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On exports and economic growth
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In this article, the authors analyzed the sources of growth in the period 1964-1973 for a group of semi-industrialized less developed countries and developed an analytical framework, incorporating the possibility that marginal factor productivities are not equal in the export and non-export sectors of the economy.About:
This article is published in Journal of Development Economics.The article was published on 1983-02-01. It has received 1714 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Economic sector & Export performance.read more
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Is Pakistan’s Growth Rate Balance-of-Payments Constrained? Policies and Implications for Development and Growth
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the extent to which Pakistan's growth has been, or is likely to be, limited or constrained by its balance-of-payments (BOP).
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Productivity Growth in the Philippines After the Industrial Reforms
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the country's productivity performance and analyzes whether or not trade and investment policies have had a significant impact on productivity growth in the country, and tried to explain changes in total factor productivity (TFP) growth by conducting a regression on TFP against trade and policy indicators.
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The Impact of International Trade on Economic Growth
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the impact of commercial and technological aspects, resulting from international trade, on the physical accumulation and quality of productive factors and concluded that international trade has a positive effect on the economic growth.
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Military Expenditure, Government Size and Economic Growth in the Middle East in the Period 1973-85
TL;DR: In this paper, an augmented two-sector growth model is derived to analyse the effects of the military burden and government expenditure on the growth of GNP in selected Middle Eastern countries.
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The service sector and economic growth: some cross-section evidence
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used cross-section country-level data from three decades (1960s, 1970s and 1980s) to see whether in fact this negative relation is reflected in the data.
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Exports and economic growth: Further evidence
Bela Balassa,Bela Balassa +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between exports and economic growth in 11 developing countries that have already established an industrial base was analyzed, adjusting for domestic and foreign investment and for increases in the labor force that affect total exports.
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Growth and export expansion in developing countries: Some empirical evidence
TL;DR: In this article, the empirical relationship between economic growth and export expansion in developing countries as observed through an intercountry cross-section was analyzed, and the results indicated that export performance was important, along with capital formation, in explaining the intercountry variance in GDP growth rates during the 1960-1977 period.
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Trade Policy as an Input to Development
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the question: what difference does the set of commercial policies chosen by a developing country make to its rate of economic growth, and the empirical evidence overwhelmingly indicates that there are important links between them.