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Brzezinski, Michal - 2013

-level datasets, as well as datasets reconstructed from grouped data on income distribution taken from the World Income Inequality …

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The collapse of a country

Daníelsson, Jón - 2009

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Political Institutions and Privatisation Policy

Bortolotti, Bernardo - In: CESifo DICE Report 03 (2005) 1, pp. 12-18

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Privatisation Methods and Economic Growth in Transition Economies

Bennett, John; Estrin, Saul; Maw, James; Urga, Giovanni - 2004

We investigate the impact of differences in privatisation method on national economic performance in transition economies. Our approach is to estimate, using dynamic panel data methods, a growth equation over 23 countries for the period 1990-2001. Among our results, we find that mass...

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Methods of privatization and economic growth in transition economies

Bennett, John; Estrin, Saul; Urga, Giovanni - 2006

1990 to 2003. The estimating equation is augmented with country- and time-specific variables for methods of privatization … and other factors potentially relevant to growth in transition economies. It is found that 'mass privatization' is … associated with faster growth, but the other privatization methods have no significant impact. The findings suggest that in the …

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Policy regimes, inequality, poverty and growth: The Chilean experience, 1973 - 2010

Contreras, Dante; Ffrench-Davis, Ricardo - 2012

Since the 1970s, Chile has exhibited a highly skewed income distribution accompanied with strong fluctuations over time. Although income distribution worsened notably in the 1970s-80s, a significant improvement was recorded in the first half of the 1990s, resulting from better economic and...

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Determinants of income inequality and its effects on economic growth: Evidence from African countries

Odedokun, Matthew O.; Round, Jeffery I. - 2001

The paper empirically investigates, in the context of African countries, the determinants of income distribution and inequality, the effect of inequality on economic growth, and the channels through which inequality affects growth. Data for 35 countries over different periods in the last four...

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Growth and equity in Finland

Jäntti, Markus; Saari, Juho; Vartiainen, Juhana - 2006

This paper reviews Finnish economic history during the ‘long’ twentieth century with a special emphasis on policies for equity and growth. We argue that Finland developed from a poor, vulnerable, and conflict-prone country to a modern economy in part through policies geared at both growth...

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Macroeconomic policies, growth, employment, and inequality in Latin America

Damill, Mario; Frenkel, Roberto - 2012

This paper examines the macroeconomic policies and outcomes experienced by the Latin American economies during the period 1990-2010. Macroeconomic policies refer to exchange rates, monetary and aggregate fiscal policies, while macroeconomic outcomes, on the other hand, refer to the patterns of...

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How to Achieve Inclusive Growth

Cerra, Valerie (contributor); Eichengreen, Barry (contributor) - 2022

Rising inequality and widespread poverty, social unrest and polarization, gender and ethnic disparities, declining social mobility, economic fragility, unbalanced growth due to technology and globalization, and existential danger from climate change are urgent global concerns of our day. These...

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