Do countries with higher levels of national IQ experience less volatility in the growth of real economic output … correlation indicates that IQ and economic volatility are negatively related: the correlation is -0.54, significant at the five … percent level of significance. Estimating a regression model of volatility, one that includes IQ with a number of control …

volatility of aid on economic growth, controlling for the level of aid. A four-year panel analysis is conducted encompassing 155 … countries over the period 1966-2001. We find that once the volatility of aid is controlled for, aid has a positive impact on … economic growth. Correspondingly, volatility of aid flows is found to be negatively related to growth. We found no significant …

, output volatility, and economic growth, using a large cross-section of 88 countries over the period 1960 to 2004 … results: First, both pro- and countercyclical fiscal policy amplify output volatility, much in a way like pure fiscal shocks … that are unrelated to the cycle. Second, output volatility, due to variations in cyclical and discretionary fiscal policy …

This paper presents estimates of the effects that terms of trade volatility has on real gross domestic product (GDP … that terms of trade volatility has significant negative effects on economic growth in countries with procyclical government … spending. In countries where government spending is countercyclical, terms of trade volatility has no significant effect on …

volatility of aid on economic growth, controlling for the level of aid. A four-year panel analysis is conducted encompassing 155 … countries over the period 1966-2001. We find that once the volatility of aid is controlled for, aid has a positive impact on … economic growth. Correspondingly, volatility of aid flows is found to be negatively related to growth. We found no significant …

Since output growth volatility has negative effects on growth, poverty and welfare, especially in poorer countries, it …. Remittances can help reduce output growth volatility thanks to their considerable magnitude, stability and low pro … volatility. Instrumental variable estimation supports our intuition about the direction of causality …

This study explores the question of structural change and inclusive development in South Africa and Brazil. Using …