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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255754
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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 Institute - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144527
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Productive Government Expenditure and Economic Growth
Irmen, Andreas; Kuehnel, Johanna - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316522
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How Productive is Public Capital? A Meta-Analysis
Bom, Pedro; Ligthart, Jenny E. - 2021
The paper analyzes the contribution of public capital to private output using several meta-analytical techniques. Both fixed and random effects models are estimated by Weighted Least Squares. Sample overlap across studies is explicitly controlled for by employing a 'full' Generalized Least...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316601
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Decoupling Economic Growth and Energy Use. An Empirical Cross-Country Analysis for 10 Manufacturing Sectors
Mulder, Peter; Groot, Henri L.F. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
This paper provides an empirical analysis of decoupling economic growth and energy use and its various determinants by exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity across 10 manufacturing sectors and 14 OECD countries for the period 1970-1997. We explicitly aim to trace back aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255666
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Global Aging and Economic Convergence: A Real Option or Still a Case of Science Fiction?
Dalen, Hendrik P. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
How does global aging affect the convergence in global economic development? Both the developing and developed world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255772
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Defining European Wholesale Electricity Markets: An “And/Or” Approach
Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Janssen, Maarten C.W. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
An important question in the dynamic European wholesale markets for electricity is whether to define the geographical market at the level of an individual member state or more broadly. We show that if we currently take the traditional approach by considering for each member state whether there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255814
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International Comparisons of Sectoral Energy- and Labour-Productivity Performance: Stylised Facts and Decomposition of Trends
Mulder, Peter; Groot, Henri L.F. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
This paper addresses the interplay between economic growth, energy use, change in sectoral composition and technological change, by exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity development for 14 OECD countries and four sectors over the period 1970-1997. A cross-country decomposition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256348
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Growth and Risk: Methodology and Micro Evidence
Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem; Kinsey, Bill - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the 'World Bank Economic Review', 2007, 21, 1-20.<p> There has been a revival of interest in the effect of risk on economic growth. We quantify both ex ante and ex post effects of risk using a stochastic version of the Ramsey model. We develop a...</p>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256469
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Convergence, Shocks and Poverty
Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem; Kinsey, Bill - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
simulation experiments(over a 20-year period) to quantify the importance of convergence, household fixed effectsand shocks. First …, we find powerful convergence. In the absence of shocks and withouthousehold fixed effects there is rapid growth over the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256948