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other things equal, rapid growth is typically fastest at lower levels of income. China has made
considerable gains, and its economicgrowth is likely...
... the financial sector has been on deepening and
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supervision, and governance. The increasing ... Savings and Bank Credits in Nigeria: Determinants and Impact on EconomicGrowth
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proper sensitisation ... Thirdly, investment in new plant and machinery
raises productivity growth by introducing new technology and innovation which would also lead to
faster economic growth.
To finance investment...
... (Fukuyama, 1992) and the economicgrowthand efficiency that
appears to sustain it.
We attempt to enhance the understanding of the indirect effects that democ-
racy has on economic growth. Although ... be innumerable. Post-communist
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To invest in a Russian company, a foreigner must bribe every agency involved in
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School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
Deakin University ... detrimental effect on economic growth.
It is instructive to compare this result with similar finding for the association between
economic freedom andeconomic growth. Doucouliagos and Ulubasoglu (2006)...
... (Fukuyama, 1992) and the economicgrowthand efficiency that
appears to sustain it.
We attempt to enhance the understanding of the indirect effects that democ-
racy has on economic growth. Although ... be innumerable. Post-communist
Russia illustrates the point nicely:
To invest in a Russian company, a foreigner must bribe every agency involved in
foreign investment, including the foreign investment ... private sector to the public sector, and most economists
believe that the private sector more efficiently allocates resources than the public
sector.
Fourth, population growth may inhibit economic growth. ...
... care, including
reproductive health, has been one of the end goals
of sectorreforms from the beginning. Health sector
Health sector reform and reproductive health in Latin America
671Bulletin of ... well
coordinated, and such fragmentation has resulted in
overlapping policies and lagging programmes. Policy
and programme development have also been
hindered by inadequate human and financial ... is increasingly
integrated with municipal-level primary health ser-
vices, and the quality and range of available services
are improving (2).
Growth in the size and influence of civil society
in...
... between 0 and 10, with a higher rating indicating a greater degree of
economic freedom. The minimum value in the sample is 2.3 in Nicaragua in 1985, the
maximum value 9.08 in Honk Kong in1 995 and ... secondary from 0% in Zimbabwe in 1970 to 47.5% in Austria in 1980.
Another factor that might determ economicgrowth is inequality. The gini coefficient is
obtained from the World Income Inequality ... contracting institutions, entry barriers, and other economic
arrangements” and political institutions, “which correspond to the rules and
regulations affecting political decision making, including...
... technological innovation in the tourism industry
and how it is transforming the tourism business model.
Technological innovation, a major force ineconomicgrowth
It is taken as axiomatic that innovative ... technological innovation is considered as a major force ineconomic
growth and focuses on some of the most distinctive features of innovation in the highly industrialized
economies of the OECD area. In ... business in
the world. The Internet is obviously transforming the tourism business in many ways, and easy access
to information is growing rapidly in each of the separate components of the industry,...
...
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income achieved higher rates of economic growth.
The analysis underscores the negative impact of income taxes on
economic growthin the states. ... “Marginal Tax Rates and State
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Plaut, T. R., and Pluta, J. (1983) “Business Climate, Taxes and
Expenditures, and State Industrial...
... Tobin effect suggests that inflation causes
individuals to substitute out of money and into interest earning assets,
which leads to greater capital intensity and promotes economic growth. In ... variables, including the growth rate of output, are independent of the
growth rate in the money supply in the long-run. The main result in
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simple study on Fiji’s inflation impact on growth. ...
monetary growthin determining inflation, while Neoclassical and
Endogenous Growth theories sought to account for the effects of inflation
on growth through its impact on investment and capital...
... instance, there is an interesting association
between the growth take-off in China and the rate of investment in
graduating engineers. Figure 10 shows recent data on the trend in
engineering ... schooling systems
play a role in the constant and on-going process of industrialization in
four broad and essential ways:
1. Diffusing and inculcating the organizational attributes of industrial ... past that economicgrowth has been accompanied by
growth in both spending and participation in schooling. Economists,
as reported in a brief overview in the next section, have examined this...
... other domestic financial institutions. The general finding is
that the presence of a more advanced domestic financial sector predicts higher economic
growth. The main outstanding issue here is ... Hanushek and Kimko (2000) find that scores on international
examinations — indicators of the quality of schooling capital — matter more than years
of attainment for subsequent economic growth. My findings ... public spending lowers growth is by
depressing investment. However, since the investment ratio is held constant in the
growth- rate panel in Table 1, the estimated negative effect of G/Y on growth...
... private sector starts to reinvest again, only when our businesses start
hiring again and people start spending again and families start seeing improvement in their own lives
again that we’re going ... about what’s holding back our business investment and how we can increase
condence and spur hiring. And if there are things that we’re doing here in Washington that are inhibit-
ing you, then ... roughly $13 billion is going to be announced rolling out in terms of
both investments in broadband and high-speed rail, and competitive education and infrastructure. In
fact, the money spent...