Structural Differences in Economic Growth

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 2008-085/4

40 Pages Posted: 19 Sep 2008

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Nalan Basturk

Maastricht University - Department of Quantitative Economics

Richard Paap

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Econometrics; Tinbergen Institute; Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)

Dick J. C. van Dijk

Erasmus University Rotterdam - Erasmus School of Economics - Econometric Institute; ERIM

Date Written: August 28, 2008

Abstract

This paper addresses heterogeneity in determinants of economic growth in a data-driven way. Instead of defining groups of countries with different growth characteristics a priori, based on, for example, geographical location, we use a finite mixture panel model and endogenous clustering to examine cross-country differences and similarities in the effects of growth determinants. Applying this approach to an annual unbalanced panel of 59 countries in Asia, Latin and Middle America and Africa for the period 1971-2000, we can identify two groups of countries in terms of distinct growth structures. The structural differences between the country groups mainly stem from different effects of investment, openness measures and government share in the economy. Furthermore, the detected segmentation of countries does not match with conventional classifications in the literature.

Keywords: Economic growth, parameter heterogeneities, latent class models, panel time series

JEL Classification: C32, C33, O4, O57

Suggested Citation

Basturk, Nalan and Paap, Richard and van Dijk, Dick J.C., Structural Differences in Economic Growth (August 28, 2008). Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 2008-085/4, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1268260 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1268260

Nalan Basturk (Contact Author)

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