Determinants of Economic Growth: A Bayesian Panel Data Approach

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Journal: Review of Economics and Statistics
Year: 2012
Volume: 94
Issue: 2
Pages: 566-579

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Abstract

Model uncertainty hampers consensus on the key determinants of economic growth. Some recent cross-country cross-sectional analyses have employed Bayesian model averaging to tackle the issue of model uncertainty. This paper extends that approach to panel data models with country-specific fixed effects in order to simultaneously address model uncertainty and endogeneity issues. The empirical findings suggest that in a panel setting, the most robust growth determinants are the price of investment goods, distance to major world cities, and political rights. © 2012 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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RePEc Handle
repec:tpr:restat:v:94:y:2012:i:2:p:566-579
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-26