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considered, on the initial level of income and on its initial distribution. But, on the other hand, as growth and inequality are … level of development and on the initial distribution of income. Our results suggest that while high inequality levels are a … have the potential to enhance growth in low-income countries where income distribution remains relatively equal, but can …
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this paper we frame our starting question within the general debate about the importance of good/bad institutions as … are in fact driven by the presence of growth enhancing institutions. Our empirical analysis exploits newly available … institutions is important for growth. Yet our results strongly suggest that the weight of tourism in an economy is an independent …
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We study the cyclicality of public R&D in 28 OECD countries (1995 - 2017). While procyclical on average, public R&D reacts asymmetrically over different phases of the business cycle and becomes acyclical during recessions. It is also heterogeneous across countries: Innovation leaders and...
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) heterogeneous in their entrepreneurship abilities and choose between being employees or entrepreneurs. The sufficient conditions in …
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The upward sloping trend of rents and house prices has initiated a debate on the consequences of surging housing costs for wealth inequality and welfare. We employ a frictionless two-sectoral macroeconomic model with a housing sector to investigate the dynamics of wealth inequality and the...
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