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SUBMITTER: Christensen P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6003472 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Christensen P P Gillingham K K Nordhaus W W
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20180514 21
Forecasts of long-run economic growth are critical inputs into policy decisions being made today on the economy and the environment. Despite its importance, there is a sparse literature on long-run forecasts of economic growth and the uncertainty in such forecasts. This study presents comprehensive probabilistic long-run projections of global and regional per-capita economic growth rates, comparing estimates from an expert survey and a low-frequency econometric approach. Our primary results sugg ...[more]