Browsing FGV EPGE - Seminários de Pesquisa Econômica by Subject "Desenvolvimento econômico"
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Demand- side resistance to creative destruction in schumpeterian growth theory
1994-10-20The Schumpelerian model of endogeno~s growlh is generalized with lhe introduction of stochastic resislance. by agenls other Ihan producers. to lhe innovations which drive growth. This causes a queue to be formcd of ... -
The effect of financiaI repression & enforcernent on entrepreneurship and economic deveIopment
2006-08-17This paper studies the effect of financiaI repression and contract enforcement on entrepreneurship and economic development. We construct and solve a general equilibrium mo deI with heterogeneous agents, occupational choice ... -
Import substitution and economic growth
2006-02-22In spite of Latin America s dismal economic performance between the 1950s and 1980s, the region experienced strong capital deepening. Furthermore, pro- ductivity (measured as TFP) grew at low rates in comparison with the ... -
Judicial system performance and economic development
1997-04-03The role of judicial systems in determining economic perfonnance has gained increasingly attention in recent years. Nonetheless, the literature lacks a clearly articulated framework to examine how judicial systems influence ... -
Malthus to Solow
1999-06-10A unified growth theory is developed that accounts for the roughly constant living standards displayed by world economies prior to 1800 as well as the growing living standards exhibited by modem industrial economies. Our ... -
Political regimes and economic growth
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Skilled labor, unskilled labor, and economic growth
2006-03-23We assess the effects of the imperfect substitution between skilled and unskilled labor on economic growth in a model in which physical capital and skilled labor can be accumulated. It is shown that economies with higher ... -
Uncertainty of aid inflows and the growth relationship
1999-04-15This paper contributes to the literature on aid and economic growth. We posit that it is not the levei of aid flows per se but the stability of such flows that determines the impact of aid on economic growth. Three measures ... -
Using a panel structure to discuss the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle in developing countries
2002-06-06The purpose of this paper is to test the implications of current account solvency for the savinginvestment correlation in developing countries. Since solvency is a long-run phenomenon, and given that the power of the ...
