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A panel data analysis of temporary and permanent effects of fixed broadband penetration over economic growth
Candelaria, José Alberto - 2015
This article presents an econometric analysis for the effects of fixed broadband penetration on the growth rate of GDP per capita for a panel of 35 developed and developing countries over an annual period of 33 years (1981 - 2013). The article contributes to the telecommunications literature by...
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Technical progress effects on productivity and growth in the Commonwealth of Nations (1993-2009)
Barreiro-Pereira, Fernando - 2011
accounting school appears due to limitations existing in the measures in efficiency units of the quality of the real investment …, because of the investment is not really comparable along the time. The analysis is based in to adjust the quality or … productivity of the investment goods constructing hedonic prices indices. This school is represented among others by Hulten (1992 …
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A Bayesian space-time approach to identifying and interpreting regional convergence clubs in Europe
Fischer, Manfred M.; Lesage, James P. - 2013
This study suggests a two-step approach to identifying and interpreting regional convergence clubs in Europe. The first step calculates Bayesian probabilities for various assignments of regions to two clubs using a general stochastic space-time dynamic panel relationship between growth rates and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685263
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A Bayesian approach to identifying and interpreting regional convergence clubs in Europe
Fischer, Manfred M.; Lesage, James P. - 2012
This study suggests a two-step approach to identifying and interpreting regional convergence clubs in Europe. The first step involves identifying the number and composition of clubs using a space-time panel data model for annual income growth rates in conjunction with Bayesian model comparison...
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TFP convergence across European regions
Di Liberto, Adriana; Usai, Stefano - 2010
This paper proposes a fixed-effect panel methodology that enables us to simultaneously take into account both TFP convergence and the traditional neoclassical-type of convergence. We analyse a sample of 199 European regions between 1985 and 2006 and find the absence of an overall process of TFP...
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Do electoral politics and partisan articulations matter for regional economic development? : evidence from Turkey's provinces : Young Scientists Session, 54th European Regional Sci...
Luca, Davide - 2014
The importance of political local coalitions in shaping local governance structures conducive to economic growth has been a subject of research for numerous years, both in rich economies as well as in emerging countries. In spite of such amount of research, little attention has yet been paid to...
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Does trade cause long-run development? : theory and evidence from countries behind the Suez channel
Gerritse, Michiel - 2015 - Preliminary
Does trade improve institutions and contribute to long run growth? I develop a theory of trade, in which trade liberalization provides incentive to change institutions in two ways. On the one hand, trade leads to specialization according to comparative advantage, expanding the industries that do...
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Do institutions matter for regional economic growth and development? : the case of Turkey : ERSA 2011 Congress: 30th August-03rd September 2011, Barcelona, Spain
Degirmenci, Serkan - 2011
Many cross-country studies acknowledge the indispensable role of institutions in promoting economic growth and in sustaining economic development. So, their emphases have shifted to determine the most influential institution(s) in order to be specific. While these papers are widespread in the...
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Democracy and institutional quality : theory and evidence
Krieger, Tommy - 2019
We present a simple model that illustrates how democracy may improve the quality of economic institutions. The model further suggests that institutional quality varies more across autocracies than across democracy and that the positive effect of democracy on institutional quality is increasing...
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Economic growth and infrastructure in Brazil : a spatial multilevel approach
Almeida, Eduardo Simões de; Guimarães, Pablo Miranda - 2014
level. Frequently, the decisions on infrastructure investment are taken in the sphere of the federal government or of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011503515