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African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa
Jerven, Morten - 2019
The study of growth in African economies during the 20th Century is hampered by the lack of historical GDP estimates … accounts has not yet been assembled. This paper provides GDP estimates for some former British colonies between 1900 - 1950 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624399
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African growth miracle or statistical tragedy? Interpreting trends in the data over the past two decades
Jerven, Morten - 2014
This paper reviews the current problems of national accounting in Sub-Saharan Africa. With the current uneven application of methods and availability of data, any ranking of countries according to gross domestic product levels is misleading. It is increasingly acknowledged that the problems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494233
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African growth miracle or statistical tragedy? : interpreting trends in the data over the past two decades
Jerven, Morten - 2014
This paper reviews the current problems of national accounting in Sub-Saharan Africa. With the current uneven application of methods and availability of data, any ranking of countries according to gross domestic product levels is misleading. It is increasingly acknowledged that the problems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010406846
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The laffer curve and the debt-growth link in low-income Sub-Saharan African economies
Megersa, kelbesa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The study of the link between debt and growth has been full of debates, both in theory and empirics. However, there is a growing consensus that the relationship is sensitive to the level of debt. Our paper tries to address the question of non linearity in the long term relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259050
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An Empirical Study Regarding the Impact of Foreign Direct Investments over the Gross Domestic Product of Central and Eastern Europe Countries
Daniel, Liparã - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XI (2011) 1, pp. 1154-1159
products (GDP) of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries. Through a regression model we look for a correlation between … for investors who wanted to expand and to grow their businesses. Is there a significant relationship between FDI and GDP …? What is its impact? Does FDI have a direct impact over GDP in CEE countries? …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010632414
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Economic growth in South Africa since 1994
Plessis, Stan du; Smit, Ben - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2006
South Africa's democratic transition in 1994 created expectations of a dramatic turnaround in the economic performance. Trade and financial sanctions and internal political opposition to the apartheid government had contributed to the poorest ten-year growth performance (1984 - 1993) since the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650432
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Education as a driver of income inequality in twentieth-century Africa
Van Leeuwen, Bas; van Leeuwen-Li, Jieli; Foldvari, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In this paper, we address the issue of how education affected income inequality in twentieth-century Africa. Three channels are identified through which education may affect income inequality. First, an increase in the average educational level is correlated with an increase in average income,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112127
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Environmental quality, infant morality, and economic growth in selected sub-Saharan African countries
Aderounmu, Busayo; Awofiranye, Adedoyin; Oni, Olubusayo … - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 26 (2023) 2, pp. 149-162
Beyond the usual macroeconomic stability, which is a necessity for economic growth, more focus should be placed on the effects that environmental quality has on infant mortality in sub‑Saharan Africa. Africa has always had the highest rate of infant mortality and the poorest environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014339839
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The effect of interest rate, inflation rate, GDP, on real economic growth rate in Jordan
Saymeh, Abdul Aziz Farid; Marwan Mohammad Abu Orabi - 2013
The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of interest rate, inflation rate, and GDP on real … the integration order of the variables. Acointegration analysis with four variables (economic growth, interest rate, GDP … rate. Finally regression used to test GDP, interest rate, and inflation rate together; results have shown that current GDP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009755676
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Using sentiment surveys to predict GDP growth and stock returns
Guzman, Giselle C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
power for both GDP growth and excess stock returns, and that the results are robust to the inclusion of information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647399