This paper investigates the growth impact of the EU's Structural, Cohesion and Pre-accession Funds. We look at a large …. We show that the growth effect of the funds is conditional on institutional quality: the funds contribute to economic … growth only in countries with strong institutions: low corruption, strong rule of law, effective governments, and strong …

Tax reforms in EU Member States can contribute to the stability of public finances; boost economic growth, employment … bases less detrimental to growth, could have a positive impact on growth and employment. Second, it takes an in-depth look …

to GDP growth in the euro area. Using identified highfrequency shocks in a growth-at-risk framework, we show that …-term growth risks increase substantially following contractionary monetary policy shocks. In contrast, these risks remain …

This paper investigates the relationship between the size of an unfunded public pension system and economic growth in … argument of parental utility. Unfunded public pensions can promote growth when families face liquidity constraints preventing … there is no case for unfunded public pensions in economies where bequests are operative. By contrast, there exists a growth …

Do high levels of human capital foster economic growth by facilitating technology adoption? If so, countries with more …. High human capital levels should therefore have translated into fast growth in more compared to less human … determinant of growth in human-capital-intensive industries. Using data for a large sample of countries, we find significant …