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Democracy, Redistribution and Inequality

Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A.; Restrepo, Pascual; … - 2013

In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution and inequality. We first explain the … theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this expectation may fail … to be realized when democracy is captured by the richer segments of the population; when it caters to the preferences of …

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Resource Concentration and Civil Wars

Morelli, Massimo - 2014

This paper highlights the importance of natural resource concentration and ethnic group regional concentration for ethnic conflict. A new type of bargaining failure due to multiple types of potential conflicts (and hence multiple threat points) is identified. The theory predicts war to be more...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458535

Culture, Institutions and Democratization

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2015

We construct a model of revolution and transition to democracy under individualistic and collectivist cultures. The … culture are more likely to end up adopting democracy earlier than countries with a collectivist culture. Our empirical … democracy, even after controlling for other determinants of democracy emphasized in the literature. We provide evidence that …

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Common Interests or Common Polities? Reinterpreting the Democratic Peace

Farber, Henry S. - 1995

than is that of other country pairs only after World War II. Before 1914 and between the World Wars, there is no difference …

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The Political Economy of Weak Treaties

Battaglini, Marco - 2016

In recent decades, democratic countries have signed hundreds of international environmental agreements (IEAs). Most of these agreements, however, are weak: they generally do not include effective enforcement or monitoring mechanisms. This is a puzzle in standard economic models. To study this...

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U.S. War Costs : Two Parts Temporary, One Part Permanent

Edwards, Ryan D. - 2010

Military spending, fatalities, and the destruction of capital, all of which are immediately felt and are often large, are the most overt costs of war. They are also relatively short-lived. The costs of war borne by combatants and their caretakers, which includes families, communities, and the...

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The Effect of OEF/OIF Deployment Intensity on the Rate of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Active Duty Population

Shen, Yu-Chu - 2009

System. Comparing to those in other duties around the world, deployment to Iraq/Afghanistan increases the odds of developing …

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War and Inflation in the United States from the Revolution to the First Iraq War

Rockoff, Hugh - 2015

The institutional arrangements governing the creation of money in the United States have changed dramatically since the Revolution. Yet beneath the surface the story of wartime money creation has remained much the same. During wars against minor powers, the government was able to fund the war by...

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Black Americans' Landholdings and Economic Mobility after Emancipation : New Evidence on the Significance of 40 Acres

Collins, William J.; Holtkamp, Nicholas C.; Wanamaker, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

The US Civil War ended in 1865 without the distribution of land or compensation to those formerly enslaved--a decision often seen as a cornerstone of racial inequality. We build a dataset to observe Black households' landholdings in 1880, a key component of their wealth, alongside a sample of...

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The Net Asset Position of the U.S. National Government, 1784-1802 : Hamilton's Blessing or the Spoils of War?

Grubb, Farley - 2005

The War for Independence left the National Government deeply in debt. The spoils from winning that war also gave it an empire of land. So, post-1783, was the National Government solvent? Was its net asset position, land assets minus debt liabilities, positive or negative? Evidence is gathered to...

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