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labeled as "jobless growth." For the first time for Morocco, this paper uses quarterly panel data to investigate the question …
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This paper examines the causal relationship between energy efficiency and economic growth based on panel data for 56 … high- and middle-income countries from 1978 to 2012. Using a panel vector autoregression approach, the study finds evidence …
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Using firm-level data covering 709 cities in 128 countries, this paper examines the role of a comprehensive list of business environment variables at the subnational level in explaining firm employment and productivity growth. The analysis finds basic protection, access to finance and...
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effect on growth volatility. The authors test these predictions in a panel data set covering 63 countries over the period … 1960-97, using the volatility of terms of trade to proxy for real volatility, and the volatility of inflation to proxy for … intermediaries magnify the impact of inflation volatility in low- and middle-income countries …
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To examine whether a country's exchange rate regime has any impact on inflation and growth performance in transition …. Empirical results demonstrate that the exchange rate regime does affect inflation performance. the results suggest that: 1 …) Transition countries with intermediate arrangements might reduce inflation if they were to adopt a fixed regime. 2) Switching …
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manufacturing in a panel of 40 developing and developed countries for the period from 1963 to 1992. It empirically models dimensions …
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This paper presents a novel framework to estimate the elasticity between nighttime lights and quarterly economic activity. The relationship is identified by accounting for varying degrees of measurement errors in nighttime light data across countries. The elasticity is 1.55 for emerging markets...
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offset by having a large level of human capital. They test their model using panel data for the period 1970-90. They extend …
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per motor vehicle and on the motorization rate (vehicles/population) using panel data from 1963-99 for 88 countries …
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The relationship between the intensity of competition in an economy and its long-run growth is an open question in economics. Theoretically, there is no clear-cut answer. Empirical evidence exists, however, that in some sectors more competition leads to more innovation, and accelerates...
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