The general objective of this dissertation is to understand the relationship between economic growth, government … findings in a literature that has few existing examples that demonstrate similar rigorous evidence on the effects of growth and …

on the physical intensity of natural disasters. Chapter 3 zooms in on the local growth effects of natural disasters and …

. The article argues that (1) differences in public goods’ provision cause excessive growth of the primate cities; (2 …) better provision of public goods at the national level decreases the difference between growth rates of the primate... …

spur a declining economic growth. Incidentally, this work questions the issue of measuring economic regularities through … the empirical literature on the finance-growth nexus. It highlights an array of statistical issues casting serious doubts … expansion and economic growth is non-linear. However, our estimates document an overall negative effect of expanding credit to …