Essays about: "Penn World Table"
Found 3 essays containing the words Penn World Table.
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1. Is Trade a Solution to the Trap? : An empirical study on the effects of international import and export on a country’s risk of being caught in the middle-income trap
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The middle-income trap (MIT) theory has gained popularity amongst policy makers looking to avoid the trap since it first arose in 2005. Multiple studies discuss the possible existence of the trap, what it is caused by and what possible solutions it might have. We use the empirical definition of the trap presented by Aiyar et al. READ MORE
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2. FDI Inflows and Economic Growth in South Africa from 1994 to 2013
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Since the beginning of democracy the South African government has been increasingly trying to attract FDI into the country. South Africa is an interesting case, since despite being a middle income country and highly developed compared to other African countries, FDI does not seem to offer positive spill-over effects. READ MORE
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3. A Retake on Productivity Growht, Technical Progress and Efficiency Change using Malmquist Productivity Indexes.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : This thesis follows methods employed by Färe et al. (1994) in their influential article ‘Productivity Growth, Technical Progress, and Efficiency Change in Industrialized Countries’, published in the American Economic Review. READ MORE
