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89 countries spanning the period 1979 to 2000 during which AIDS has spread across the world. We control for a variety of …
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The Hungarian government has recently been focusing on innovation policy as part of a wider campaign to improve the business environment. This paper first underscores the importance of a good general business climate in encouraging both formal and informal R&D activity as well as ensuring...
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This paper investigates the relationship between telecommunications infrastructure competition, investment and productivity. Using econometric modelling and input-output economics, the analysis examines and measures the extent to which telecommunications has contributed to national and sectoral...
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A number of market failures have been associated with R&D investments and significant amounts of public money have been spent on programs to stimulate innovative activities. In this paper, we review some recent microeconomic studies evaluating effects of government sponsored commercial R&D. We...
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This paper investigates the relationship between telecommunications infrastructure competition, investment and productivity. Using econometric modelling and input-output economics, the analysis examines and measures the extent to which telecommunications has contributed to national and sectoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030186
This paper examines the impact of real effective exchange rate misalignment on economic growth in Nigeria using an … annual data spanning 1960 to 2011. The augmented growth model was estimated using purchasing power parity (PPP) and … generalized method of moment (GMM) approaches. Through series of iterative processes, it was observed that it will take four years …
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public expenditure and its financing via revenue and deficits, and economic growth. We review the various channels through … which public finances affect growth and its underlying determinants (institutional framework, employment, savings and … surveys the empirical findings on the impact of fiscal variables on sustained economic growth. …
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aid on growth. We call this homogeneity assumption into question, first constructing a model in which donor motives matter …
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examine a commonly used empirical growth model, considering aid modality as well as different measures of political and fiscal …, while the growth impact of other aid types is not generally conditional on decentralization. We therefore conclude that …
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This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same...
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