In spite of the fact that their ageing populations, low birth rates, and resentment to take low paid jobs make developed countries more and more reliant on guest workers and migrants, many people in the rich world are still unconvinced about the necessity and long-term benefits of immigration,...

This article is a supplement to Kónya (2004) which investigates the possibility of the export-led growth and growth-driven export hypotheses by testing for Granger causality between the logarithms of real exports and real GDP in twenty-five OECD countries. In Kónya (2004) two complementary...

Over the past two decades of transition from centrally planned economy to market economy Uzbekistan has experienced major structural changes. During this period the objectives of the tax policy were directed towards modernizing the tax system, increasing efficiency and reducing the tax burden on...

In this paper, we try to study globalisation between theories and facts by stressing the perverse effects of social, economic and political aspects. In other words we study the relation between globalisation and economic growth. Our empirical study is based on a dynamic panel model for an...

In the context of rising government debt levels in advanced economies and the ongoing euro zone debt crisis, there has been a revival of academic and policy debate on the impact of growing government debt on economic growth. This data-rich study offers an econometric investigation of the...

The rising government debt levels in the aftermath of global financial crisis and the ongoing euro zone debt crisis have necessitated the revival of the academic and policy debate on the impact of growing debt levels on growth. This study provides a data–rich analysis of the dynamics of...

The literature that study the positive relation between openness and growth is extensive, but the discussion about it isn´t close. That’s why, it deserves a deeper analysis that takes into account the level of development of the countries and the influence of the openness´ channels. The...

Economic growth data does not show how such growth was achieved. Was it based on income growth and consumption spending levels or was it based on borrowings to extend the income levels? The question is vital for deciding which economic tools work best for correcting imbalances. The main...

The economic literature emphasizes the existence of a debate having milked with the impact of the monetary policy on the economic activity. At the beginning of the years 1990, the monetary policy of the countries of the CEMAC knew significant reforms which aimed at conferring to him of advantage...

This study aims to analyze whether the observed growth in Cameroon between 2001 and 2007 was pro-poor or not. The main data sources used to complete this study are those of ECAM II, ECAM III and World Bank data. Among the tools used to analyze the nature of growth observed, are the FGT indices,...