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Country size, Growth and Volatility

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What are the effects of country size on growth and business cycle volatility? To investigate this question, previously asked by Rose (2006) and Furceri and Karras (2007), we developed an original country-size index with principal component analysis (PCA). Traditional analysis of this topic usually only includes the population. Our methodology enables us to simultaneously consider the countries’ population, GDP and arable land. The inclusion of these additional variables allows us to analyse different components of country size and to control for more than a merely demographic effect. Using a panel data set of 163 countries for 1960-2007, we find, contrary to Rose (2006), that country size has a significant and negative impact on economic performance. Our results for output volatility extend the negative and significant relationship found by Furceri and Karras (2007). In addition, we present differentiated results for small and large countries, OECD members, eurozone countries and the so-called BRIC countries. These results are robust for different country and time samples and several control sets.

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  • Olfa Alouini & Paul Hubert, 2010. "Country size, Growth and Volatility," Documents de Travail de l'OFCE 2010-18, Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE).
    • Handle: RePEc:fce:doctra:1018
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    1. Sandrine Levasseur, 2011. "Production under foreign ownership and domestic volatility: an empirical investigation at the sector level," Working Papers hal-01069476, HAL.
    2. Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés & Stermšek, Marko, 2014. "The Economics of Secession ? Analysing the economic impact of the collapse of the former Yugoslavia," CEPR Discussion Papers 10134, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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    4. Á sgeir Daníelsson, 2020. "Volatility of national account data for Iceland and other OECD countries," Economics wp83, Department of Economics, Central bank of Iceland.
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    6. repec:hal:spmain:info:hdl:2441/5l6uh8ogmqildh09h564gf28g is not listed on IDEAS

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    Keywords

    Country size; Principal component analysis; Economic growth; Business cycle volatility;
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    JEL classification:

    • E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
    • F42 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - International Policy Coordination and Transmission

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