At a time of slow growth in several advanced and emerging countries, calls for more structural reforms are multiplying …. However, estimations of the short- and medium-term impact of these reforms on GDP growth remain methodologically problematic …

The effect of structural reforms on growth in Europe and Central Asia is assessed by looking separately at each supply …, regulatory quality, and government effectiveness have the most impact on potential growth, along with financial development …. European Union accession may also boost growth, mainly by encouraging capital deepening. However, changes in labor market …

European economies outside the Euro-zone shows higher growth values for Euro-members than for the control group. Regression …This paper empirically studies whether it pays off (in terms of economic growth) to fulfill the convergence criteria on … the public budget and participation in the Euro-zone. The analysis is based on data of European economies with a special …

economic growth of eleven Central and Eastern European (CEE or EU11) countries, including their real convergence to the … selected macroeconomic variables related to the EU enlargement on economic growth of the CEE countries is examined with the use … direct investment) turned out to be important drivers of GDP growth. …

Ukraine's economic performance has been anemic since the early 1990s. A major impediment to productivity growth has … institutional weakness in Ukraine and quantify the long-term growth impact of catching-up to Poland in terms of the quality of major …

The literature on the finance-growth nexus highlights the importance of the financial cycle for the estimation of … potential output of an economy. We estimate potential output growth for the G-5 countries, as well as for 10 high- and middle …-income Asian economies. We also find that average potential growth of the economies included in the study is lower in 2008 …

We revisit the relationship between financial development and economic growth in a panel of 52 middle income countries … financial development does not have a linear positive long-run impact on economic growth in this sample. When we consider a non …-linear relationship between financial development and growth, we find an inverted U-shaped relationship between finance and growth in the …

This paper examines the relationship between stock market evolution and sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. The … economic growth in Nigeria. This finding supports the numerous past studies, which have reported negative/mixed or inconclusive … results on the effects of stock markets on economic growth. The paper, therefore, concludes that, there is the need for …