Economic diversification in the Gulf States : public expenditure and non-oil economic growth in Bahrain, Oman and Qatar / Yesenn El-Radhi.

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I. Public Expenditure and Long-Run Economic Growth ; General Insights : 1. Causes of Long-Run Economic Growth ; 1.1 Causes of Long-Run Economic Growth in Economic Theory - 1.2 The Convergence Hypothesis - 1.3 Searching for Correlates of Growth in a World of Model Uncertainty - 2. Does Public Expenditure Cause Economic Growth? ; 2.1 Public Expenditure in Models of Economic Growth - 2.2 Empirical Evidence Capital and Current Expenditure - 2.3 Empirical Evidence Education and Health Expenditure -- II. Exploring the Links Between Public Expenditure and Non-Oil Economic Growth in Bahrain, Oman and Qatar : 3. The Impact of Public Expenditure on Non-Oil GDP and on Labour Productivity ; An Econometric Analysis ; 3.2 Current Status of Research - 3.3 Data - 3.4 Econometric Methodology - 3.5 Empirical Results - 4. Bahrain ; Non-Oil Development Efforts in a Semi-Rich Oil Rentier Economy ; 4.1 Overview - 4.2 Public Expenditure - 4.3 Non-Oil GDP - 4.4 Labour Productivity - Oman ; A Late Non-Oil Economic Blooming Caused by Rising Public Oil Rents ; 5.1 Overview - 5.2 Public Expenditure - 5.3 Non-Oil GDP - 5.4 Labour Productivity - 6 Qatar ; Big Push Non-Oil Investment by Qatar Inc. ; 6.1 Overview - 6.2 Public Expenditure - 6.3 Non-Oil GDP - 6.4 Labour Productivity -- III. The Impact of Public Expenditure on Potential Sources of Non-Oil Economic Growth : 7. Public Expenditure and Private Sector Investment ; 7.2 The Economic Roles of the Public and Private Sectors - 7.3 Crowding-In or Crowding-Out - An Econometric Analysis - 7.4 The Impact of Investment on Non-Oil Economic Growth Dynamics - 8. Public Expenditure and Labour Productivity ; 8.2 Labour Productivity Developments in International Perspective - 8.3 Public Expenditure and Human Capital - 8.4 Public Expenditure and Structural Change -- Appendix : A. Data Sources and Definition of Variables - B. Econometric Results Chapter 3 - C. Robustness Checks Chapter 3 : Change Variable Order Orthogonalised Impulse Responses - Robustness Check ; Time Series in Current Prices - Robustness Check ; Private Sector Non-Oil GDP - D. Econometric Results and Robustness Checks Chapter 7 : Econometric Results Chapter 7 - Robustness Check ; Time Series in Current Prices.