.S. employers to estimate the effects of financial access on employment growth. Our methods combine regressions with matching on … constraints impede small business growth prior to loan receipt. We also investigate the variation in estimated employment effects …

This paper investigates the influence of international openness on economic growth in a sample of 32 European economies …. The usual approach in the literature on the topic is to observe the impact of trade openness on growth. We, however … empirical analysis we use the TSLS (two stage least squares) estimator, whereby in the first step we use the standard growth …

This paper builds a heterogeneous-households growth model of a small open economy with fixed resource (land) by … integrating the Walrasian general equilibrium and neoclassical growth theories. The production side consists of two sectors. We … use an alternative utility function proposed by Zhang, which enable us to develop a dynamic growth model with genuine …

This paper explores the link between Brazil's political institutions and its disappointing productivity and growth in … and cuts in unprotected expenditures, which put a drag on productivity and growth. In a context of robust checks and … increases in taxation. The resulting environment possesses both essential elements for sustainable economic growth and …

According to the Washington Consensus, developing countries' growth would benefit from reductions in barriers to trade … intermediate goods, did lead to faster growth in a manner consistent with theory. …

The growth prospects of a nation are stymied by the burden of government debt. This study has two goals: first, it … tests whether public debt hinders growth; and, second, it explores whether economic policy ameliorates this effect. A large … panel data of countries for 1970-2010 reveal a negative and robust effect of public debt on growth. Strong institutions …

This paper seeks to identify the most promising fiscal strategy to boost long-term economic growth in Argentina and … quantify its effects. To this end, the authors updated a growth-diagnostics study for Argentina and corroborated that low … improved appropriability and long-term growth. …

more than a century. The changes in aggregate or average income is a good measure for economic growth but is far from being … moreover to investigate the role and the effects on socio-economic growth. Keywords: Income distribution, inequality, poverty …, convergence, growth. …

This work examines the impact that economic growth can have on biodiversity and on the ecological dynamics that would …

income growth among regions. Empirical data seem to support the absolute convergence hypothesis for U.S. states, but the data … also show that natural resource-abundance is a significant negative determinant of growth. We find that natural resource … effects can fully explain the negative effect of natural resource abundance on growth. …