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Lobbying and Growth: Explaining Differences among OECD Countries
Mehmet, Babacan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The paper is an attempt to observe the effects of the development of rent-seeking or lobbying groups on the growth pace … policies implemented both at micro and macro level after the 1980s revealed the importance of lobbying effect on policies … examples of the literature on lobbying and its effects on growth. Taking from Mancur Olson’s inspiring book, The Rise and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008873557
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Absolute and relative effects of interest groups on the economy
Coates, Dennis; Heckelman, Jac C. - In: Collective choice : essays in honor of Mancur Olson ; …, (pp. 129-142). 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001763162
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Taking two steps to climb onto the stage : capital taxes as link between trade and growth
Bretschger, Lucas - 2001
This contribution provides evidence for the hypothesis that trade increases growth through its curbing effect on capital taxes. The analyzed mechanism includes two different steps and considers the critical points of both the theoretical and empirical studies in this field. In particular, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010485434
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Growth in a globalised economy : the effects of capital taxes and tax competition
Bretschger, Lucas - 2003
This contribution provides evidence for the hypothesis that trade increases growth through its curbing effect on capital taxes. The analysed mechanism includes two different steps and considers the critical points of both the theoretical and empirical studies in this field. In particular, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001772521
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Taxes, mobile vapital, and rconomic fynamics in a globalising world
Bretschger, Lucas - 2008
This contribution provides evidence for the hypothesis that trade increases growth through its curbing effect on capital taxes. The analysed trade-growth channel includes a negative impact of openness on corporate taxes and a negative effect of taxes on growth. The paper explores the two steps...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011793188
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Long-term relationship between investment and economic growth : a cointegration analysis of OECD countries
Morina, Fisnik; Misiri, Valdrin; Gashi, Fitore - In: European journal of government and economics : EJGE 12 (2023) 2, pp. 175-195
This article investigates the impact of domestic investments on economic growth in OECD countries from 2000 to 2020. It identifies factors affecting economic growth and analyzes the relationship between domestic investments and economic growth using econometric models. Empirical data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014445439
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Product variety and economic growth : empirical evidence for the OECD countries
Funke, Michael; Ruhwedel, Ralf - 2000
Utilizing panel data for 19 OECD countries we find suppor t for the hypothesis that a greater degree of product variety relative to the US helps to explain relative per capita GDP levels. The empirical work relies upon some direct measures of product variety calculated from 6-digit OECD export...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781524
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The effect of human capital on output growth in ICT industries : evidence from OECD countries
Murphy, Gavin (contributor); Siedschlag, Iulia (contributor) - 2007
In this paper we analyse the effects of human capital in fostering output growth in ICT manufacturing and services using data from a sample of twenty OECD countries over the period 1980-2002. We focus on within country between industry differences and control for country and industry specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003449242
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Fiscal policy and growth : do financial crises make a difference?
Afonso, António; Grüner, Hans Peter; Kolerus, Christina - 2010
In this paper we assess to what extent in the existence of a financial crisis, government spending can contribute to mitigate economic downturns in the short run and whether such impact differs in crisis and non crisis times. We use panel analysis for a set of OECD and non-OECD countries for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983667
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Long-term growth scenarios
Johansson, Åsa; Guillemette, Yvan; Murtin, Fabrice; … - 2013
This paper presents the results from a new model for projecting growth of OECD and major non-OECD economies over the next 50 years as well as imbalances that arise. A baseline scenario assuming gradual structural reform and fiscal consolidation to stabilise government-debt-to GDP ratios is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696098