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MEASURING COMPETITION FOR TEXTILES: DOES THE U.S. MAKE THE GRADE?
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Lyford,   Conrad P.; Welch,   J. Mark.
U.S. textile manufacturing is coming under increasing pressure from foreign competition.  This paper evaluates the U.S. competitive position in the yarn segment using established quantifiable measures and provides an overall competitive assessment.  The study found the industry in a relatively weak competitive position but that U.S. competitive position is improving.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Cotton yarn; Revealed comparative advantage; Tariff equivalent; International Relations/Trade; F29; L67; O57.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34616

The empirics of the Solow Growth Model: Long-term evidence.
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Barossi-Filho,   Milton; Goncalves Silva,   Ricardo; Diniz,   Eliezer Martins.
In this paper we reassess the standard Solow growth model, using a dynamic panel data approach. A new methodology is chosen to deal with this problem. First, unit root tests for individual country time series were run. Second, panel data unit root and cointegration tests were performed. Finally, the panel cointegration dynamics is estimated by (DOLS) method. The resulting evidence supports roughly one-third capital share in income, a.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic growth; Panel data; Unit root; Cointegration and convergence; O47; O50; O57; C33; And C52.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37227

Paths to Success: The Relationship Between Human Development and Economic Growth
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Boozer,   Michael A.; Ranis,   Gustav; Stewart,   Frances; Suri,   Tavneet.
This paper explores the two-way relationships between Economic Growth (EG) and Human Development (HD), building on an earlier work by Ranis, Stewart, and Ramirez (2000). Here, we show that HD is not only a product of EG but also an important input to it. The paper develops new empirical strategies to estimate the strength of the two-way chains connecting HD and EG. Building on existing growth literature, we explore the empirical determinants of positive growth trajectories running from HD to EG and find that HD plays an essential role in explaining growth trajectories. Our findings point to the empirical relevance of endogenous growth models in general, and threshold effect models in particular. We also develop a measure of the strength of the EG to HD...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Human development; Economic growth; Threshold models; Labor and Human Capital; O15; O57; C23.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28379

Patterns and Determinants of Agro-Food Trade of the BRIC Countries: The Role of Institution
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Bojnec,   Stefan; Ferto,   Imre; Fogarasi,   Jozsef.
Agro-food trade between the BRIC countries has increased. Brazil and China contributed to the rapid increase of agro-food trade. The Russian Federation experienced the stagnating and the most volatile agro-food trade over time. The composition of agro-food trade for the BRIC countries varies by the BEC agro-food trade categories and over time. The prevailing in the composition of agro-food trade are BEC122 and BEC111 for Brazil and the Russian Federation, and BEC122 and BEC112 for India and China. Brazil and India have strengthened their market shares in agro-food trade between the BRIC countries, while the Russian Federation has experienced the most severe deterioration. The number and the share of trading partners that have traded every year vary between...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agro-food trade; BRIC countries; Adapted gravity model; Institutions; Agribusiness; F14; Q17; C23; O57.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115529

Human Development: Beyond the HDI
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Ranis,   Gustav; Stewart,   Frances; Samman,   Emma.
This paper explores ways of enlarging the measurement and understanding of Human Development (HD) beyond the relatively reductionist Human Development Index. From the extensive literature on well-being, we derived eleven categories of HD. Within each category, we then identified a potential set of indicators which were measurable and reflect performance with respect to that category. In order to reduce the number of indicators representing each category, we included only one for any set highly rank order correlated with each other, as well as including indicators not correlated with any other indicator in that category. Our aim was to retain only indicators which are broadly independent of each other. We subsequently investigated the extent of correlation...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Human development; Quality of life; Comparative country performance; Labor and Human Capital; I31; O15; O57.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28389

THEME OVERVIEW: BRINGING BROADBAND TO RURAL AMERICA
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Barnes,   James N.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broadband; Internet; Regional Economic Development; Rural Regions; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R12; O33; O57; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100801

The Economic Value of Education in Agricultural Production: A Switching Regression Analysis of Selected East Asian Countries
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Huang,   Fung-Mey; Luh,   Yir-Hueih.
The emphasis of education as a driving force for the growth of agricultural productivity can be dated back to the early 1960s. However, most empirical work failed to take into account of the fact that production technology changes with time and consequently obscure the true contribution of education in agricultural production. This study presents a more efficient version to testing the hypothesis that education plays a key role in agricultural development using a switching regression model. Because farmers’ ability to deal with disequilibria is allowed to change with education in the present setting, a concrete evidence of the key role of education is provided in the empirical analysis of eight East Asian countries. The results suggest that there exists a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: East Asian agricultural growth; Education; Switching regression; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Productivity Analysis; O47; O57.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50928

Spatial R&amp;D Spillovers and Economic Growth - Evidence from West Germany
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Funke,   Michael; Niebuhr,   Annekatrin.
The paper bases itself on recent theoretical writings in growth economics that emphasize the effects of both own R&amp;D efforts and of interregional technology spillovers on regions´ productivity. We propose robust estimation techniques to evaluate the R&amp;D spillovers across West German functional regions during the period 1976 - 1996. The findings suggest the existence of knowledge spillovers across functional regional boundaries.  Moreover, significant spillovers are mainly found among geographically close regions. This finding confirms the hypothesis that proximity matters. Das Papier basiert auf jüngeren Beiträgen zur Wachstumstheorie, die den Stellenwert eigener F&amp;E-Anstrengungen und interregionaler Spillover-Effekte für die regionale...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: R&amp;D Spillovers; Economic Growth; Germany; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; C21; C52; F43; O57; R11.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26396

