Does the Growth Acceleration Program Accelerate Growth?

Does new product growth accelerate across technology generations?

The academic literature on the growth acceleration of new products presents a paradox. On the one hand, the diffusion literature concludes that more recently introduced products show faster diffusion than older ones. On the other hand, technology generation literature argues that growth rate, at least as measured by diffusion parameters, remains constant across generations. We resolve this appa...

an investigation about the relationship between insurance lines and economic growth; the case study of iran

مطالعات قبلی بازار بیمه را به صورت کلی در نظر می گرفتند اما در این مطالعه صنعت بیمه به عنوان متغیر مستفل به بیمه های زندگی و غیر زندگی شکسته شده و هم چنین بیمه های زندگی به رشته های مختلف بیمه ای که در بازار بیمه ایران سهم قابل توجهی دارند تقسیم میشود. با استفاده از روشهای اقتصاد سنجی داده های برای دوره های 48-89 از مراکز ملی داده جمع آوری شد سپس با تخمین مدل خود بازگشتی برداری همراه با تعدادی ...

Does Inflation Harm Economic Growth In Iran?

Does Growth Cause Happiness, or Does Happiness Cause Growth?

The two quotes above suggest alternate ideas about the sources of happiness. The first (written around AD 180) is nn Aristotelian notion. Happiness is a way of living, not a state. The second quote (written some 1500 years later) suggests ideas about the sources of happiness perhaps more akin to the way that we tend to view [hem today. Happiness is about conviviality, warmth. food (and perhaps ...

Sustained Productivity Growth Will Accelerate the Convergence toward Advanced Economies

countries in the Region are to improve incomes and move rapidly toward convergence with the advanced market economies. The growing and vibrant private sector in many of these countries will drive productivity enhancements, but public policies should promote these enhancements. The barriers to and the sources of productivity growth are, of course, different in each country and will require a dif...