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Economic Growth Paths in the CEE Countries and in Selected Emerging Economies, 1993-2007

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  • Ryszard Rapacki

    (Warsaw School of Economics, Department of Economics II)

  • Mariusz Próchniak

    (Warsaw School of Economics, Department of Economics II)

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This paper presents an empirical analysis of the economic growth paths in two groups of countries. The first group consists of ten Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The second group constitutes a benchmark and encompasses 29 emerging economies in other regions of the world. Our analysis covers the period 1993-2007. We aim to compare the growth paths of the CEE countries and the reference emerging economies. We use two econometric methods: income-level convergence analysis and growth accounting exercise. The main findings are as follows. (1) The individual CEE countries and the CEE-10 group, as a whole, displayed a relatively rapid economic growth, compared with the remaining 29 emerging economies. (2) Our analysis does not confirm that fast economic growth of the CEE-10 countries (in comparison with the other emerging economies) resulted from the mechanism of absolute convergence. There were signs, however, that the former group was subject to a conditional beta convergence. (3) Rapid economic growth of the CEE-10 countries has been driven to a large extent by the increase of total factor productivity (TFP).

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  • Ryszard Rapacki & Mariusz Próchniak, 2010. "Economic Growth Paths in the CEE Countries and in Selected Emerging Economies, 1993-2007," Research in Economics and Business: Central and Eastern Europe, Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration, Tallinn University of Technology, vol. 2(1).
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    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • P24 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - National Income, Product, and Expenditure; Money; Inflation

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