EXTERNAL DEBT, INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

Institutional Aspects of Economic Growth: Assessing the Significance of Public Debt, Economic Governance and Industrial Competition

Institutional aspects of economic growth are critically reviewed with emphasis on the fiscal crisis facing the European Union (EU). In particular the importance of public debt, economic governance, and industrial competition are assessed, as well as the effectiveness of econometric models in forecasting economic growth. Likewise, the debate on whether political institutions cause economic growt...

The Impact Of Institutional Quality On Relation Between Resource Abundance And Economic Growth

Oil dependence, institutional quality and economic growth: A panel vector autoregression approach

Resources are the foundation of economic growth. With speedy economic and population growth, economic growth is facing a scarcity of resources worldwide. Resource-economy co-ordination has become every government’s main focus in reaching strategic development goals in countries that are on the path of rapid economic development. Sustainable economic development in a country requires resources a...

Institutional Spillovers and Economic Growth

China’s Local Government Debt and Economic Growth

This paper explores the impact of China’s local government debt on economic growth. This analysis, based on a panel of 31 provinces over 14 years, takes into account a broad range of economic growth determinants as well as various estimation issues including heteroskedascity and omitted variable. The empirical results suggest an inverse relationship between China’s local government debt and eco...