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This paper provides an assessment of the potential economic impacts of the Vietnam-Korea free trade agreement on … Vietnam, by using general equilibrium modeling. The results show that Vietnam-Korea FTA will increase aggregate welfare for … that Vietnam‟s agriculture exports to Korea would especially rise in the long run. However, there will be strong …
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This paper looks at how trade liberalization and institutional quality influence real income. Previous evidence has provided mixed results, and we find that indicators representing trade liberalization have been very weak. By using strongly balanced panel data of 45 Sub-Saharan African countries...
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The contention that 'inclusive' institutions are the deep determinants of economic growth remains unsatisfactory. This … the feedback loops among institutions, political power and economic structures, thus, markets on their own will not ensure …
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There is a general agreement that the European Union is facing nowadays one of the most important challenges in the history of the community, taking into consideration the wide range of economic, social and political risks that constitute top priorities of the European authorities. One key...
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The paper aims to assess the impact of regulations (measured by the Fraser Institute index of economic freedom) on economic growth in the world as well as in EU and post-socialist countries. The method of the analysis is based on growth regressions where economic freedom is included in the set...
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Optimal growth requires pro-growth institutions and culture. In an optimal growth pattern, institutions and culture … facilitate entrepreneurship and innovation. In contrast, if the development and coevolution of institutions and culture are … and innovation activity. Policymakers should therefore plan and implement pro-growth structural changes to institutions …
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This study examined the non-linear relationship between financial development and innovation using generalized method of moments (GMM) estimators for a panel data model. The sample comprised data for 75 developed and developing countries for the period 1996 to 2010. An inverted U-shaped...
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European countries that have to develop their institutions further in order to grow sustainably. This study is using …
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perspective. Institutions such as different tax and transfer policies, employment protection legislation, or active and passive … compare the situation between the Visegrad group countries, a synthetic measure of labour market institutions is calculated. A … synthetic measure of labour market institutions and income inequalities are analysed. The Pearson correlation coefficient and …
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After more than half a century of armed conflict, Colombia is moving towards a post-conflict period. National and regional strategies aimed to strengthen institutional capacities, promote productive entrepreneurship and reduce organized violence and crime, are crucial lines of action for the...
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