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This study investigates the relationship between openness and growth for a sample of 34 African countries over the … significant impact of openness on output growth and causality that runs only from openness to growth. …
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This paper presents empirical evidence on how telecommunications infrastructure is related to economic growth in a … increasing returns, demonstrating that an increase in telecommunications investment produces further growth. Therefore …
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Growth is good for the poor” is a ubiquitous statement and one generally backed by theory, research and history. In … the long-run, growth reduces poverty. Yet, growth in output - per se - is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition … the relation between growth and poverty in Kazakhstan, a country that experienced rapid growth and poverty reduction in …
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measures on Bangladesh's growth process by analyzing the 1974-2007 data with the help of cointegration, error correction, and … Granger causality tests. The results suggest that long-run economic growth in Bangladesh is largely explained by investments … causality runs in both ways between capital account liberalization and economic growth, it runs only in one direction from …
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corruption, and the 'final measure of the quality of civil administration' (FM-QCA), which is the growth performance of an … economic growth is characterized by vicious and virtuous circles, which are indicative of multiple equilibria. The paper uses … promoting economic growth, provided the complex, non-linear nature of the compensation-performance relationship, as revealed in …
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This paper takes a holistic look at the media sector and establishes that press freedom along with reach reduces political instability. Greater reach of media furthers the cause of a free press. It generates an informed populace and increases government responsiveness. The hypothesis is...
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This paper’s goal was to look for robust evidence on the determinants of economic growth by complementing the usual … and trade openness are key drivers of growth in Ghana. Inflation has been found not to be a robust determinant of long run … economic growth in Ghana. With the exception of inflation and trade openness, all the other regressors have positive impact on …
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This paper considers the extent to which terrorism in Africa and South Asia is an economic good that can be explained within a standard rational choice model of optimizing agent, or an existential good explained by individuals who are present-aim oriented. Such a consideration is important for...
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This study conducts an empirical investigation of the effects of fiscal incentives on investment in Nigeria. We constructed two indexes of fiscal incentives which track the different types and stages of incentives embarked upon since the 1970s and these indexes are then included in both private...
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The paper investigates the relationship between financial development and economic growth in seven Sub-Saharan Africa … countries. Using the panel Granger causality test, the study finds one-way causality running from economic growth to bank … developing indicators and a two-way causality between stock market development indicators and economic growth. The fixed …
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