scholarly journals Empirical Research on the Influence of Four Major Service Industries in Hong Kong on Its Economic Growth

2016 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. 114-121
Author(s):  
Haiquan Tan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Service Industries

The Myth of Middle Class Moderation: African Lessons for South Africa

1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-48
Author(s):  
Pauline H. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Political Behavior ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Underlying Assumption ◽  
Coup D'etat ◽  
The Government

An underlying assumption that ocurs in both conventional wisdom and in many academic analyses of political behavior is the notion that a critical linkage exists between political change and economic performance. The assumption is that economic growth is either a precondition or a correlate of democracy and political stability. Little empirical research has been done to test the validity of this widely held assumption as it applies to multicultural societies. Moreover, in the African environment, the assumption seems to operate only in selected cases or in ways that defy categorization. Jerry Rawlings, for example, said he led his first coup d’etat in Ghana because the government was going to devalue the currency; he led his second coup, in part, because the next government was going to devalue; and, during his own tenure in office, he has presided over a 1000 percent devaluation.

scholarly journals Economic Growth, Public and Private Consumption in Cameroon: A Multivariate Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Honoré Samuel NTAVOUA
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Private Consumption ◽  
Causal Link ◽  
Vector Model ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public Consumption ◽  
The Relationship

<p>The nature of the link between economic growth, public and private consumption in theoretical and empirical research is not well known in Cameroon. The objective of this study is to examine the nature of the relationship between economic growth, public and private consumption in Cameroon from 1980 to 2015. In order to achieve our goal, the data from the CENUCED were collected and tested in the autoregressive vector model (VAR). The delay selection statistic for VAR allowed us to have the following causality results: in Cameroon, there is a unidirectional relationship between economic growth towards public consumption and economic growth towards private consumption. Meanwhile, there is no causal link between public and private consumption, from public and private consumption to economic growth. Thus, the recommendation is that the Cameroonian government should create an incentive framework conducive to the improvement of public and private consumption to stimulate investment and economic growth.</p>

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