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Anticipation and arms accumulation : a simulation study of the impact of forecasting on arms races
Bremer, Stuart A.; Cusack, Thomas R. - 1980
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000164372
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The political economy of prosperity
Okun, Arthur M. - 1970
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000593665
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Brain Drain and LDCs? Growth: Winners and Losers
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2003
We present an empirical evaluation of the growth effects of the brain drain for the source countries of migrants. Using recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the ?beneficial brain drain hypothesis? in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261555
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Outward-Orientation and Development: Are Revisionists Right
Srinivasan, T. N.; Bhagwati, Jagdish - 1999
The costs of import substitution (IS) as a strategy for industrialization, which was deemed synonymous with economic development by many development economists of the fifties and sixties, were shown to be substantial in the influential and nuanced studies of the seventies and eighties under the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369159
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Technological diversification
Koren, Miklós; Tenreyro, Silvana - 2005
Why is GDP so much more volatile in poor countries than in rich ones? To answer this question, we propose a theory of technological diversification. Production makes use of different input varieties, which are subject to imperfectly correlated shocks. As in endogenous growth models,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604597
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A Theory of Standards-Driven Rural Development
Swinnen, Johan F.M.; Rozelle, Scott; Xiang, Tao; … - 2008
Consumers have increasing demands for product standards. This has important implications for development. This paper develops a firmal theory of the process of the introduction of high product standards in developing countries. The model endogenizes the introduction of high standards. Initial...
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Vote-Buying and Growth
Gersbach, Hans; Mühe, Felix - 2008
Vote-buying is widely used by parties in developing countries to influence the outcome of elections. We examine the impact of vote-buying on growth. We consider a model with a poverty trap where redistribution can promote growth. We show that vote-buying contributes to the persistence of poverty...
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Aid effectiveness disputed
Hansen, Henrik; Tarp, Finn - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320714
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(Wie) Führt Außenhandel zu Wirtschaftswachstum?
Eck, Katharina - 2010
Diese Arbeit geht der Frage nach, wie Außenhandel zu Wirtschaftswachstum führen kann. Da anhaltendes … Wirtschaftswachstum nur durch technischen Fortschritt möglich ist, muss Außenhandel deshalb auf die Rate des technischen Fortschritts … wirken um Wirtschaftswachstum beeinflussen zu können. Technischer Fortschritt selbst entsteht hauptsächlich durch die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281889
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Technological diversification
Koren, Miklós; Tenreyro, Silvana - 2005
Why is GDP so much more volatile in poor countries than in rich ones? To answer this question, we propose a theory of technological diversification. Production makes use of different input varieties, which are subject to imperfectly correlated shocks. As in endogenous growth models,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286316