01810cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018475 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484357170 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Cherif, Reda. Sharp Instrument : A Stab at Identifying the Causes of Economic Growth / Reda Cherif, Fuad Hasanov, Lichen Wang. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018. 1 online resource (24 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students We shed new light on the determinants of growth by tackling the blunt and weak instrument problems in the empirical growth literature. As an instrument for each endogenous variable, we propose average values of the same variable in neighboring countries. This method has the advantage of producing variable-specific and time-varying-namely, 'sharp'-and strong instruments. We find that export sophistication is the only robust determinant of growth among standard growth determinants such as human capital, trade, financial development, and institutions. Our results suggest that other growth determinants may be important to the extent they help improve export sophistication. Mode of access: Internet Hasanov, Fuad. Wang, Lichen. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/117 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2018/117/001.2018.issue-117-en.xml IMF e-Library