economic growth
Wörz, Julia - 2004
This paper explores the link between trade structure, trade specialization and per capita incomegrowth. It is argued that industrial upgrading in export specialization patterns has a positive long-rungrowth effect, while the effect of structural change in industrial import patterns is in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335211
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On determinants of the economic growth of European countries during 2005-2015
Mazurek, Jiří - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 20 (2017) 2, pp. 21-33
The aim of the paper is to examine the economic growth of 32 European countries from 2005 to 2015. This period was characterized by a strong growth prior to 2009, when the Great Recession started, and lasted until 2012-2013 in the majority of examined countries. The growth between 2005 and 2015...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011869942
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Skill Intensity in Foreign Trade and Economic Growth
Woerz, Julia - 2004
This paper explores the link between trade structure, trade specialization and per capita incomegrowth. It is argued that industrial upgrading in export specialization patterns has a positive long-rungrowth effect, while the effect of structural change in industrial import patterns is in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325463
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Econometric Analysis of Income Convergence in Selected EU Countries and Their Nuts 3 Level Regions
Paas, Tiiu - 2008
The paper estimates equations for regional income convergence in selected EU countries and their NUTS 3 level regions during the European Union pre-enlargement period (1995-2002), using both spatial and non-spatial approaches. There has been absolute income convergence between regions in both...
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A Glimpse on Sectoral Convergence of Productivity Levels
Müller, Gerald - 2001
This paper examines the presence of sectoral convergence of labor productivity between 14 OECD countries. Using the OECD International Sectoral Data Base (ISDB), the paper looks at the developments within 12 distinct sectors during the period 1970-1995. The change of the coefficients of variance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316390
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Spatial R&D spillovers and economic growth: Evidence from West Germany
Funke, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2000
The paper bases itself on recent theoretical writings in growth economics that empha-size the effects of both own R&D efforts and of interregional technology spillovers on regions´ productivity. We propose robust estimation techniques to evaluate the R&D spillovers across West German functional...
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Wie beeinflussen die politische Lage und FDI das Wirtschaftswachstum? : Empirische Evidenz für die Ukraine und Polen
Levoshko, Tamila - 2016
in der Region und die Absorptionsfähigkeit von FDI das regionale Wirtschaftswachstum beeinflussen. Die empirische Analyse … Wechsel der Regierungspartei in der Ukraine eine negative Auswirkung auf das Wirtschaftswachstum hat, in Polen hingegen eine … positive. Es gibt eine schwache Evidenz, dass FDI einen Einfluss auf das Wirtschaftswachstum in der Ukraine haben. Der Effekt …
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Analysing the impact of tourism foreign direct investment on economic growth : evidence from a small island developing state
Fauzel, Sheereen; Seetanah, Boopen; Sannassee, Raja Vinesh - In: Tourism economics : the business and finance of tourism … 23 (2017) 5, pp. 1042-1055
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