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The study employs macrodata on 42 African countries to examine whether remittances and financial development (including the sub-components of access, depth and efficiency) contribute to the equalisation of incomes across the continent. Robust evidence from the dynamic GMM estimator shows that:...
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proxy for larger amounts of total remittances inflows), and experience high trade volumes, and a higher economic growth …
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Die nachfolgende Analyse zeigt, in welchem Sinne und in welchen Bereichen die Investitionsentwicklung in Deutschland als „schwach“ eingestuft werden kann. Dabei werden die unterschiedlichen Trends auf verschiedenen staatlichen Ebenen und in einzelnen Wirtschaftsbereichen näher...
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effects of government size on economic growth. We follow best-practice recommendations for meta-analysis of economics research … expenditures to GDP, the partial correlation between government size and per-capita GDP growth is negative in developed countries … use cross-section data. Our findings indicate that the relationship between government size and per-capita GDP growth is …
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effects of government size on economic growth. We follow best-practice recommendations for meta-analysis of economics research … expenditures or government consumption expenditures to GDP, government size is associated negatively with per-capita income growth …-section data. These findings indicate that the relationship between government size and growth is context-specific and the existing …
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suggests that the shift of employment shares from manufacturing to services is due to divergent growth rates of total factor … relationship between employment growth and TFP growth. …
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The flaring up of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the early 2000s caught most experts by surprise. The 1990s euphoria of the Oslo ‘peace process’ suddenly dissipated, replaced by a second intifada; the newspeak of ‘peace dividends’ gave way to debates about ‘imperialism’; and instead...
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An analysis of the political economy of Israel during the 1990s.
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The unravelling of the Middle-East peace process continues to baffle the pundits. The early optimism of the Oslo peace accord has now turned into despair. Prime minister Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist. The Palestinians have embarked on a new Intifada. And Israel has re-occupied...
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This article was commissioned by the French newspaper Le Monde. The newspaper was one of several sponsors of an International Conference on Global Regulation, held at the University of Sussex on May 29-31, 2003, where we presented a plenary paper. As part of its sponsorship, Le Monde agreed to...
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