STRENGTHENING RURAL AMERICA’S POSITION IN THE GLOBAL BROADBAND ADOPTION RACE
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Barnes,   James N.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broadband; Rural America; Economic Development; Internet; Rural Regions; Agribusiness; R12; O33; O57; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100896

Country Patterns of Behavior on Broader Dimensions of Human Development
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Ranis,   Gustav; Stewart,   Frances; Samman,   Emma.
This paper adopts a more expansive definition of Human Development than that encompassed by the Human Development Index in order to explore diverse country patterns of behavior in relation to these broadened dimensions. We proceed by first identifying the dimensions to be investigated and subsequently present the methodology adopted for clarifying country behavior with respect to these dimensions. Countries are shown to differ substantially in terms of their choices among the independent dimensions of well-being which may or may not be constrained by history or culture. We then group countries by level of per capita income, experience with internal conflict, region of the world, oil, wealth, distance from the equator, distance from the sea, in the search...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Human Development; Quality of Life; Happiness; Capabilities; Country Behavior; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; I31; O15; O57.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6877

Technology Capital: The Price of Admission to the Growth Club
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Evenson,   Robert E.; Fuglie,   Keith O.
We assess long-run patterns of global agricultural productivity growth in developing countries between 1970 and 2005 and examine the relationship between investments in technology capital and productivity.  To measure agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) we employ a Solow-type growth accounting method to decompose output growth into input and TFP growth.  For technology capital we construct two indexes reflecting national capacities in agricultural research and education-extension for 87 developing countries. We then correlate technology capital levels with long-term growth rates in agricultural TFP. Our findings show that average agricultural TFP growth in developing countries accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s but fell marginally in the early...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural development; Agricultural extension; Agricultural research; Land quality; Agricultural cost shares; Growth accounting; Total factor productivity (TFP); International Development; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q10; Q16; O13; O30; O47; O57.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51398

Resource Abundance, Poverty and Development
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Bulte,   Erwin H.; Damania,   Richard; Deacon,   Robert T.
The negative correlation between resource endowments and GDP growth remains one of the most robust findings in the empirical growth literature, and has been coined the “resource curse hypothesis”.  The policy consequences of this result are potentially far reaching.  If natural resources are an inescapable curse, this may imply that countries richly endowed with natural resources can only develop by turning their backs on their comparative advantage and diversifying into other non-resource based activities. This paper analyzes whether the negative statistical relationship between natural resource abundance and economic growth spills over to other important economic and social indicators.  The impact of resource wealth on several proxies of economic...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Resource abundance; Economic growth; Developing countries; Cross-country analysis.; Food Security and Poverty; Q2; Q3; O13; O47; O57.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23803

Disaggregate Productivity Growth in Livestock Production: A Directional Malmquist Index Approach
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Ludena,   Carlos E.; Hertel,   Thomas W.; Preckel,   Paul V.; Foster,   Kenneth A.; Nin Pratt,   Alejandro.
Limited data on the allocation of inputs to different activities has limited agricultural economists' attempts to measure sub-sector productivity growth in agriculture. However, recent developments have enabled us to estimate total factor productivity (TFP) growth for crops and livestock accounting for input-output allocation. This paper extends previous work on TFP measurement for livestock into ruminants and non-ruminant productivity measurement, given the differences in productivity growth rates among these species. The results show that the non-ruminant sector is more dynamic than the ruminant sector, driving most of the productivity growth within the livestock sector. Given the rapid rates of productivity growth observed recently, non-ruminant...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Total factor productivity; Malmquist index; Livestock; Ruminants; Non-ruminants; Productivity Analysis; O47; O57; Q16.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19395

Cultural Diversity and Economic Performance: Evidence from European Regions
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Bellini,   Elena; Ottaviano,   Gianmarco I.P.; Pinelli,   Dino; Prarolo,   Giovanni.
We investigate the relationship between diversity and productivity in Europe using an original dataset covering the NUTS 3 regions of 12 countries of the EU15 (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, former Western Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom). In so doing, we follow the empirical methodology developed by Ottaviano and Peri (2006a) in the case of US cities. The main idea is that, as cultural diversity may affect both production and consumption through positive or negative externalities, the joint estimation of price and income equations is needed to identify the dominant effect. Based on this methodology, we find that diversity is positively correlated with productivity. Moreover, we find evidence...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cultural Diversity; Economic Performance; Productivity; Europe; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O5; O11; O57; R5; R58.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54171

Rural Household Access to Assets and Agrarian Institutions: A Cross Country Comparison
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Zezza,   Alberto; Winters,   Paul C.; Davis,   Benjamin; Carletto,   Calogero; Covarrubias,   Katia; Quinones,   Esteban; Stamoulis,   Kostas G.; Di Giuseppe,   Stefania.
Agriculture is at the core of the livelihoods of a large share of rural households throughout the developing world. Agricultural growth is a major engine for overall economic growth and possibly the single most important pathway out of poverty in the rural space. This paper characterizes household access to assets and agrarian institutions of households engaged in agricultural activities in a sample of developing countries. The evidence presented in the paper draws from 15 nationally representative household surveys from four regions of the developing world. We find that the access of rural households to a range of agricultural-specific assets (including land and livestock) and institutions is in general low, though highly heterogeneous across countries,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural non farm; Assets; Agrarian institutions; Household surveys; Consumer/Household Economics; O13; O57; Q12.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7925