The indispensable role of electricity in expediting the process of industrialization leading to economic development, of developing nations in particular, cannot be questioned. Thus, researchers and policy makers all around the globe have endeavored themselves in identifying the contribution of...

We identify five factors that can capture 95% of the variance across 39 United States (US) dollar exchange rates based on the principal component method. We use a time-varying parameter factor-augmented vector autoregressive model to analyze the determinants of movements in these exchange rates,...

This study aims to investigate the relation between oil prices, exchange rate and economic growth in Russia from a multiple structural break approach. For this reason, quarterly series have been used for the period 1995:q1-2014:q3. In the study, first of all, the series have been subject to...

The relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows and economic growth in host countries is a heavily debated issue. Although some studies have found evidence of the positive impact of FDI on economic growth, others have revealed the opposite result. Studies that examined the...

This paper identifies five factors that can capture 95% of the variance across 39 US dollar exchange rates based on the principal component method. A time-varying parameter factor-augmented vector autoregressive (TVP-FAVAR) model is used to analyze the determinants of movements in these exchange...

In this paper, we challenge the traditional assumption of a linear relationship between exchange rate volatility and economic growth in South Africa. By using data collected from 1970 to 2016 applied to a smooth transition regression (STR) model, we are able to prove that the exchange...

This study aims to investigate Granger causality between renewable energy consumption (REC) and economic growth (EG) for USA. To accomplish this objective and to add the stronger evidence to the controversial issue, the tests were done under a new framework that embeds wavelet analysis, a novel...

The main aim of this contribution is to study the link between the real exchange rate misalignment and the economic growth and to show the empirical proof from the case of Cameroon. An emerging country in which the exchange rate was devalued in order to deal with the major macroeconomic...

The empirical debate on the role of international tourism on local economic growth is inconclusive and is characterized by two main opposing views: the Tourism-led economic growth hypothesis and the Economy-driven tourism growth hypothesis. The objective of the study was to establish the role of...

This paper investigates the performance of the IMF WEO growth forecast revisions across different horizons and country groups. We find that: (i) growth revisions in horizons closer to the actual are generally larger, more volatile, and more negative; (ii) on average, growth revisions are in the...