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Determinants of human development : capturing the role of institutions
Binder, Michael; Georgiadis, Georgios - 2011
' persistent characteristics, such as their institutions. Among our findings are that macroeconomic policies affect development … institutional quality. -- human development ; institutions ; dynamic panel modelling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011991
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The geography of inter-state resource wars
Caselli, Francesco; Morelli, Massimo; Rohner, Dominic - 2013
geographic location for inter-State conflict. The main predictions of the theory are that conflict tends to be more likely when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222133
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Economic and cultural development : empirical studies of micro-level data
Sperling, Lena Lindbjerg - 2019 - 1st edition
What a ects the economic and cultural development tracks of societies? We know that large events such as political changes, natural disasters and migration can change a society dramatically at the macro level, but what exactly happens at the individual level? When conditions change, people are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012123117
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Ethnic fragmentation, conflict, displaced persons and human trafficking : an empirical analysis
Akee, Randall; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H. - 2010
fragmentation and conflict on international trafficking through internal and international displacements. -- ethnic fragmentation … ; conflict ; displaced persons ; human trafficking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901209
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Disease environment and civil conflicts
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe; Valmori, Simona - 2011
country is closely related to geo-climatological conditions and exogenous to civil conflict. The findings document that a … unfavorable environment in terms of disease richness is an important determinant of the incidence of civil conflict. The results … in the literature. -- disease environment ; civil conflict ; multi-host vector-transmitted pathogens ; civil war …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235585
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What determines the finance-growth nexus? : an endogenous growth model and empirical evidence
Graff, Michael; Karmann, Alexander - 2003 - Revised version - September 2003
An endogenous growth model with a financial sector is formulated, and empirical analyses are conducted. The model exhibits structural shifts and breaks caused by institutional change, suggesting that a linear approach is inadequate. To address this point empirically, we fit data for 90 countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010506635
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Inflation and growth : the role of institutions
Yilmazkuday, Hakan - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012653541
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Ethnic geography : measurement and evidence
Hodler, Roland; Valsecchi, Michele; Vesperoni, Alberto - 2017
The effects of ethnic geography, i.e., the distribution of ethnic groups across space, on economic, political and social outcomes are not well understood. We develop a novel index of ethnic segregation that takes both ethnic and spatial distances between individuals into account. Importantly, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011747456
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This mine is mine! : how minerals fuel conflicts in Africa
Berman, Nicolas; Couttenier, Mathieu; Rohner, Dominic; … - 2015 - First version: July 2014, This version: June 16, 2015
We combine original geo-referenced data on mining extraction of 15 minerals with information on conflict events at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283825
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Diasporas and conflict
Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Verdier, Thierry - 2016
We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor … involved in the conflict by transferring financial resources to its origin country. We find that the diaspora influences the … conflict equilibrium, the two groups of residents prefer to negotiate a peaceful settlement if there exists a sharing rule that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544003