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Composition and growth effects of the current account: A synthesizedportfolio view

Guo, Kai; Jin, Keyu - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009

This paper analyzes a useful accounting framework that breaks down the current account to twocomponents: a composition effect and a growth effect.We show that past empirical evidence, which stronglysupports the growth effect as the main driver of current account dynamics, is misconceived. The...

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Palgrave Entry on “Growth Accounting"

Caselli, Francesco - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008

Growth accounting consists of a set of calculations resulting in a measure ofoutput growth, a measure of input growth, and their difference, most commonlyreferred to as total factor productivity (TFP) growth. It can be performed atthe level of the plant, firm, industry, or aggregate economy.[...]

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Fair Value Accounting and Regulatory Capital Requirements

Yonetani, Tatsuya; Katsuo, Yuko - Bank von Japan; Tokio / Tokio-Universität; London … - 1998

Advocates of fair value accounting believe that fair valuesprovide more relevant measures of assets, liabilities, andearnings than do historical costs. These advocates assertthat fair value accounting better reflects underlying economicvalues. The advantages of this method—and thecorresponding...

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CONVERGENCE CLUB EMPIRICS: SOME DYNAMICS AND EXPLANATIONS OF UNEQUAL GROWTH ACROSS INDIAN STATES

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2003

This paper documents the convergence of incomes across Indian states over theperiod 1965 to 1998. It departs from traditional analyses of convergence by trackingthe evolution of the entire income distribution, instead of standard regression and timeseries analyses. The findings reveal twin-peaks...

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A FRAMEWORK FOR HOUSINGIN THE LONDON THAMES GATEWAY

Power, Anne T.; Richardson, Liz; Seshimo, Kelly; Firth, … - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004

Our report sets out a framework for delivering new and renovatedhousing in an integrated and sustainable way. Volume one presentsour framework; volume two explores the six elements of theframework in more detail; and volume three brings togethersupporting documentation gathered during the...

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LEIPZIG City Report

Plöger, Jörg - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

Europe is a continent of cities with a remarkable history of cultural inspiration, wealth creation, social and politicaldynamism. But in the late-20th century, many former industrial cities entered a period of steep decline, losingmost of their manufacturing jobs and many of their economic...

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Contract Structure, Risk Sharing, and Investment Choice

Fischer, Greg - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010

explore this possibility, I develop a theory that unies modelsof investment choice, informal risk sharing, and formal …

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Investment Choice and Inflation Uncertainty

Fischer, Greg - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009

uncertainty and investment;ultimately this relationship is theoretically ambiguous. Using loan-level panel data from microfi … largedistortions to the investment decisions of poor entrepreneurs.[...] …

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Subcontractors for Tractors: Theory and Evidence on FlexibleSpecialization, Supplier Selection, and Contracting

Andrabi, Tahir; Ghatak, Maitreesh; Khwaja, Asim Ijaz - Pomona College <Claremont, Calif.>; London School of …; … - 2005

Buyer-Seller networks are pervasive in developing economies yet remain relatively under-studied. Using primary data on contracts between the largest tractor assembler in Pakistanand its suppliers we find large variations in prices and quantities across suppliers of the sameproduct....

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Eviction threats and investment incentives

Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Ghatak, Maitreesh - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2003

We show that the effect of eviction threats on unobservable investment effort can be positive. Wedemonstrate this … apparently counter-intuitive result in a model of tenancy where investment by atenant in the current period raises the chances of … attractive forhim to elicit investment effort. However, there is a direct negative effect of eviction threats on thetenant …

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