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Francis G. Castles - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Decentralization and the post–war political economy
European Journal of Political Research, 1999Co-Authors: Francis G. CastlesAbstract:This paper uses cross-national data for 21 OECD nations to examine whether there is evidence of a connection between measures of political and fiscal decentralization and the major, long-term, performance parameters of the Post-War political economy. Findings of what is necessarily an exploratory analysis of a wide range of policy outcomes suggest that federalism and the proliferation of constitutional veto-points have inhibited the expansion of the socially protective state and that a low level of fiscal centralization appears to have restrained Post-War inflationary pressures and gone along with higher rates of Post-War economic growth. No evidence is found to connect either political or fiscal measures with postwar labour market performance.
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Decentralization and the Post-War Political Economy
1999Co-Authors: Francis G. CastlesAbstract:This paper uses cross-national data for 21 OECD countries nations to examine whether there is any evidence of a connection between measures of political and fiscal decentralization and the major, long-term, performance parameters of the Post-War political economy.
Amalendu Misra - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Afghanistan: the politics of Post-War reconstruction
Conflict Security & Development, 2002Co-Authors: Amalendu MisraAbstract:Post-War reconstruction has become a dominant feature of Western political discourse and a key policy concern since the 1990s. While there is an acute need for informed debate between political scientists and practitioners engaged in such activity, this requirement is often ignored. From a practical perspective, most Post-War reconstruction initiatives have, in recent years, been mired by lack of donor support or by no reduction in the dangers that were present prior to the outbreak of violence. Using Afghanistan as a case study, this article seeks primarily to advance policy thinking on what has become known in the literature as 'state building'. Based on a theoretical and empirical examination, it attempts to assess the political future of Afghanistan following international involvement in the country over the past year. Most importantly, it highlights that the reconstruction of Afghanistan is dependent on developing a new political culture and a new way of thinking among the citizenry that ranks compromise over con?ict. More generally, the paper concludes that contemporary approaches to Post-War reconstruction have been depressingly limited in their results.
Lores Francisco-xavier - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Accounting for U.S. Post-War economic growth
2020Co-Authors: Del Río Fernando, Lores Francisco-xavierAbstract:We develope a growth accounting method using the whole neoclassical growth model. We obtain three primary findings from our analysis of the U.S. economy during 1954-2017. First, the efficiency wedges in the entire period accurately account for the evolution of U.S. productivity and labor share. Second, the labor wedge was the main force driving the recovery of output and worked hours per capita in the eighties and nineties as well as after the Great Recession. Finally, if factor shares adjust competitively, the main force driving the U.S. growth slowdown of both the seventies and the first decade of this century was the capital-efficiency wedge and the forces driving the U.S. Great Recession are not very different from the forces working in other OECD economies and those driving the $1982$ Recession in the United States
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Accounting for U.S. Post-War economic growth
2020Co-Authors: Del Río Fernando, Lores Francisco-xavierAbstract:We apply the Chari et al. (2002, 2007) methodology to develop a growth accounting exercise for the U.S. economy during 1954--2017. Unlike them, we focus on perfect foresight models. We obtain three primary findings. First, the efficiency wedges in the entire period accurately account for the evolution of U.S. productivity and labor share. Second, the labor wedge was the main force driving the recovery of output and worked hours per capita in the eighties and nineties as well as after the Great Recession. Finally, if we replace the Cobb-Douglas assumption with a production function, which allows the factor shares to adjust competitively, the forces driving the U.S. Great Recession might not be very different from those in other OECD economies, and the forces driving the 1982 recession in the United States
Roger Mac Ginty - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The pre-war reconstruction of Post-War Iraq
Third World Quarterly, 2003Co-Authors: Roger Mac GintyAbstract:The period before the March-April 2003 war on Iraq witnessed unprecedented preparation for Post-War reconstruction. This 'pre-war reconstruction' or 'pre-emptive reconstruction' confronts those involved in humanitarian activity with urgent practical and ethical questions. This article begins with an outline of the development of Post-War reconstruction as a specific area of focus for humanitarian organisations and academia, before examining the pre-war plans for the reconstruction of Post-War Iraq. It argues that it is not enough to be cynical about possible US motivations for planning for the Post-War reconstruction of Iraq. Instead, pre-war reconstruction offers a number of opportunities for a critique of developments in humanitarianism and US foreign policy. But pre-war reconstruction also carries with it a number of pitfalls, not least the reframing of warfare as a non-destructive activity.
Nicholas Crafts - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Quantitative aspects of Post-War European economic growth - Quantitative Aspects of Post-War European Economic Growth
1997Co-Authors: Bart Van Ark, Nicholas CraftsAbstract:List of figures List of tables List of contributors Preface 1. Catch-up, convergence and the sources of Post-War European growth: introduction and overview Bart van Ark and Nicholas Crafts 2. Macroeconomic accounts for European countries Angus Maddison 3. Sectoral growth accounting and structural change in Post-War Europe Bart van Ark 4. Measures of fixed capital stocks in the Post-War period: a five-country study Mary O'Mahony 5. Technology indicators and economic growth in the European area: some empirical evidence Bart Verspagen 6. Human capital and productivity in manufacturing during the twentieth century: Britain, Germany and the United States Stephen N. Broadberry and Karin Wagner 7. Convergence and divergence in the European periphery: productivity in Eastern and Southern Europe in retrospect Bart van Ark 8. Convergence: what the historical record shows Stephen N. Broadberry 9. Growth and convergence in OECD countries: a closer look Javier Andres, Rafael Domenech and Cesar Molinas 10. On the historical continuity of the process of economic growth Theo van de Klundert and Anton van Schaik 11. Europe's Golden Age: an econometric investigation of changing trend rates of growth Nicholas Crafts and Terence C. Mills Index.
