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As the ongoing process of global warming goes along with changes in both mean precipitation and precipitation extremes, the scientific interest in the effects of rainfall on economic prosperity has recently grown significantly. However, the few existing empirical studies of short-run growth...
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Developing Asia is the driver of today's emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future emissions, the region is critical to the task of global climate change mitigation. Reflecting this global reality and a range of related domestic issues, the governments of the People's...
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This research examines variations in the diffusion of agriculture across countries and archaeological sites. The theory suggests that a society´s history of climatic shocks shaped the timing of its adoption of farming. Specifically, as long as climatic disturbances did not lead to a collapse of...
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The paper surveys the literature on the effects of finance on productivity growth. In both the theoretical and … growth. Clearer positive effects emerge when considering growth channels related to productivity dynamics, with the estimated …
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labour productivity. The service intensities in the sectoral production mix are lower in countries with higher manufacturing … shares. This holds for both catching up and developed economies. However, servitization is largely unrelated to productivity …
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The paper aims to investigate relationships between technology and innovation management, total factor productivity and … economic growth in China. By comparing the trends in total factor productivity growth of industrialized economies (i.e. OECD …), this study intends to showcase the importance of total factor productivity progress in the Chinese economy. The study …
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