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Public Infrastructure Investment, Output Dynamics, and Balanced Budget Fiscal Rules
Duarte Bom, P.R.; Ligthart, J.E. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011
We study the dynamic output and welfare effects of public infrastructure investment under a balanced budget fiscal rule, using an overlapping generations model of a small open economy. The government finances public investment by employing distortionary labor taxes. We find a negative short-run...
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Output Dynamics, Technology, and Public Investment
Duarte Bom, P.R.; Heijdra, B.J.; Ligthart, J.E. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010
The paper studies the dynamic output effects of public infrastructure investment in a small open economy. We develop an overlapping generations model that includes a production externality of public capital and a wealth effect on labor supply. Public capital enters the firm's production function...
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Space and Growth
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256152
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Space and Growth
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144476
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Convergence and Regional Productivity Divide in Italy: Evidence from Panel Data
Aiello, Francesco; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
endogeneity, we find two key results for the growth of Italian regions. Firstly, we show that the rate of conditional convergence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005089337
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The Direct and Indirect Effects of Small Business Administration Lending on Growth: Evidence from U.S. County-Level Data
Young, Andrew T.; Higgins, Matthew J.; Lacombe, Donald J.; … - Department of Economics, College of Business and Economics - 2014
Conventional wisdom suggests that small businesses are innovative engines of Schumpetarian growth. However, as small businesses, they are likely to face credit rationing in financial markets. If true then policies that promote lending to small businesses may yield substantial economy-wide...
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Analysis of Economic Growth in Regions: Geographical and Institutional Aspect
Lugovoy, Oleg; Dashkeyev, Vladimir V.; Mazaev, Ilya; … - Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy - 2007
This study explores disparity in regional development in Russia and in Canada and role of geography in their development. In the first chapter analysis of the role of geographic, economic, and institutional factors in economic growth over 1996–2004 is presented. Additionally the issue of the...
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Foreign Trade and FDI as Main Factors of Growth in the EU
Albu, Lucian Liviu - In: Journal for Economic Forecasting (2013) 2, pp. 7-17
In the last decade, a number of empirical studies tried to highlight a strong correlation among foreign trade, foreign direct investment and economic growth. Moreover, the recent crisis affecting firstly the GDP growth had also a negative impact on foreign trade and on FDI inflow. Today, there...
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A Meta-Analysis of Beta-Convergence: The Legendary Two-Percent
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, Raymond J.G.M. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
The topic of convergence is at the heart of a wide-ranging debate in the growth literature. Empirical studies of … convergence differ widely in their theoretical backgrounds, empirical specifications and in their treatment of cross …-sectional heterogeneity. Despite these differences, a rate of convergence of about 2% has been found under a variety of different conditions …
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A Contribution to the Empirics of Convergence: the Case of the European State Members
Sousa, Cândido T.; Pereira, Elisabeth T. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This study aims to examine the absolute and conditional convergence across the 27 EU Member States. To examine the … absolute β convergence was used Baumol model (1986) estimated by OLS and Panel Data, and to examine the absolute σ convergence … the Quah model (1993) by graphical analysis. Subsequently, we analyzed the conditional convergence, also estimated by OLS …
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