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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Solow growth model"”.
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MACROECONOMIC ASPECTS OF CONFLICT
… following papers I propose to construct economic models that incorporate the disastrous effect of conflict. I model conflict theoretically in a Solow growth model and empirically in a GDP per worker growth model, in a civil war onset model and a model for civil war’s severity. The first chapter …
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Essays On Robust Estimators For Non-Identically Distributed Observations In Spatial Econometric And Time Series Models
… methods and applications of spatial econometric models and one essay on the generalized autoregressive conditionally heteroskedastic (GARCH)-type models in financial time series. The first essay discusses the heteroskedasticity robust generalized method of moments estimator (RGMME) for the …
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Public Expenditure and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Nigeria
… plays very important role in economic growth, especially in the developing countries. Available statistics show that Nigeria’s 5-year average annual real public expenditure/GDP ratio grew during the greater part of the study period 1981-2015, while the 5-year average annual real GDP …
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The Finance-Growth Nexus in South Africa
The finance-growth nexus remains a divisive topic within macroeconomic discourse. Despite the plethora of studies devoted to understanding the causal relationships, there is still vast disagreement. This study comprehensively examines the relationship between economic growth, financial development …
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Determinants of foreign direct investment and its relationship to economic growth
… theories, in definition and in econometric models and has also been studied in many different aspects and approaches. This dissertation first embarks on a wide ranging review of theories of variables; it then empirically explores and studies the various economic, political and geographical …
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Essays On Spatial Econometrics: Estimation Methods And Applications
… methods and applications of spatial econometrics models. In the first essay, we consider a spatial econometric model containing spatial lags in the dependent variable and the disturbance terms with an unknown form of heteroskedasticity in the innovations. We first prove that the maximum likelihood …