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The paper aims to examine the role of institutions relative to economic policy and geography in explaining the … that (i) higher level of IQI along with economic policy and geography factors lead to a positive improvement in the level … of DQI; and (ii) results remain robust for IQI and relatively robust for economic policy and geography even when it is …
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The paper uses nonparametric methodology to examine the role of institutions in understanding differential levels of development across countries. This technique estimates first order derivatives for every country allowing a deeper look into the impact of institutions on development. The...
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The article provides a broad-based overview on competing development strategies and the economic performance of developing countries, mainly since the year 2000. Four traditional mainstream development strategies are discussed (Washington Consensus, neo-liberalism, "good governance" and MDGs)...
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This study mainly examines the role of macroeconomic policy variables associated with Maastricht Convergence Criteria (MC), using various approaches to analyze comparatively differences in growth and convergence in income, productivity, and unemployment between a developed, economically...
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Even before the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis and ongoing European debt crisis, much attention has been given to the re-emergence of the Asian giants, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India. Both countries have attained unprecedented growth and economic development-PRC and...
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Cross-country growth regressions have in recent years become a major growth industry. The most common purpose of this work has been to investigate the determinants of economic growth. But it is also possible to use the existing growth data to determine the extent to which policy choices help or...
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Thailand and the Republic of Korea were developing at a similar pace during the 1960s. However, the Republic of Korea’s economic development rapidly expanded from the 1970s onward, leaving Thailand lagging far behind. This paper investigates the labor productivity slowdown in Thailand using a...
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The paper aims to examine the role of institutions relative to economic policy and geography in explaining the … that (i) higher level of IQI along with economic policy and geography factors lead to a positive improvement in the level … of DQI; and (ii) results remain robust for IQI and relatively robust for economic policy and geography even when it is …
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matter in the context of economic policies and geographic factors. -- Development ; Institutions ; Geography ; Openness …
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The paper aims to examine the role of institutions relative to economic policy and geography in explaining the … (i) higher level of IQI along with economic policy and geography factors lead to a positive improvement in the level of … DQI; and that (ii) results remain robust for IQI and relatively robust for economic policy and geography even when it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214172