RELIGION, CULTURE, AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE (2009)
Marcus Noland, Senior Fellow, Jari Eloranta, Howard Pack, Dave Richardson
The hypothesis that the coefficients on variables of religious affiliation are jointly equal to zero can frequently be rejected at conventional levels of statistical significance (i.e., religion...
Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are regarded as primary examples of countries that have derived great benefits from increasing integration with the international economy, without surrendering national...
Is Investment in Africa Too Low or Too High? Macro and Micro Evidence 1 (2007)
William R. Easterly, Howard Pack, World Bank
Abstract: Many analysts decry the lack of sufficient investment in Africa, implying that investment in Africa is “too low. ” We find no evidence that private and public capital are productive in...
the World Bank workshop on (2007)
Industrial Policy, East Asia, Howard Pack, Stephen Parker, Dwight Perkins, Meredith Woo-cumings
a revised version of the paper presented at
Is There a Case for Industrial Policy? A Critical Survey (2006)
What are the underlying rationales for industrial policy? Does empirical evidence support the use of industrial policy for correcting market failures that plague the process of industrialization?...
Is There a Case for Industrial Policy? A Critical Survey (2006)
What are the underlying rationales for industrial policy? Does empirical evidence support the use of industrial policy for correcting market failures that plague the process of industrialization?...
Islam, Globalization, and Economic Performance in the Middle East (2004)
SAIS Review - Volume 24, Number 2, Summer-Fall 2004
Policy in the Era of Globalization: Lessons from (2004)
Marcus Nol, Howard Pack, Marcus Nol, Asia Howard Pack, Visiting Fellow
a senior economist in the Council of Economic Advisers and held research or teaching positions at the Johns Hopkins University, the University
The cost of technology licensing and the transfer of technology (2003)
The paper analyses the role of technology licensing in the industrial development of poor countries and the degree to which the prices they pay for technology agreements are excessive. It is argued...
The cost of technology licensing and the transfer of technology (2003)
The paper analyses the role of technology licensing in the industrial development of poor countries and the degree to which the prices they pay for technology agreements are excessive. It is argued...
The cost of technology licensing and the transfer of technology (2003)
The paper analyses the role of technology licensing in the industrial development of poor countries and the degree to which the prices they pay for technology agreements are excessive. It is argued...
Is Investment in Africa Too High or Too Low? Macro- and Micro-evidence (2001)
Devarajan, Shantayanan, Easterly, William, Pack, Howard
Many analysts decry the lack of sufficient investment in Africa, implying that investment in Africa is ‘too low’. We find no evidence that private and public capital are productive in Africa,...
The Role of Acquisition of Foreign Technology in Taiwanese Growth (2001)
This article argues that one source of Taiwan's exceptionally rapid growth rate in value added per worker in manufacturing was its ability to tap the accumulated technology of more advanced...
Industrial Policy: Growth Elixir or Poison? (2000)
The debate about industrial policy occasioned by the East Asian financial crisis is the latest chapter in an ongoing discussion about the effectiveness of selective government intervention in...
Formula flexibility [microform] : a quantitative appraisal / (1964)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964.
Formula flexibility: a quantitative appraisal /--by Howard Pack. (1964)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics and Social Science, 1964.
The East Asian Industrial Policy Experience: Implications for the Middle East
Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are regarded as primary examples of countries that have derived great benefits from increasing integration with the international economy, without surrendering national...
The case for industrial policy : a critical survey
What are the underlying rationales for industrial policy? Does empirical evidence support the use of industrial policy for correcting market failures that plague the process of industrialization? To...
The Asian miracle and modern growth theory
Nelson, Richard R., Pack, Howard
In the past 35 years, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan (China) have transformed themselves from technologically backwards and poor economies to relatively modern, affluent economies....
Exporting, externalities, and technology transfer
Developed-country purchasers of exports from developing-country industrial firms have often provided considerable technical aid to the exporting firms. Some question the benefits to both OECD and...
Inter-industry labor mobility in Taiwan, China
Pack, Howard, Paxson, Christina
Do flexible labor markets lubricate growth? Using data from Taiwan, China, to analyze the effects of labor market flexibility, the authors find that: 1) Workers are more likely to move to industries...
Is African manufacturing skill-constrained?
Pack, Howard, Paxson, Christina
Total factor productivity has been low in most Sub-Saharan Africa. It is often said that the binding constraint on African industrial development is the inadequate supply of technologically capable...
Inter-industry Labor Mobility in Taiwan, China
Pack, Howard, Paxson, Christina H.
Working paper (.tx, .pdf) originally published in 1999 that examines labor market flexibility in Taiwan and determines that workers normally move from one similar industry to another in search of...
Low Investment is Not the Constraint on African Development
Shantayanan Devarajan, William R. Easterly, Howard Pack
While many analysts decry the lack of sufficient investment in Africa, we find no evidence that private and public investment are productive, either in Africa as a whole (unless Botswana is included...
Industrial Policies and Growth: Lessons from International Experience
The application of industrial policies (IP) to direct resources to industries considered preponderant in achieving growth has been the chosen road by many emerging economies to tackle...
Inflows of Foreign Technology and Indigenous Technological Development.
This paper explores the effects of inflows of foreign technology on technological development in developing countries. It evaluates the existing literature exploring this issue and indicates...
Is investment in Africa too low or too high : macro and micro evidence
Devarajan, Shantayanan, Easterley, William R., Pack, Howard
The authors investigate the relationship between weak growth performance and low investment rates in Africa. The cross-country evidence suggests no direct relationship. The positive and significant...
The Asian Miracle and Modern Growth Theory.
Nelson, Richard R, Pack, Howard
This article argues that the rapid growth in a number of Asian economies that occurred between 1960 and 1996 was accompanied by a major change in the structure of their economies including shifts in...
Is Foreign Aid Fungible? The Case of Indonesia.
Pack, Howard, Pack, Janet Rothenberg
This paper considers whether foreign aid given for specific categories of expenditure is fungible among them and whether aid reduces tax effort by the recipient government. Models developed to...
Endogenous Growth Theory: Intellectual Appeal and Empirical Shortcomings.
This paper examines whether the recent theoretical insights stemming from endogenous growth theory have provided a better guide to explaining actual growth experience than the neoclassical model. The...
Foreign Aid and the Question of Fungibility.
Pack, Howard, Pack, Janet Rothenberg
This paper analyzes whether the foreign assistance provided for specific categories of expenditure is shifted among them, contrary to the wishes of donors. It also considers whether aid reduces the...
Is There a Case for Industrial Policy? A Critical Survey
What are the underlying rationales for industrial policy? Does empirical evidence support the use of industrial policy for correcting market failures that plague the process of industrialization?...
Industrial Policy: Growth Elixir or Poison?
The debate about industrial policy occasioned by the East Asian financial crisis is the latest chapter in an ongoing discussion about the effectiveness of selective government intervention in...
The Role of Acquisition of Foreign Technology in Taiwanese Growth.
This article argues that one source of Taiwan's exceptionally rapid growth rate in value added per worker in manufacturing was its ability to tap the accumulated technology of more advanced...