Week 2 Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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How can we explain this mixed evidence concerning convergence?
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2
Q
Conditional convergence
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3
Q
The Lucas Puzzle
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4
Q
An answer to the Lucas Puzzle?
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5
Q
Two main aspects to TFP (Total Factor Productivity)
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6
Q
Voracity effect
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raw materials subverts institutions and leads to rent seeking (including civil conflict)
7
Q
Dutch disease
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Due to high level of exports see sharp increase in real exchange rate which crowds out other sectors’ exports.
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