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Provedor de dados: | Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
País: | United States
Título: | CLIMATE AND SCALE IN ECONOMIC GROWTH
Autores: | Masters,   William A.; McMillan,   Margaret S.
Data: | 2001-04-13
Ano: | 2001
Palavras-chave: | International Development.
Resumo: | This paper introduces new data on climatic conditions to empirical tests of growth theories.  We find that, since 1960, temperate countries have converged towards high levels of income while tropical nations have converged towards various income levels associated with economic scale and the extent of the market.  These results hold for a wide range of tests.  A plausible explanation is that temperate regions' growth was assisted by their climate, perhaps historically for their transition out of agriculture into sectors whose productivity converges across countries, while tropical countries' growth is relatively more dependent on gains from specialization and trade.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

2445

http://purl.umn.edu/11845

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

Miscellaneous Papers&gt;Miscellaneous Papers

Harvard University Center for International Development Working Paper 48, Revised

Formato:

46

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