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A Further Examination of the Export-Led Growth Hypothesis

Dreger, Christian; Herzer, Dierk - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011

This paper challenges the common view that exports generally contribute more to GDP growth than a pure change in export volume, as the export-led growth hypothesis predicts. Applying panel cointegration techniques to a production function with non-export GDP as the dependent variable, we find...

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On the Relevance of Exports for Regional Output Growth in China

Dreger, Christian; Zhang, Yanqun - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2013

Despite high economic growth during the last decades, China is still vulnerable to shocks arising from industrial states. The advanced economies determine Chinese export performance, with subsequent effects on output growth. Using a production function approach, this paper examines to which...

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Does Euro Area Membership Affect the Relation between GDP Growth and Public Debt?

Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

We analyse the relationship between the debt to GDP ratio and real per capita GDP growth for the euro area members by distinguishing between periods of sustainable and non-sustainable debt. Thresholds are theory-based and depend on the macroeconomic framework. If the interest rate exceeds...

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How Many Bucks in a Bang: On the Estimation of the Economic Costs of Conflict

Groot, Olaf J. de; Brück, Tilman; Bozzoli, Carlos - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

The estimation of the costs of conflict is currently receiving a lot of attention in the literature. This paper aims to give a thorough overview of the existing literature, first by addressing the history of case studies that address conflict costs and second by looking at the existing body of...

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How Many Bucks in a Bang: On the Estimation of the Economic Costs of Conflict

Groot, Olaf J. de; Brück, Tilman; Bozzoli, Carlos - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

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Economic Costs of Mass Violent Conflicts: Final Report for the Small Arms Survey, Geneva, Switzerland

Bozzoli, Carlos; Brück, Tilman; Drautzburg, Thorsten; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

This paper provides a critical analysis of the possible methods, data sources and the existing results of the field of 'the economic costs of mass violent conflict' by identifying strengths and weaknesses of the existing literature. The report evaluates content, methods, and data sources of the...

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European Regional Convergence in a Human Capital Augmented Solow Model

Eckey, Hans-Friedrich; Dreger, Christian; Türck, Matthias - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

In this paper, the process of productivity convergence is investigated for the enlarged European Union using regional … control for spatial effects. All specifications confirm the presence of convergence with an annual speed between 3 and 3 … in the speed of convergence across the regions, where a higher speed is striking in particular in France and the UK …

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Economic Convergence and Rent-Seeking in Iran

Dreger, Christian; Rahmani, Teymur; Eckey, Hans-Friedrich - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

The neoclassical growth model predicts convergence of productivity or per capita output levels across regions. If … participation in the labor force is constant, convergence of per capita income is implied. We investigate this hypothesis for the … support absolute ß-convergence across Iran's provinces and provide some evidence on the adverse effect of rent seeking on …

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On the Relationship between Public and Private Investment in the Euro Area

Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014

This paper explores the long run relationship between public and private investment in the euro area in terms of capital stocks and gross investment flows. Panel techniques accounting for international spillovers are employed. While private and public capital stocks are cointegrated, the...

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