The objective of this study is to measure regional income inequalities in Japan in the postwar period by using the weighted coefficient of variation and the Theil T index and explore factors determining regional income inequalities by using several inequality decomposition techniques. Regional inequality in per capita GDP, as measured by the weighted coefficient of variation, first increased an...

GDP (Gross domestic product) and per capita GDP data of six GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries were collected and analysed by randomized complete bock design and pair-wise multiple comparison. It is observed that GDP of Saudi Arabia is significantly higher than that of all other GCC countries. The GDP of Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait are similar. The GDP of UAE is significantly higher t...

This paper re-explores the relation between a country’s level of wealth and the mix of products it exports. It shows how a country’s capabilities i.e., its productivity and quality levels in each good, simultaneously determines both the mix of goods it produces and exports, and its level of gdp per capita. In our multi-product general equilibrium setting, the relation between a country’s qualit...

This study augments the neoclassical growth model proposed by Mankiw, Romer, and Weil (1992) to analyze the effects of the property rights protection on the levels of economic performance, measured by per capita GDP, across countries. The augmented model predicts that (1) the accumulation of physical and human capital, and therefore the level of per capita GDP in a country, is positively relate...