This article describes a quasi-market framework to integrate the diverse perspectives on local government development competition found in the economic development literatures. Within this framework local governments seek to obtain positive externalities associated with economic growth through the provision of services and inducements to private firms in exchange for commitments of employment a...

In this paper, we replicate Nelson-Winter model in order to analyze the inter-enterprise competition from the perspective of economic change. For this purpose, we build the simulation model as MultiAgent-Based Simulation in PlatBox Simulator. By replicating the Nelson-Winter model, which clarifies the mechanism of competition among firms, further studies on economic growth can be made. As a res...

In many countries, particularly developing countries, economic reforms, especially privatization, are considered as a strategic approach. The growth of the government decreases the competition in the market, and so, some fields should be privatized in order to create the competition.  By moving towards privatization and the changes in competition methods and the presentation of the World Trade,...

The relationship between financial development and economic growth has been subjected to several debates by various authors. It has been argued that a competitive and efficient financial sector is a prerequisite for economic growth and development. The objective of this study therefore is to examine the relationship between bank competition and economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1986 – 2...

The concepts of competition and its derivatives, competitiveness and competitive advantage feature as highly on the current development agendas and policy debates of developing countries as they do in the developed world, yet they are sufficiently opaque to make any discussion of the relationship between economic development and competition a matter to be negotiated with some difficulty. In thi...