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Productive Government Expenditure and Economic Growth

Irmen, Andreas; Kuehnel, Johanna - CESifo - 2008

We provide a comprehensive survey of the recent literature on the link between productive government expenditure and economic growth. Starting with the seminal paper of Robert Barro (1990) we show that an understanding of the core results of the ensuing contributions can be gained from the study...

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Fiscal Policy Coordination in Asia : East Asian Infrastructure Investment Fund

Abidin, Mahani Zainal - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

East Asian countries were seriously affected by the 2008 global crisis through a steep fall in exports. This experience exposed the vulnerability of the East Asian growth model and emphasized the importance of generating regional growth by expanding domestic demand and enlarging intra-regional...

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Globalization, Infrastructure, and Inclusive Growth

Winters, L. Alan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014

This paper covers threes issues : first, defining and measuring inclusive growth; second, the relationship between international trade and inequality; and third, the links between infrastructure and inequality. Both international trade and infrastructure make it easier for people to exchange...

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Globalization, Infrastructure, and Inclusive Growth

Winters, L. Alan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014

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A Pair-Wise Approach to Testing for Output and Growth Convergence

Pesaran, M. Hashem - CESifo - 2004

This paper proposes a pair-wise approach to testing for output convergence that considers all N(N-1)/2 possible pairs … of log per capita output gaps across N economies. A general probabilistic definition of output convergence is also …-2000. Overall, the results do not support output convergence, and suggest that the findings of convergence clubs in the literature …

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Emergence of China and India in the New Millennium : Will it Facilitate Market Access for LDCs and Developing Countries?

Mohanty, S. K.; Chaturvedi, Sachin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005

China and India have emerged as highly dynamic economies in recent years. In the Asian region their growth and economic expansion has generated its own complementarities. The paper has empirically shown that surge in the exports of these two countries have significantly contributed to their...

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The Pattern of Growth in Indonesia after the Economic Crisis 1997/1998 : Does the Primary Sector Still Need to Support Economic Growth?

Hirawan, Fajar Bambang; Cesaratto, Sergio - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

This paper aims to examine the pattern of growth in Indonesia, especially after the economic crisis 1997/1998. Indonesia suffered a catastrophic economic crisis from the year 1997 until 1999 and the economy improved from the year 2000 even though it was still dependant on the non-economic...

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Growth Diagnostics in Pakistan

Qayyum, Abdul; Khawaja, Idrees; Hyder, Asma - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

Following the Hausmann, et al. (2005) methodology, we attempt to identify the constraints to growth in Pakistan. We argue that governance failure and institutional shortcomings are the heart of the matter : corruption is rampant, judicial independence is low, educational institutions do not...

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How Does Financial System Efficiency Affect the Growth Impact of FDI in China?

Xu, Ying - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009

In spite of being the second largest recipient of FDI in the world, China shows limited evidence of considerable FDI benefits on growth (Fan and Hu 2007; Luo 2007; Ran et al. 2007). Motivated by Alfaro et al.s (2003) model, this study tests whether poor financial market development might be responsible...

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Tourism Satellite Account for India

Shukla, Rajesh - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006

With the growing recognition of tourism as a source of employment generating growth in the country, improved understanding of what tourism is, its role in the economy and its relationship to other parts of the economy is important. The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is a new framework recently...

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