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Nowcasting real economic activity in the euro area : assessing the impact of qualitative surveys
Basselier, Raïsa; Antonio Liedo, David de; Langenus, Geert - 2017
This paper analyses the contribution of survey data, in particular various sentiment indicators, to nowcasts of quarterly euro area GDP. It uses a genuine real-time dataset that is constructed from original press releases in order to transform the actual dataflow into an interpretable flow of...
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Challenging the East Asian development model : evidence from South Korea
Cha, Jaekwon; Yap, O. Fiona - In: The European journal of development research : journal … 32 (2020) 1, pp. 220-250
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Consumer attitudes, stock market liquidity, and the macro economy : a Canadian perspective
Smimou, Kamal - In: International review of financial analysis 33 (2014), pp. 186-209
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Innovative behavior as a moderator of growth intentions
Stenholm, Pekka - In: Journal of small business management : JSBM ; a joint … 49 (2011) 2, pp. 233-251
Although several studies suggest that both growth intentions and innovative behavior have positive effects on firm growth, little is known about how innovative behavior interacts with the intentions and the growth. This study examines its role in this relationship. Longitudinal data composed of...
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Heterogeneous households under uncertainty
Veronesi, Pietro - 2019
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Diaspora remittances, renewable energy and enterprise growth in Nigeria
Ojapinwa, Victor T.; Lawani, Dami - In: The Romanian economic journal : REJ 25 (2022) 83, pp. 57-73
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What do we know about pro-poor growth and regional poverty in Nigeria?
Ichoku, Hyacinth Eme; Agu, Chukwuma; Ataguba, John Ele-Ojo - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 5 (2012) 3, pp. 147-172
This study investigates the pro-poorness of income growth in Nigeria. Using nationally representative data for 1996 and … 2004, overall income growth in Nigeria was found not to be pro-poor. The richer segments of the population appropriate … need for smaller family size has to be an integral part of policy aimed at poverty reduction in Nigeria. The support of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011310239
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Africa and the United Kingdom: Challenges and opportunities to expand UK investments
Mendez Parra, Maximiliano; Raga, Sherillyn; Sommer, Lily - 2020
investments in Africa, and information provided by more than 75 UK companies operating in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa …
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Terms of trade and growth of resource economies: A tale of two countries
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - 2011
case studies the two African countries, Botswana and Nigeria.Using distributed-lag analysis, the paper finds that the … supportive of the 'resource curse' hypothesis for Nigeria, but not for Botswana.I further argue that the superior institutional … quality in Botswana, relative to Nigeria, is likely responsible for the contrasting results. However, Nigeria appears to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280151
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The effect of interventions to reduce fertility on economic growth
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Weil, David N.; Wilde, Joshua - 2011
We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous reductions in fertility on output per capita. Our simulation model allows for effects that run through schooling, the size and age structure of the population, capital accumulation, parental time input into child-rearing, and crowding of fixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287727