to quantify the extent to which factor accumulation induces structural change and productivity growth in industrializing …Historically, episodes of rapid growth are accompanied by significant structural change. In this paper we therefore aim … economies. To fix ideas we present an extension of Barro, Mankiw and Sala-i-Martin?s (1995) growth model that incorporates two …

below trend - and total factor productivity (TFP), using a panel of 71 developed and developing countries during the period …

at least half of product innovation and growth comes from firms that never patent. We also find that market leaders use …

We examine the relationship between wealth and health through prominent growth indicators and cognitive ability … of cognitive ability. The growth indicators utilized are GDP per capita, schooling, overall and manufacturing … consideration and conclude that the relationship between all prominent growth indicators and BMI is inverse U-shaped. In other words …

volatility for 30 emerging market economies from 1973 to 2000. We find that reserve holdings and openness to be the most …

economies from 1973 to 2000. Reserve holdings and openness are found to be the most important explanatory variables of reserve …

in countries with worse institutions or that lack trade and financial openness. …

This paper identifies factors associated with takeoff - a sustained period of high growth following a period of …. Countries that experience takeoffs average 2.3% annual growth following their stagnation episodes, while those that do not … average 0% growth; 46% of the takeoffs are sustained," i.e. lasting 8 years or longer. Using probit estimation, we find that …