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Using various indicators for economic freedom, it is shown that increases in economic freedom are robustly related to economic growth. This conclusion holds even if the impact of outlying observations is taken into account. The level of economic freedom is not related to economic growth
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The empirical economic growth literature is criticized for its lack ofrobustness. For different definitions of robustness, conclusions vary from 'almost everycorrelation is fragile' to 'a substantial number of explanatory variables are robust.' Were-analyze the empirical results of the economic...
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We extend the sensitivity analysis of cross-country growth regressions of Levine and Renelt (1992) by introducing a semi-parametric formulation of their regression function. Our results differ from theirs in how certain policy variables affect growth rates. We find that distortion variables,...
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default specification based on the convergence/catch-up model is associated with estimated effects of conditioning variables …
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Tourism is sensitive to many factors related to security, such as terrorism and armed conflict. This scenario can be … (FARC-EP) of Colombia that would end the armed conflict in 2016 offers economic possibilities for the country where tourism … the sustained growth of tourism demand. The objective of this study is to determine the sensitivity of the tourism market …
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Total Factor Productivity (TFP)is often used on the macro-economic level as an indicator of changes in efficiency of a country. In many transition economies TFP is seen to have been negative the last decade of the plan economy and starts increasing and become positive after a (quite a) few years...
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