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Growth, Size, and Openness: A Quantitative Approach
Ramondo, Natalia; Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés - In: American Economic Review 100 (2010) 2, pp. 62-67
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008584517
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The Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, and Endogenous Growth: A Synthetic neo-Kaleckian Model
Palley, Thomas I. - Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung … - 2010
This paper develops a neo-Kaleckian endogenous growth model that incorporates aggregate supply - demand balance and balance between labor force and employment growth. The paper explicitly models income distribution which is a critical channel whereby unemployment affects investment and growth....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008584600
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On the Measurement of Technological Progress Across Countries
Growiec, Jakub - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
technological progress at the world technology frontier (potential TFP growth, the "frontier shift" index). We then compare these … that these characteristics are sensitive to the precision of estimates of the world technology frontier, and then we … skilled labor and using US state-level data apart from cross-country data for estimating the world technology frontier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587494
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The Climatic Origins of the Neolithic Revolution: Theory and Evidence
Ashraf, Quamrul; Michalopoulos, Stelios - Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università degli Studi di Torino - 2010
This research examines theoretically and empirically the origins of agriculture. The theory highlights the role of climatic sequences as a fundamental determinant of both technological sophistication and population density in a hunter-gatherer regime. It argues that foragers facing volatile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587588
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ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD - SUCCESS OR FAILURE IN THE MEDICAL DECISION FROM THE ROMANIAN HEALTH SYSTEM ?
D, Assist. Adina Bălan Ph. - In: Annals of University of Craiova - Economic Sciences Series 2 (2010) 38, pp. 14-14
bringing the benefits of the medical science and technology to all individuals. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009143821
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THE STRATEGIC VALUE OF THE INTERNET BROADBAND SERVICE AND ITS IMPACT ON RURAL SMALL BUSINESSES: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
PhD, Assoc. Prof. Gheorghe Militaru - In: Annals of University of Craiova - Economic Sciences Series 2 (2010) 38, pp. 10-10
This study investigates the strategic adoption of the Internet broadband and technology in locations with small density …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009143897
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Export Diversification and Development - Empirical Assessment
Parteka, Aleksandra; Tamberi, Massimo - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali, Facoltà … - 2011
This paper assesses the role played by country specific factors as determinants of exports' diversification process. Using a panel data-set for 60 countries and twenty years (1985-2004) we confirm that even after clearing out differences in income per capita, cross section variability in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144141
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Mobile Banking: The Impact of M-Pesa in Kenya
Weil, David; Mbiti, Isaac - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
M-Pesa is a mobile phone based money transfer system in Kenya which grew at a blistering pace following its inception in 2007. We examine how M-Pesa is used as well as its economic impacts. Analyzing data from two waves of individual data on financial access in Kenya, we find that increased use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147552
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The dynamic process of economic takeoff and industrial transformation
Chang, Ming-Jen; Wang, Ping; Xie, Danyang - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
modern technology and endogenous accumulation of labor skills and capital funds. We consider preference biases toward the … toward the modern industry respond to various preference, technology and institutional changes. We further establish that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148016
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Industrial policy, collective action, and the direction of technological change
Temel, Tugrul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
national income. The paper draws attention to the role that institutional arrangements and asymmetries in sectoral technology …. Thirdly, sectoral asymmetries in technology assimilation do not help industries overcome disadvantageous situations in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148020