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On the estimation of the volatility-growth link : conference paper

Launov, Andrey; Posch, Olaf; Wälde, Klaus - 2013

It is common practice to estimate the volatility-growth link by specifying a standard growth equation such that the … biased and inconsistent estimate of the volatility-growth link. Our simulations show that this effect is large. Once the … equation must include relevant control variables to estimate the volatility-growth link. …

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Geopolitics, aid and growth : conference paper

Dreher, Axel; Eichenauer, Vera; Gehring, Kai - 2014

We investigate the effects of short-term political motivations on the effectiveness of foreign aid. Donor countries political motives might reduce the effectiveness of conditionality, channel aid to inferior projects, reduce the aid bureaucracy s effort, and change the power structure in the...

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Oppressive governments, US closeness, and anti-US terrorism : conference paper

Gries, Thomas; Meierrieks, Daniel; Redlin, Margarete - 2014 - (Draft version, do not cite: 2014-02-28)

Since the 9/11 attacks more attention has been given to the question why the United States is a major target for transnational terrorism. What conditions motivate these terrorist activities? Are there specific characteristics in the terrorists home countries that provide a breeding ground for...

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Emergency aid 2.0 : conference paper

Fuchs, Andreas; Klann, Nils-Hendrik - 2013 - This version: December 2012. Work in progress

Does the proliferation of aid donors lead to visible changes in the world of foreign assistance? Aid provided by low- and middle-income countries, autocratic regimes and donors operating outside the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD is gaining in importance. This article uses...

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Does foreign aid really attract foreign investors? : new evidence from panel cointegration ; conference paper

Donaubauer, Julian - 2014

This paper examines whether foreign aid contributes to attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in aid receiving countries. Using both homogeneous and heterogeneous panel cointegration techniques, I find that the effect of foreign aid on FDI is negative. This is in contrast to previous studies...

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Risk of rare disasters, Euler equation errors and the performance of the C-CAPM : conference paper

Posch, Olaf; Schrimpf, Andreas - 2013

This paper shows that the consumption-based asset pricing model (C-CAPM) with low-probability disaster risk rationalizes large pricing errors, i.e., Euler equation errors. This result is remarkable, since Lettau and Ludvigson (2009) show that leading asset pricing models cannot explain sizeable...

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Structural change and the Kaldor facts in a growth model with relative price effects and non-Gorman preferences : conference paper

Boppart, Timo - 2013

Growth is associated with (i) shifts in the sectoral structure of the economy, (ii) changes in relative prices and (iii) the Kaldor facts. Moreover, (iv) cross-sectional data shows systematic differences in the expenditure structure across income groups. This paper presents a growth model which...

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Job polarization and structural change : conference paper

Bárány, Zsófia L.; Siegel, Christian - 2014

Job polarization is a widely documented phenomenon in developed countries since the 1980s: employment has been shifting from middle to low- and high-income workers, while average wage growth has been slower for middle-income workers than at both extremes. We document 1) that polarization has...

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Human capital, basic research, and applied research : three dimensions of human knowledge and their differential growth effects ; conference paper

Prettner, Klaus; Werner, Katharina - 2014

We analyze the di fferential growth e ffects of basic research, applied research, and embodied human capital accumulation in an R&D-based growth model with endogenous fertility and endogenous education. In line with the empirical evidence, our model allows for i) a negative association between...

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Capital- and labor-augmenting technical change in the neoclassical growth model : conference paper

Irmen, Andreas; Tabakovic, Amer - 2014 - Preliminary and incomplete, This version: March 1, 2014

The determinants of the direction of technical change and the implications for economic growth are studied in the one-sector neoclassical growth model of Ramsey (1928), Cass (1965), and Koopmans (1965) extended to allow for endogenous capital- and labor-augmenting technical change. For this...

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