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What makes growth sustained? /

We identify structural breaks in economic growth in 140 countries and use these to define "growth spells:" periods of high growth preceded by an upbreak and ending either with a downbreak or with the end of the sample. Growth spells tend to be shorter in African and Latin American countrie...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Berg, Andrew (Autor), Ostry, Jonathan David, 1962- (Autor), Zettelmeyer, Jeromin (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund. Research Department
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Washington, D.C.?] : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/08/59.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Introduction; II. Structural Breaks and "Growth Spells"; A. Identifying Structural Breaks in Economic Growth; Tables; 1. Growth Breaks by Decade and Region; Figure; Frequency of Upbreaks and Downbreaks, by Region; B. From Structural Breaks to Growth Spells; 2. Frequency and Duration of Growth Spells; III. Analyzing the Duration of Growth Spells; 3. Average Growth Before, During and After Growth Spells; A. Empirical Strategy; B. Regression Methodology; C. Results; 4. Duration Regressions: External Shocks; 5. Duration Regressions: Institutions
  • 6. Duration Regressions: Inequality and Franctionalization7. Duration Regressions: Social and Physical Indicators; 8. Duration Regressions: Globalization; 9. Duration Regressions: Current Account, Competitiveness, and Export Structure; 10. Duration Regressions: Macroeconomic Volatility; 11. Summary Regressions; IV. Conclusion; References