What Makes Growth Sustained? /

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 countrie...

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Hovedforfatter: Ostry, Jonathan
Andre forfattere: Berg, Andrew, Zettelmeyer, Jeromin
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/059
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