Growth, Inequality and Politics Revisited: A Developing-Country Case

Posted: 10 Jan 2003

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Arsenio Balisacan

University of the Philippines, Los Baños - School of Economics

Nobuhiko Fuwa

University of Tokyo-Graduate School of Public Policy; Waseda University - Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies; SEARCA - Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture; Chiba University - Agricultural Economics; International Rice Research Institute

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Abstract

Key issues in the empirical study on growth are addressed using provincial data in the Philippines. We find a high rate of absolute convergence, a positive relationship between inequality and growth, and a positive relationship between political competitiveness and growth.

Keywords: economic growth, convergence, inequality and growth, politics and growth, Philippines

JEL Classification: O4, I3, O53, P16

Suggested Citation

Balisacan, Arsenio and Fuwa, Nobuhiko, Growth, Inequality and Politics Revisited: A Developing-Country Case. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=361700

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