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Analysis of the Impact of Tourism on the West Africa Economy: A Panel Data Approach

Ige, Cyril Segun; Odularu, Gbadebo Olusegun - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Tourism and related recreation activities play a significant role in the generation of income / foreign exchange and provision of employment opportunities. Against this backdrop, this paper aims at ascertaining empirically the impact of tourism on the West African economy from 2000 – 2004. The...

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Human Capital and Macroeconomic Growth: Austria and Germany 1960-1997. An Update

Marin, Dalia; Koman, Reinhard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

In an influential paper Mankiw, Romer, and Weil (1992) argue that the evidence on the international disparity in levels of per capita income and rates of growth is consistent with a standard Solow model, once it has been augmented to include human capital as an accumulable factor. In a study on...

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Foreign Direct Investment, Human Capital and Economic Growth in Malaysia

Hassan, Gulam; Aslam, Mohamed; Abou Sakar, Sameer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

particularly beginning in 1971 moved to develop human capital stock by investing a large amount of public capital in the education …

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Effects of schooling levels on economic growth: time-series evidence from Guatemala

Loening, Josef; Rao, B. Bhaskara; Singh, Rup - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

economic growth. Consistent with micro evidence for Guatemala, primary education is more important than secondary and tertiary … education. These findings are robust while changing the conditioning variables, controlling for data issues and endogeneity. Due …

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Health Expenditure, education and Economic Growth in MENA Countries

Lacheheb, Miloud; Med Nor, Norashidah; Baloch, Imdadullah - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This study examines the relationship between health expenditure, education and economic growth in MENA countries using …, education and economic growth. Data were obtained from the World Bank Development Indicators for the period of 1995 to 2010 for … education have significantly positive effect on economic growth. Also gross fixed capital formation positively, but …

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Education in Eritrea: Developmental Challenges

Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

. The data for the study were mainly collected from the reports of Ministry of Education and other colleges in Eritrea. The …

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Energy Consumption, Financial Development and Growth: Evidence from Cointegration with unknown Structural breaks in Lebanon

Shahbaz, Muhammad; Abosedra, Salah; Sbia, Rashid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper investigates the dynamic causal relationship between financial development, energy consumption and economic growth in Lebanon over the period 1993M1-2010M12.Our findings confirm the existence of cointegration among the variables. The results indicate that financial development and...

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Finance and growth: New evidence from Meta-analysis

Asongu, Simplice A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Purpose – In a meta-study, we have bridged the gap between the pros and cons of a questionable finance-growth nexus. Design/methodology/approach – Over 20 fundamental characteristics that have influenced the debate over the last decades have been examined. The empirical evidence is based on...

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Foreign Aid, Legal Origin, Economic Growth and Africa’s Least Developed Countries

Wamboye, Evelyn; Adekola, Abel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The issue of foreign aid dependency in African countries remains controversial among policy makers. So far, there is no consensus on aid effectiveness and the resulting policy prescriptions have been conflicting. The Euro zone which provides the bulk of foreign aid to developing countries, is...

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Finance and growth: Schumpeter might be wrong in our era. New evidence from Meta-analysis

Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

In the first meta-study on the finance-growth nexus, we bridge the gap between Schumpeterian authors and sympathizers of Andersen & Tarp (2003). Over 20 fundamental characteristics that have influenced the debate over the last decades are examined. The empirical evidence is based on 196 outcomes...

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