the associations of growth level, growth volatility, shocks, institutions, and macroeconomic fundamentals have changed in …, including global growth, global oil prices, and global financial volatility. After accounting for the effects global shocks, we … rate flexibility, education attainment, and lack of political polarization reduce the volatility of economic growth …

Do countries with higher levels of national IQ experience less volatility in the growth of real economic output … correlation indicates that IQ and economic volatility are negatively related: the correlation is -0.54, significant at the five … percent level of significance. Estimating a regression model of volatility, one that includes IQ with a number of control …