We estimate total factor productivity (TFP) growth in agriculture, industry and services in new
European Union member countries and show how structural change contributes to growth …

This study tests the extensive growth hypothesis, which would attribute the Soviet economic
slowdown to low elasticity of substitution and over-investment rather than deteriorating …

This article explores how the protraction of conflict shapes the management of economic
activities and, more specifically, the illegality/informality divide. Its main argument is that, in …

We estimate TFP growth in agriculture, industry and services in new EU member countries
and show how structural change contributes to growth. Due to the difficulties in measuring …

Econ Journal Watch, Volume 5, Number 2, May 2008, pp 145-147. eaSterly & FiScher econ
Journal Watch 146 our rigid assumptions so as to be able to test the alternative hypothesis …

Scholars today continue to debate over specifically how the Former Soviet Union collapsed
in late 1991. Unfortunately they must depend on poor Soviet data that is largely unreliable …

The causes of the fall of the Soviet Union are thought to be inefficiency and the Soviet
response to the Reagan Administration's military buildup of the early 1980s. However, a …

Das zweite Jahrzehnt der Herrschaft Vladimir Putins erinnert an die „Stagnationsperiode “in
der Sowjetunion ab 1975. Das Jahrzehnt davor gilt in Russland bis heute als das „goldene …

This paper links political support to economic growth. Governments gain support from wealth
creation and wealth redistribution, and the quest for support links differences in economic …

This paper develops a model linking political support to economic growth. Support-
maximizing governments rely on wealth creation and wealth redistribution as sources of …