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Factor Endowments, Trade Direction, and Growth Performances of the Americas and East Asia in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Lai, Hongyi Harry - EconWPA - 1997
Factor-endowment based trade with the leading economy helps to explain the differing development performances of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062412
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Engineering growth : innovative capacity and development in the Americas
Maloney, William F.; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - 2017
This paper offers the first systematic historical evidence on the role of a central actor in modern growth theory - the engineer. It collects cross-country and state level data on the labor share of engineers for the Americas, and county level data on engineering and patenting for the US during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602763
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China, India, Brazil and South Africa in the world economy: Engines of growth?
Nayyar, Deepak - 2008
This paper attempts to analyse the economic implications of the rise of China, India, Brazil and South Africa, for developing countries situated in the wider context of the world economy. It examines the possible impact of their rapid growth on industrialized countries and developing countries,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323529
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Engineering Growth: Innovative Capacity and Development in the Americas
Maloney, William F.; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - 2017
This paper offers the first systematic historical evidence on the role of a central actor in modern growth theory - the engineer. It collects cross-country and state level data on the labor share of engineers for the Americas, and county level data on engineering and patenting for the US during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615894
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Historical perspectives of growth, integration and policies for catching-up in transition countries
Benáček, Vladimír - In: Prague Economic Papers 2003 (2003) 1
This paper is aimed at addressing general characteristics of growth and development that concerns all transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005258012
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Main Determinants of Living Standard in Modern Society
Alina-Petronela, Haller - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XI (2011) 1, pp. 930-936
liberalization, human development and standard of living in the present society based, more than ever, on knowledge. It is known that …, nobody can denies its benefits especially on human development - economic and social main objective of all states, regional … and global formations. Actually, the progress in human development translates into improved population standard of living …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839022
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Liberalization with Endogenous Institutions: A Comparative Analysis of Agricultural Reform in Africa, Asia, and Europe
Swinnen, Johan F. M.; Vandeplas, Anneleen; Maertens, Miet - 2009
Thirty years ago, a vast share of the poor and middle income countries were heavily state-controlled. The effects of the liberalizations in the 1980s and 1990s differed strongly between regions in Africa, Asia and Europe. This paper first documents these differences in refirm effects in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313308
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Liberalization with Endogenous Institutions: A Comparative Analysis of Agricultural Reform in Africa, Asia, and Europe
Swinnen, Johan F.M.; Vandeplas, Anneleen; Maertens, Miet - LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, … - 2009
Thirty years ago, a vast share of the poor and middle income countries were heavily state-controlled. The effects of the liberalizations in the 1980s and 1990s differed strongly between regions in Africa, Asia and Europe. This paper first documents these differences in reform effects in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005163400
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Unlucky or bad? Economic policy and economic growth
Osborne, Evan - 2003
Cross-country growth regressions have in recent years become a major growth industry. The most common purpose of this work has been to investigate the determinants of economic growth. But it is also possible to use the existing growth data to determine the extent to which policy choices help or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332290
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Productivity, Demographics, and Growth in Turkey: 2004-12
Üngör, Murat; Kalafatcılar, M. Koray - In: Ekonomi-tek - International Economics Journal 3 (2014) 1, pp. 23-56
Among all the OECD countries, Turkey had the second highest average annual GDP growth (measured in constant local currency) and the fifth highest average annual growth of purchasing power parity (PPP)-adjusted per capita income between 2004 and 2012. We study the sources of this high growth era,...
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