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Economic growth and the environment [PDF]

open access: possibleThe Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1995
Summary: We examine the reduced-form relationship between per capita income and various environmental indicators. Our study covers four types of indicators urban air pollution, the state of the oxygen regime in river basins, fecal contamination of river basins, and contamination of river basins by heavy metals.
Gene M. Grossman, Alan B. Krueger
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Fuel for economic growth? [PDF]

open access: possibleJournal of Economic Theory, 2015
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Johan Gars, Conny Olovsson
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Economic Growth and Anxiety

Nature, 1968
THIS communication is prompted by our total disagreement with the interpretation of the high correlation between “national” levels of anxiety and economic growth rates provided by Lynn1. We examine here the interpretation of the correlation and the assumptions on which Lynn's analysis rests.
B G, Stacey, P G, Britton
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Anxiety and Economic Growth

Nature, 1968
I SHOULD like to report the discovery of a remarkably high correlation between national levels of anxiety and economic growth rates. The discovery was made as a result of the following train of reasoning. The rate of economic growth of a nation is the rate at which it is getting richer.
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Economic Growth Non-linearities [PDF]

open access: possible, 2008
Nonlinearities in growth have important implications for cross-country income inequality. In particular, they imply that countries may spend long periods of time in a low-growth poverty trap. However, finding evidence of such nonlinearities in the data and accounting for their emergence pose unique challenges to researchers.
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classical economics and economic growth

2008
The analysis of economic growth was an important feature of the writings of the great classical economists, including Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx.
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Democracy and economic growth

International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies, 2019
Many nations consider democracy to be an important social value. Nevertheless, does it mean that countries with more democracy are often wealthier? What are the relationships between economic growth and democracy? This research includes 167 countries to study the issue.
Rita Yi Man Li   +2 more
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Education and Economic Growth [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2006
Contemporary views on the determinants of economic growth place education in centre stage. Yet the way in which education affects growth is not yet well understood. This paper begins by surveying the recent literature on the factors that affect growth, paying particular attention to education.
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Banknotes and Economic Growth

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007
AbstractModern paper currency contributes little to productive investment. This shortcoming is not inherent to paper money. It stems from the fact that currency today is monopolistically supplied by public monetary authorities that are poor intermediaries.
William D. Lastrapes, George Selgin
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Economic Growth With Bubbles

2012
This chapter introduces bubbles and financial frictions into the basic OLG growth model of Chap. 2. Contrary to the empirical data supporting the view that bubbles cannot occur in highly developed market economies, in line with Martin and Ventura (Economic growth with bubbles.
Karl Farmer, Matthias Schelnast
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