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Is Globalization Driving Efficiency? A Threshold Stochastic Frontier Panel Data Modelling Approach
Mastromarco, Camilla - 2014
Recently, Mastromarco, Serlenga and Shin (2010) propose a two-step approach to examine dynamic transmission mechanism under which globalization factors foster technology efficiency. In this paper, we extend the MSS model by combining panel threshold regression technique advanced by Hansen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013065766
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Population and geography do matter for sustainable development
La Torre, Davide; Liuzzi, Danilo; Marsiglio, Simone - In: Environment and development economics 24 (2019) 2, pp. 201-223
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012113973
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Identifying and disentangling the impact of fiscal decentralization on economic growth
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; … - 2019
This paper revisits the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth by addressing the endogeneity issue stemming from reverse causality and unobserved factors that has plagued previous extensive literature on this subject. In our approach, we use the Geographic Fragmentation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107011
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Space and growth
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial factors. An important distinction in this literature is the one between absolute and relative location. The literature on absolute location predominantly uses non-spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342567
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Spatial inequality, geography and economic activity
Achten, Sandra; Lessmann, Christian - 2019
We study the effect of spatial inequality on economic activity. Given that the relationship is highly simultaneous in nature, we use exogenous variation in geographic features to construct an instrument for spatial inequality, which is independent from any man-made factors. Inequality measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011983689
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Landlockedness and economic development : analyzing subnational panel data and exploring mechanisms
Jetter, Michael; Mösle, Saskia; Stadelmann, David - 2017
manufacturing. Finally, we find evidence consistent with the hypothesis that national infrastructure (i.e., transport …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011750132
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Intangible capital and labor productivity growth : revisiting the evidence
Roth, Felix; Sen, Ali - 2021
This contribution analyzes the impact of intangible capital on labor productivity growth across countries at the aggregate and sectoral levels by employing an econometric growth-accounting approach. First, our results show that intangible capital deepening accounts for around 40 percent of labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012622533
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Intangible capital and labor productivity growth : revisiting the evidence : an update
Roth, Felix - 2022
This contribution analyzes the impact of intangible capital on labor productivity growth across countries at the aggregate and sectoral levels by employing an econometric growth-accounting approach. First, our results show that intangible capital deepening accounts for around 50 percent of labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013183835
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FDI and economic growth : a new look from the sectoral perspective
Šimić, Vladimir; Malešević-Perović, Lena - In: Naše gospodarstvo : NG 68 (2022) 4, pp. 1-11
FDI data across different industries, the paper finds significant effects of FDI inflows in manufacturing on growth … further investigation of the specific subsectors (NACE 2-letter classification) within manufacturing, and the empirical … investigation finds that not all FDI inflows within manufacturing enhance economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014246483
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Knowledge spillovers : on the impact of genetic distance and data revisions
Deeken, Tim - 2015
accounts for technological interdependence among countries through spatial externalities. The original version models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379930