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Gender, Distribution, and Balance of Payments (revised 10/08)
Seguino, Stephanie - Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University … - 2008
An unresolved debate in the development literature concerns the impact of gender inequality on economic growth. Previous studies have found that the effect depends on the time frame (short or long run) and the measure of inequality. This paper expands that discussion by considering both the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008500887
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Fiscal Policy Effects on Economic Growth: Short Run vs Long Run
Kukk, Kalle - Majandusteaduskond, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool - 2007
There are two important aspects to take into account while analysing fiscal policy effects on economic growth. First, it should be made clear whether Keynesian short-run or classical long-run effects are the object of interest. Second, the relations between different fiscal and macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059640
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Exact prediction of S&P 500 returns
Kitov, Ivan; Kitov, Oleg - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
population is represented by moving averages. The period between January 1990 and December 2003 is described by monthly … population intercensal estimates as provided by the US Census Bureau. Four years before 1990 are described using the estimates of … the number of 17 year-olds shifted 8 years back. The prediction of S&P 500 returns for the months after 2003, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790450
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Business Efficiency - Ranking the Republic of Croatia as a Destination in Regional, European and Global Environment
Verdris, Mladen; Simic, Ruzica - In: Interdisciplinary Management Research 4 (2008) May, pp. 13-33
Since the beginning of this decade, which corresponds to the processes of an accelerated political, social and economic opening to the European and global environment, the Republic of Croatia has become aware of the need for deep reforms to enable the creation of permanently sustained success of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999226
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Country role models for development success: The case of Costa Rica
Trejos, Alberto - 2009
In this paper, I discuss the reasons for Costa Rica's economic performance over the last quarter of a century. Three complementary sets of policies (investments in human capital, careful stabilization, and an intelligent and aggressive integration into the world economy) explain the successful...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273461
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The new economy in Europe, 1992 - 2001
Daveri, Francesco - 2002
Despite the fast catching-up in ICT diffusion experienced by most EU countries in the last few years, information technologies have so far delivered little productivity gains in Europe. In the second half of the past decade, growth contributions from ICT capital rose in six EU countries only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279279
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Productivity, Economic Growth and the Middle Income Trap: Implications for China
Wu, Yanrui - In: Frontiers of Economics in China 9 (2014) 3, pp. 460-483
This paper explores the middle income trap (MIT) concept from the perspective of productivity growth. Through the examination of cross-country historical statistics as well as China¡¯s regional data, it sheds light on the debate about whether the Chinese economy can avoid the middle income...
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Government Debt and its Macroeconomic Determinants – An Empirical Investigation
Swamy, Vighneswara - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
that real GDP growth, foreign direct investment, government expenditure, inflation and population growth have negative …
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The Economic Effect of the Graying of the Population
Kamerschen, David R. - In: International Journal of Business and Economics 8 (2009) 1, pp. 87-89
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Understanding Performance in Human Development: A Cross-National Study
Gidwitz, Zachary; Heger, Martin Philipp; Pineda, José; … - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
This paper introduces a new and comprehensive Human Development Index (HDI) trends dataset for 135 countries and 40 years of annual data. We apply this dataset to answer several empirical questions related to the evolution of human development over the last 40 years. The data reveal overall...
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