What makes growth sustained? /

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Author / Creator:Berg, Andrew, author.
Imprint:[Washington, D.C.?] : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (33 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/08/59
IMF working paper ; WP/08/59.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12495567
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Other authors / contributors:Ostry, Jonathan David, 1962- author.
Zettelmeyer, Jeromin, author.
International Monetary Fund. Research Department.
ISBN:1462390110
9781462390113
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At head of title: Research Department.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-33).
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Summary:We identify structural breaks in economic growth in 140 countries and use these to define "growth spells:" periods of high growth preceded by an upbreak and ending either with a downbreak or with the end of the sample. Growth spells tend to be shorter in African and Latin American countries than elsewhere. We find that growth duration is positively related to: the degree of equality of the income distribution; democratic institutions; export orientation (with higher propensities to export manufactures, greater openness to FDI, and avoidance of exchange rate overvaluation favorable for duration); and macroeconomic stability (with even moderate instability curtailing growth duration).
Other form:Print version: Berg, Andrew. What makes growth sustained?. [Washington, D.C.?] : International Monetary Fund, 2008