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Tax Composition and Growth : A Broad Cross-Country Perspective
Acosta Ormaechea, Santiago LE - 2012
We investigate the relation between changes in tax composition and long-run economic growth using a new dataset … 20 years of observations on total tax revenue during the period 1970-2009-21 high-income, 23 middle-income and 25 low …-income countries. To our knowledge this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dataset on tax composition and growth. We find that …
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Can the costs of education explain the poverty of nations? : Measuring the impact of factors taxation and life expectancy on income differences
Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Pessôa, Samuel de Abreu - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001657422
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Tax structure and economic growth : do differences in income level and government effectiveness matter?
Yanikkaya, Halit; Turan, Taner - In: The Singapore economic review : journal of the Economic … 65 (2020) 1, pp. 217-237
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The vanishing effect of finance on growth
Gründler, Klaus - 2015
This paper investigates the causes of the "vanishing effect of finance" detected in recent studies. The results highlight that the negative effect of the financial system on growth is mainly driven by advanced economies, whereas finance is still beneficial for income increases in developing...
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The inequality-growth relationship : an empirical reassessment
Kolev, Galina V.; Niehues, Judith - 2016 - Working paper version
Recently, some influential empirical studies found evidence in favour of a negative relationship between income inequality and economic growth, implying the conclusion that inequality reducing policies will foster economic growth. The studies have in common that they all rely on the System GMM...
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Growth effects of fiscal policies : a comparative analysis in a multi-country context
Brons, Martijn; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Nijkamp, Peter - 1999
The potential interactions among fiscal policies, investments and economicgrowth are complex and manifold.In this paper, we will perform a systematic comparative analysis of the variouseconomic insights that arecurrently available on these complex relationships, both theoretically (by aselective...
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Do economic and financial integration stimulate economic growth? : a critical survey
Ehigiamusoe, Kizito Uyi; Hooi Hooi Lean - 2019
The recent vote by Britain to quit European Union (EU) and the political pressures in some member countries to exit EU necessitates a critical evaluation of the long-run economic benefits of economic integration or union to member countries. Consequently, this paper examines recent empirical...
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Diffusion of technology and convergence of income among countries
Oz, Sumru - 2014 - Preliminary version; April 9, 2014
Theoretical models of growth reveal that either exogenous or endogenous, technology is the main driving force behind the long-run economic growth. Furthermore, in the endogenous growth framework, diffusion of technology is the basic mechanism of per capita income convergence among countries....
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The economic effects of international sanctions : an event study
Gutmann, Jerg; Neuenkirch, Matthias; Neumeier, Florian - 2021
Although international sanctions are a widely used instrument of coercion, their economic effects are still not fully understood. This study uses a novel dataset and an event study approach to evaluate the economic consequences of international sanctions, thereby accounting for pre-treatment...
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Interpreting productivity growth in the new economy : some agnostic notes
Gundlach, Erich - 2001
The growth rate of total factor productivity seems to have increased recently, at least in the United States. Higher US productivity growth may justify higher stock market valuations than in the past and thus herald an emerging New Economy. However, the size of the estimated growth rate of total...
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