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Autocratic transitions and growth
Nannicini, Tommaso; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2010
In this paper we use a transparent statistical methodology - synthetic control methods - to implement data-driven comparative studies about the impact of autocratic transition on real per capita GDP. The applied methodology compares the growth of countries that experienced a transition to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266104
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Autocratic Transitions and Growth
Nannicini, Tommaso - 2010
In this paper we use a transparent statistical methodology – synthetic control methods – to implement data-driven comparative studies about the impact of autocratic transition on real per capita GDP. The applied methodology compares the growth of countries that experienced a transition to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147271
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Lessons from Quantile Panel Estimation of the Environmental Kuznets Curve
Flores, Carlos A. - 2013
estimation of this relationship at the mean employing longitudinal data, with the typical finding supporting the inverted U shape …. Conditional mean estimation, however, can mask heterogeneities present at higher and/or lower quantiles of the emissions … fixed effects models to the estimation of the income-pollution relationship on U.S. state-level data on NOx (nitrogen oxide …
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Coups, regime transitions, and institutional change
Bennett, Daniel L.; Bjørnskov, Christian; Gohmann, … - 2019
Coups and regime transitions are events that typically are intended to change the basic institutional framework of a country. Which specific policies change and the consequences of these changes nevertheless remains largely unknown. Change after a coup or transition implies that some form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021629
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Impact of economic freedom on the growth rate : a panel data analysis
Hussain, Mohammed Ershad; Haque, Mahfuzul - In: Economies : open access journal 4 (2016) 2, pp. 1-15
This study looks at some non-conventional determinants of economic growth, with the help of the newly developed economic freedom index datasets of the Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal(HF/WSJ), which is a cumulative index derived from several sub-indices (trade freedom index, financial...
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Nonlinearity between the shadow economy and level of development
Wu, Dong Frank; Schneider, Friedrich - 2019
This paper is the first attempt to directly explore the long-run nonlinearity of the shadow economy. Using a dataset of 158 countries over the period from 1996 to 2015, our results reveal a robust U-shaped relationship between the shadow economy size and GDP per capita. Our results imply that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022432
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The Relative Richness of the Poor? Natural Resources, Human Capital, and Economic Growth
Bravo-Ortega, Claudio; de Gregorio, Jose - 2005
Are natural resources a blessing or a curse? Bravo-Ortega and De Gregorio present a model in which natural resources have a positive effect on the level of income and a negative effect on its growth rate. The positive and permanent effect on income implies a welfare gain. There is a growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014067584
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The puzzle with increasing money demand : evidence from a cross-section of countries
Lambsdorff, Johann - 2004
The ratio of money demand to GDP may increase with portfolio demand, monetization, and a deeper division of labor. Using a cross-section approach to money demand for 126 countries this study shows that the share of agriculture, life expectancy at birth, openness, and trust in the banking system...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424483
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The puzzle with increasing money demand : evidence from a cross-section of countries
Lambsdorff, Johann - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001913835
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Natural disasters and the effect of trade on income : a new panel IV approach
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Gröschl, Jasmin - 2011
disasters ; instrumental variable estimation ; panel econometrics …
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