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Convergence in Emerging Europe : Sustainability and Vulnerabilities
Vamvakidis, Athanasios - 2008
The emerging European economies have been converging rapidly towards the more advanced European economies in recent years. However, large external imbalances in parts of the region have raised questions about sustainability and concerns about vulnerabilities. Empirical evidence in this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409042
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Convergence in Emerging Europe
Vamvakidis, Athanasios - 2008
The emerging European economies have been converging rapidly towards the more advanced European economies in recent years. However, large external imbalances in parts of the region have raised questions about sustainability and concerns about vulnerabilities. Empirical evidence in this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677624
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Assessing the Impact of Ease of Doing Business and Corruption on Economic Growth for Africa Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) Member States
Bonga, Wellington Garikai - 2018
A positive economic growth is one crucial macroeconomic objective of every nation. Many countries have formed regional as well as international trading blocs in an attempt to enhance economic growth and maximise welfare of each member state, the AFTZ member states are not an exception. This...
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The public administration answer to the citizen expectation under the crisis contest
Grigorescu, Adriana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The public sector copes with the economic crises taking such decisions meant to stop the regression of the economy, to reduce the public expences, to minimize the unemployment and other consequences that could show up. As we know, an important element/variable to be considered when taking these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680988
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Integrated Approach of the Citizen’s Role in Relation to the Public Services
Matei, Lucica; Matei, Ani - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
. The contemporary public service development awards multiple roles to the citizen, interacting with the activities of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008516582
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Evaluating EU policies on public services: a citizens´ perspective
Clifton, Judith; Díaz-Fuentes, Daniel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This article evaluates EU policies on public services – particularly public network services - from the citizens´ point … and positive externalities. Changing EU policy on public services is synthesised and classified into two main phases in … section two. Citizen satisfaction with public services as revealed through surveys from 1997 to 2007 is explored in the third …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621874
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Caribbean growth in an international perspective : the role of tourism and size
Thacker, Nita; Acevedo, Sebastian; Perrelli, Roberto - 2012
After earlier success, growth performance in most Caribbean countries has been disappointing since the early 1990s. With slower growth, output has fallen behind that of relevant comparator countries. This paper analyzes the growth experience of the Caribbean countries from a cross country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009659894
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Too much finance?
Arcand, Jean-Louis L.; Berkes, Enrico; Panizza, Ugo - 2012
This paper examines whether there is a threshold above which financial development no longer has a positive effect on economic growth. We use different empirical approaches to show that there can indeed be ""too much"" finance. In particular, our results suggest that finance starts having a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009618521
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Threshold effects of sovereign debt : evidence from the Caribbean
Greenidge, Kevin C. D.; Craigwell, Roland C.; Thomas, … - 2012
This paper addresses the issue of threshold effects between public debt and economic growth in the Caribbean. The main finding is that there exists a threshold debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of 55-56 percent. Moreover, the debt dynamics begin changing well before this threshold is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009618534
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Public investment, growth, and debt sustainability : putting together the pieces
Buffie, Edward E.; Berg, Andrew; Pattillo, Catherine A.; … - 2012
We develop a model to study the macroeconomic effects of public investment surges in low-income countries, making explicit: (i) the investment-growth linkages; (ii) public external and domestic debt accumulation; (iii) the fiscal policy reactions necessary to ensure debt-sustainability; and (iv)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009618586