Growth Accelerations / Ricardo Hausmann, Lant Pritchett, Dani Rodrik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hausmann, Ricardo.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Pritchett, Lant.

Rodrik, Dani.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w10566.

NBER working paper series no. w10566

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2004.

Summary:

Unlike most cross-country growth analyses, we focus on turning points in growth performance. We look for instances of rapid acceleration in economic growth that are sustained for at least eight years and identify more than 80 such episodes since the 1950s. Growth accelerations tend to be correlated with increases in investment and trade, and with real exchange rate depreciations. Political-regime changes are statistically significant predictors of growth accelerations. External shocks tend to produce growth accelerations that eventually fizzle out, while economic reform is a statistically significant predictor of growth accelerations that are sustained. However, growth accelerations tend to be highly upredictable: the vast majority of growth accelerations are unrelated to standard determinants and most instances of economic reform do not produce growth accelerations.

Notes:

Print version record

June 2004.