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Are Net FDI Flows and Reversals of Capital Flows a Result of Output Growth?

Aharonovitz, Gilad D.; Miller, James - 2009

Literature notes many factors as affecting capital flows, but the effects of these flows over the recipient economies and the overall effect over growth are highly debatable. This study claims that although capital flows may be required for the increase in output, other forces are causing this...

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Intellectual property rights, migration, and diaspora

Naghavi, Alireza; Strozzi, Chiara - 2011

In this paper we study theoretically and empirically the role of the interaction between skilled migration and …

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The impact of the EU Blue Card policy on economic growth in the African sending countries

Kancs, D'Artis; Ciaian, Pavel - 2010

In 2009 the EU adopted a new migration policy instrument - the Blue Cards (BC) - for attracting highly skilled workers … address the skill drain issues, we propose and examine alternative migration policy options for the LDC. …

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Brain Drain and Ldcs' Growth : Winners and Losers

Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2021

recent US data on migration rates by education levels (Carrington and Detragiache, 1998), we find empirical support for the … countries combining low levels of human capital and low migration rates of skilled workers tend to be positively affected by the … brain drain. By contrast, the brain drain appears to have negative growth effects in countries where the migration rate of …

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Natural resources : curse or blessing?

Ploeg, Frederick van der - 2010

Are natural resources a "curse" or a "blessing"? The empirical evidence suggests either outcome is possible. The paper surveys a variety of hypotheses and supporting evidence for why some countries benefit and others lose from the presence of natural resources. These include that a resource...

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The real exchange rate and economic development

Razmi, Arslan; Rapetti, Martin; Skott, Peter - 2011

Recent empirical studies have found a robust correlation between competitive exchange rates and economic growth in developing economies. This paper presents (i) a formal model to help explain these findings and (ii) econometric evidence on the relation between investment and the real exchange...

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Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes, Real Undervaluation and Economic Growth

Mao, Rui - 2015

This paper empirically studies how a fixed exchange rate regime (FERR) may promote economic growth by undermining the Balassa-Samuelson effect. When total factor productivity (TFP) is faster in the industrial sector than in the non-tradable sectors, an FERR can suppress the Balassa-Samuelson...

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Legal Institutions, Sectoral Heterogeneity, and Economic Development

Clementi, Gian Luca - 2008

A large body of evidence suggests that poor countries tend to invest less (have lower PPP - adjusted investment rates) and to face higher relative prices of investment goods. It has been suggested that this happens either because these countries have lower TFP in the investment - good producing...

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Thirlwall's law, external debt sustainability, and the balance-of-payments-constrained level and growth rates of output

Bhering, Gustavo; Serrano, Franklin; Freitas, Fabio - In: Thirlwall's law at 40, (pp. 60-71). 2021

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Natural Resources : Curse or Blessing?

van der Ploeg, Rick - 2013

Are natural resources a “curse” or a “blessing”? The empirical evidence suggests either outcome is possible. The paper surveys a variety of hypotheses and supporting evidence for why some countries benefit and others lose from the presence of natural resources. These include that a...

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