employed cointegration and Granger-causality tests on stochastic systems composed of exports, imports and GDP. In order to have …, export-led-growth hypothesis is verified. Bi-directional causality found for exports and output in the case of Czech Republic … and EU 15 is implying a virtuous circle of growth and exports, case that should be desirable for all the countries from …

the end of this year. This is the fastest growth in the Western Hemisphere for this period, and among the highest growth … Brazil, which has had less than half as much growth over the same period. …

since the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) party took power nearly 12 years ago; and the longer-term trends of economic growth …

. Two of the country’s largest sources of foreign earnings, petroleum exports and remittances from abroad, crashed during … reached its 20-year growth trend. This paper takes a detailed look at the fiscal, monetary, and other economic and social …

Venezuela’s current growth is generally described as unsustainable, with various negative scenarios put forth … could be sustained, or even accelerated. It finds that Venezuela’s current economic growth is sustainable and could continue …

The empirical growth literature has focused on capital accumulation but largely ignored productivity growth. To address … importance of efficiency changes for economic growth. Using a sample of 26 OECD countries from 1965-90, we find convergence and … important source of economic growth. …

growth through capital accumulation. This paper contributes to this literature. As opposed to the previous studies, which …, and tests of Granger non-causality are performed within the estimated systems. The main results show that the causal … chains linking saving and output differ across countries, and also that causality associated with adjustments to long …

Africa should industrialize. Without structural change it cannot sustain recent growth. Economies with more diverse and …

The empirical growth literature has focused on capital accumulation but largely ignored productivity growth. To address … importance of efficiency changes for economic growth. Using a sample of 26 OECD countries from 1965-90, we find convergence and … important source of economic growth. …

growth through capital accumulation. This paper contributes to this literature. As opposed to the previous studies, which …, and tests of Granger non-causality are performed within the estimated systems. The main results show that the causal … chains linking saving and output differ across countries, and also that causality associated with adjustments to long …