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Investment and Growth Dynamics : an Empirical Assessment Applied to Benin /

We investigate the nexus of public and private investment and assess the impact of both types of investment on growth. Using annual data for 1965-2005, we employ a coherent set of structural VAR outputs to model investment and growth in Benin. We find that in addition to institutional and regulatory...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Samaké, Issouf (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund
Otros Autores: Samake, Issouf
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
©2008
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/08/120.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Introduction; II. Background and Stylized Facts; Figures; 1. Constant GDP and Private Investment, 1965-2005; 2. Selected Economic Indicators, 1965-2005; Text Tables; 1. Comparative Private Investment, 2000-05; III. The Model and Methodological Issues; A. Modeling Procedure; 2. Selected Countries: Rankings of Doing Business; B. Variable Choices and Ordering; 3. Study Objective and Econometric Methodology; C. The Model; D. Structural Model; IV. Empirical Evidence; A. Statistics Tests; B. Economic Interpretations; 4. Error Correction Model, 1965-2005.
  • 5. Forecast-Error Variance Decomposition3. Historical Decomposition of Private Investment, 1975-2005; 4. Impulse Response to Various Types of Shock; V. Implications and Conclusions; Appendix Tables; 1. Unit Root Test, 2000-05; 2. Optimal Lag Length; 3. Residual Analysis of Unrestricted VAR(2); 4. Unrestricted Cointegration Rank Tests, 1965-2005; 5. AR, Normality, and Heteroschedasticity Tests; 6. Structural Model / Long-Run Matrix; Appendix Figures; 1. Time Series of Cointegration Vectors; 2. Cointegration Analysis: Recursive Eigenvalues; 3. Recursive Constancy Statistics.
  • 4. Residual Normality Tests5. Historical Decomposition of GDP, 1975-2005; References.