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panel ARDL estimation method. The findings derived from the estimated models point out that the old-age dependency ratio and …
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This chapter is structured in three parts. The first part outlines the methodological steps, involving both theoretical and empirical work, for assessing whether an observed allocation of resources across countries is efficient. The second part applies the methodology to the long-run allocation...
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relationships in eight selected MENA countries. Our panel data is for the period from 1977-2013 sourced from the World Development … Indicators of the World Bank. Findings - Results prove literature proposed hypotheses for the selected region and period, and … in the world economy. Research limitations/implications - Data limitation led to the inclusion of only eight countries of …
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The theoretical literature has predicted that inequality affects long-run growth by reducing human and physical capital, particularly in the presence of imperfect credit markets and other contractual frictions. We test these four mechanisms using measures of inequality at the country-level,...
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inherent in growth regressions. IBMA is essential to our estimation because the simultaneous consideration of model uncertainty …
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. IBMA is essential to our estimation because the simultaneous consideration of model uncertainty and parameter heterogeneity …
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Cross-country estimations of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) to empirically analyze the relationship between income and pollution have generally assumed a common structure for all countries. Since this latter feature is not supported by economic theory, this paper uses the Random...
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Estimating the relationship between economic development and energy demand and determining whether that relationship changes as levels of development change have been popular questions in energy economics. The current paper contributes to the literature by assembling a wide panel dataset of...
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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...
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The determination of the equilibrium real exchange rate is one of the most important issues in open economy since the policymakers are concerned about predicting and monitoring misalignments and they are usually associated with current account problems and currency crises. To the best of my...
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