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Understanding multilevel interactions in economic development

Goedhuys, Micheline; Srholec, Martin - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

National framework conditions mediate the effect of technological capabilities of firms on their productivity. Although this has been recognized in the literature for a long time, a quantitative test that explicitly considers this hypothesis has been lacking. Using a World Bank datasets of about...

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Institutions and long-run growth performance: An analytic literature review of the institutional determinants of economic growth

Bluhm, Richard; Szirmai, Adam - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012

This paper provides an analytic review of selected contributions to the study of institutions and economic growth. We …, Johnson and Robinson. We discuss the work of Rodrik and others who focus on institutions and institutional reform and take … new theoretical frameworks by North, Wallis and Weingast and Khan that relate the structure of institutions to short …

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Explaining the dynamics of stagnation: An empirical examination of the North, Wallis and Weingast approach

Bluhm, Richard; Crombrugghe, Denis de; Szirmai, Adam - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012

This paper analyzes periods of economic stagnation in a panel of countries. We test if stagnation episodes are predicted by institutional factors and external/internal shocks, as is implied by recent theoretical contributions, and compare the impacts of these variables with those of traditional...

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Do weak institutions prolong crises? : On the identification, characteristics, and duration of declines during economic slumps

Bluhm, Richard; De Crombrugghe, Denis; Szirmai, Adam - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013

institutions before the crisis hits and, interestingly, of positive reforms thereafter. Strong institutions shorten the duration of … interaction effect suggests they can be offset by appropriate institutions. …

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What drives productivity in Tanzanian manufacturing firms: technology or institutions?

Goedhuys, Micheline; Janz, Norbert; Mohnen, Pierre - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006

Using the rich micro data set of the World Bank Investment Climate Survey, this paper examines the determinants of productivity among manufacturing firms in the context of a least developed country, Tanzania. In particular it seeks to evaluate the importance of technological variables - such as...

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A structural nonparametric reappraisal of the CO2 emissions-income relationship

Azomahou, Theophile; Goedhuys, Micheline; Nguyen-Van, Phu - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

Relying on a structural nonparametric estimation, we show that CO2 emissions clearly increase with income at low income levels. For higher income levels, we observe a decreasing relationship, though not significant. We also find that CO2 emissions monotonically increases with energy use at a...

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