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Bach, Stefan; Baldi, Guido; Bernoth, Kerstin; Bremer, Björn - In: DIW Wochenbericht 80 (2013) 26, pp. 6-17

1999 haben die Euroländer im Durchschnitt mehr Wirtschaftswachstum erzielt als Deutschland, und ein großer Teil der … das deutsche Pro-Kopf-Wirtschaftswachstum unter sonst gleichen Bedingungen jährlich um fast einen Prozentpunkt höher … höherem Wirtschaftswachstum in Deutschland führen würde. Das Potentialwachstum könnte 2017 um 0,6 Prozentpunkte höher sein …

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More Growth through Higher Investment

Bach, Stefan; Baldi, Guido; Bernoth, Kerstin; Bremer, Björn - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 3 (2013) 8, pp. 5-16

While many countries in the euro area are deep in recession due to a debt and structural crisis, the German economy appears to have excelled compared to many other euro area countries. Unemployment has fallen to the lowest level since German reunification, economic output has grown by over eight...

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The contribution of intangible assets to sectoral productivity growth in the EU

Niebel, Thomas; O'Mahony, Mary; Saam, Marianne - 2013

In this paper we report on new data on intangible investment at the level of 1-digit NACE industries of 10 EU countries. The data are constructed as a sectoral breakdown of the INTANInvest database, which contains measures of intangible investment at the level of the aggregate business sector....

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How much does the UK invest in intangible assets? Mauro Giorgio Marrano and Jonathan Haskel

Marrano, Mauro Giorgio; Haskel, Jonathan - 2006

We attempt to replicate for the UK the Corrado, Hulten and Sichel (2005, 2006) work on spending on intangible assets in the US. Their work suggests private sector expenditure (investment) on intangibles is about 13% (11%) of US GDP 1998-2000, with intangible investment about equal to tangible...

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The rate of capital retirement: How is it related to the form of the survival function and the investment growth path?

Biørn, Erik - 2000

We discuss the relationship between the retirement process of the capital, as formalized by its survival function, and the average retirement rate, and how this relationship is affected by changes in the investment path. The effect of the survival function on the age distribution of the capital...

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Decentralizing aid with interested parties

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2006

This paper analyses the decentralization of decisionmaking in aid-giving in a theoretical rent-seeking framework. In this analysis the root donor establishes a necessary criterion for potential recipients: good governance. The potential recipients compete in hierarchal contests for funds. The...

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It works; it doesn't; it can, but that depends...: 50 years of controversy over the macroeconomic impact of development aid

McGillivray, Mark; Feeny, Simon; Hermes, Niels; … - 2005

This paper surveys 50 years of empirical research on the macroeconomic impact of aid, looking mainly at studies examining the link between aid and growth. It argues that studies dating until the late 1990s produced either contradictory or inconclusive results. Aid either worked, or it didn’t,...

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Aineettomat investoinnit Suomen yrityksissä vuonna 2004: Kokeilu yritysaineistoilla

Maliranta, Mika; Rouvinen, Petri - 2007

Tässä raportissa tarkastellaan aineettomien investointien eriä Tilastokeskuksen mikroaineistoilla. Jo yritystasolla aineettomat investoinnit ovat suurempia kuin aineelliset ja niiden huomioiminen muuttaa käsityksiämme monista perussuureista: esimerkiksi yrityssektorin arvonlisäyksen taso...

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Comparing labour and total factor productivity growth and level in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States over the past century and in recent years

Cette, Gilbert; Kocoglu, Yusuf; Mairesse, Jacques - In: The Open Economics Journal 2 (2009), pp. 45-60

The present study contributes to the analysis of economic growth by comparing labour ant total factor productivity (TFP) in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States in the very long run (since 1890) and in the medium run (since 1980). During the past century, the United States has...

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Treating intangible inputs as investment goods: The impact on Canadian GDP

Belhocine, Nazim - 2008

National income accounts view most business expenditures on intangible goods as acquisitions of intermediate inputs that get entirely used up in the production of final output. After arguing against this convention, I construct a data set to document firms' expenditures on an identifiable list...

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