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This paper carefully investigates some of the existing hypothesis regarding the transmission of different colonial legacies to modern day economic performance in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It focuses on four key channels of transmission namely, human capital, trade openness, market distortion and...
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This paper investigates the channels through which colonial origin affects economic outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It focuses on four key channels of transmission namely, human capital, trade openness, market distortion and selection bias. In contrast with previous studies where only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008516088
Based on satellite photos of night light from NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense, and using the methodology proposed by Henderson, Storeygard and Weil (2012), this paper measures the economic growth of the main 15 beach tourist areas in Mexico for the period from 1993 to 2017. This...
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This paper constructs annual GDP estimates for Ireland (1924-47) to join the first complete official aggregates. The …
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activity due to a simple redistributive effect of the intervention. The former is more likely when looking at GDP implications …
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predicting unobserved true income). In particular, we find that the PWT 7.1 chain-based GDP series substantially outperforms the … of their price survey. We conclude that GDP series based on unadjusted domestic growth rates alone predict growth rates …
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predicting unobserved true income). In particular, we find that the PWT 7.1 chain-based GDP series substantially outperforms the … of their price survey. We conclude that GDP series based on unadjusted domestic growth rates alone predict growth rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011484020
Based on satellite photos of night light from NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense, and using the methodology proposed by Henderson, Storeygard and Weil (2012), this paper measures the economic growth of the main 15 beach tourist areas in Mexico for the period from 1993 to 2017. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880557
In this chapter I discuss historical estimates of GDP at both the national and the regional level, and their … societies, GDP has stronger informative power in those contexts where industry and services, and market exchange, retain the … construct GDP constant price (Laspeyres) indices (the latter issue may be less widely recognized, but it may have a remarkable …
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products (GDP) of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries. Through a regression model we look for a correlation between … for investors who wanted to expand and to grow their businesses. Is there a significant relationship between FDI and GDP …? What is its impact? Does FDI have a direct impact over GDP in CEE countries? …
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