... (Fukuyama, 1992) and the economic growthand efficiency thatappears to sustain it.We attempt to enhance the understanding of the indirect effects that democ-racy has on economic growth. Although ... elected,DRURY/KRIECKHAUS/LUSZTIG: Corruption, Democracy, and Economic Growth 127TABLE1. Summary StatisticsStandardVariable Mean deviation Minimum Maximum Growth 1.734 6.813 –52.096 138.897Level of corruption ... Press.Baum, Matthew A. and Lake, David A. (2003). “The Political Economy of Growth: Democracy and Human Capital,” American Journal of Political Science 47: 333–47.Beck, Nathaniel and Katz, Jonathan...
... Durham, J. B. 1999. Economic Growthand Political Regimes, Journal of Economic Growth, 4:81-111. Esfahani, H. and M. Ramirez. 2003. Institutions, Infrastructure and Economic Growth. Journal of Development ... 507-38. Feng, Y. 1995. Regıme, Polıty and Economıc -Growth - The Latın-Amerıcan Experıence. Growthand Change 26, 77-104. Feng, Y. 1996. Democracy and Growth: The Sub-Saharan African Case, 1960-1992. ... a growth model: (4) g = β0 + βhH + βdD +βzZ + u (5) g = α0 + αdD + αzZ + v where g denotes growth, D is democracy and H and Z are other factors that impact on growth and...
... Ozler, N. Roubini, and P. Swagel. 1996. Political Instability and Economic Growth, Journal of Economic Growth Alesina, A. and D. Rodrik. 1994. Distributive Politics and Economics Growth. Quarterly ... Fixed Effects model, those based on the Random Effects model and those based on Hunter and Schmidt procedure (see Lipsey and Wilson 2001 and Hunter and Schmidt 2004 for details).17 In a ... Durham, J. B. 1999. Economic Growthand Political Regimes, Journal of Economic Growth, 4:81-111. Esfahani, H. and M. Ramirez. 2003. Institutions, Infrastructure and Economic Growth. Journal of Development...
... (Fukuyama, 1992) and the economic growthand efficiency thatappears to sustain it.We attempt to enhance the understanding of the indirect effects that democ-racy has on economic growth. Although ... largelyDRURY/KRIECKHAUS/LUSZTIG: Corruption, Democracy, and Economic Growth 125Corruption, Democracy, and Economic Growth A. COOPER DRURY, JONATHAN KRIECKHAUS, AND MICHAEL LUSZTIGABSTRACT. Scholars have ... education and health, both of which facilitate economic growth (Baum and Lake, 2003;Helliwell, 1994). Moreover, democracy facilitates political stability, which is alsoknown to be good for economic growth. We...
... Canning, and Günther Fink, "Population Aging and Economic Growth& quot;, forthcoming in Spence, Michael, and Danny Leipziger (eds.), Global Challenges and Growth, Commission on Growthand Development. ... savings in anticipation of retirement, and the flexibility of capitalist economies to adapt to changes in labor supply and demand and to alter management and labor practices in light of changing ... percentage growth in GDP per capita in China between 1965-70 and 1995-2000 and find that higher life expectancy led to an increase of 1.0 percentage points in the growth of GDP per capita and that...
... induced by ligands on C-LytA monitored bynear-UV CD with no ligand added (—) and upon addition of ligands:s, d, 2.5 and 20 mM choline; n, m, 2.5 mM and 20 mM atropine;h, j), 2.5 mM and 20 mM ... min. Experimental con-ditions depended on the enzyme, and were set as follows:37 °C and pH 6.9 for LytA; 30 °C and pH 6.0 for LytC; and 30 °C and pH 6.9 for Pce. The specific activities of theenzymes ... spectrum ofC-LytA at 20 °C and pH 7.0, showing two maxima at265 nm and 290 nm. Upon addition of 20 mm choline(a saturating concentration of ligand), two minima at284 nm and 294 nm appear, whereas...
... production and concentra-tions of cyclin D1, Rb and Egr-1, in order to determine howthe incorporation of EPA and DHA modulate SMCproliferation. This article describes the differing effects ofn-3 and ... action of EPA and DHA (Eur. J. Biochem. 271) 4473Modulation of cyclin D1 and early growth response factor-1 geneexpression in interleukin-1b-treated rat smooth muscle cellsby n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated ... 4B).Effects of n-3 and n-6 PUFAs on the synthesisof caveolin-1 and caveolin-3 and on the locationof p42/44 MAPK caveolaeCaveolins are scaffolding proteins that interact and negat-ively regulate...
... social trust and economic growth. To shed more light on how social trust might influence economic growth, the relationship between social trust and human capital and social trust and legal quality ... social trust and economic performance and thus to contribute to a deeper understanding of economic growthand social trust. To achieve this goal the analysis is based on a panel dataset and thus ... about trade barriers, protection of property rights and trade related laws and regulations that enable to trade in a free and safe environment and thus might enhance economic development. • Inequality:...
... much a growth in a unit of labour and how much a growth in a unit of capital should add to the output of the economy. It turned out that the measured growth of inputs (i.e., in capital and labor) ... of 1945, and a number of firms were already engaged in the manufacture and sale of computers by 1950. And yet, as late as 1956 Howard Aiken, a brilliant physics instructor at Harvard and one ... what Abramovitz did was to measure the growth in the output of the American economy between 1870 and 1950. Then he measured the growth in inputs (of capital and labor) over the same time period....
... (Poulson and Kaplan 2007).1See Bartik (1991), Plaut and Pluta (1983), Benson and Johnson (1986), Helms(1985), Canto and Web (1987), Rasmussen and Zuehllke (1990), Vedder(1990,1995), Modifi and ... A., and Stone J. A. (1990) “Do State and Local Taxes Affect Economic Growth? ” Review of Economics and Statistics 72 (4):686–91. Mullen, J. K., and Williams, M. (1994) “Marginal Tax Rates and ... State Economic Growth. ” Regional Science and Urban Economics 24(6): 687–705. Plaut, T. R., and Pluta, J. (1983) “Business Climate, Taxes and Expenditures, and State Industrial Growth in the...
... 45References Andrade, J. P. and J. R. Faria (1994). “Money and Growth: From a Quasi-Neoclassical Standpoint”, Revista Brasieira de Economia, Vol. 48, pp. 529-550. Andres J. and I. Hernando (1997). ... inflation, growthand inflation may simply be jointly troubled by various demand and supply shocks and hence shows no consistent pattern. Abstract Like many countries, industrialised and developing, ... States. Jones, L. E. and R. E. Manuelli. (1993). Growthand the Effects of Inflation, NBER Working Paper No. 4523. Kalra, S., and T. Slok. (1999). Inflation andGrowth in Transition: Are...
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... on labor and capital income, and so on. Since the tax side has not been held constant, the effect ofa higher government consumption ratio on growth involves partly a direct impact and partly ... accurate empirical assessment of the long-term growth effects from legal and educational institutions, size of government, monetary and fiscal policies, and other variables.There are a number of ... attainment are for persons aged 25 and over.Life expectancy applies at birth. The infant mortality rate is for persons aged less thanone year. The life expectancy andinfant mortality variables are...
... investments in broadband and high-speed rail, and competitive education and infrastructure. In fact, the money spent on clean water, renewable energy, superfund sites, and much more, is going ... to have to be surgical and we’re going to have to be creative. We’re going to have to be smart and stra-tegic. We’ll need to look beyond the old standbys and fallbacks and come up with the best ... cities and communities together and changed the way we look at the world and innovated and created new products, that you can come up with some additional good ideas on how to create jobs. And...