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Individual preferences, human capital, and economic development

Vischer, Thomas - 2012

democracy. With respect to risky choice behavior, a multitude of empirical evidence shows the disconformity of human behavior …, the political economy literature considers economic development itself as an important determinant of democracy. The fifth … study of the dissertation investigates the effect of income on democracy, based on the premise that the theory of critical …

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EU and US External Policies on Human Rights and Democracy Promotion : Assessing Political Conditionality in Transatlantic Partnership

Pérez de las Heras, Beatriz - 2015

the specific field of human rights and democracy promotion in the current changing global order. It examines recent … rights and democracy in the current multi-polar order …

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Trends in U.S. Spatial Inequality : Concentrating Affluence and a Democratization of Poverty

Gaubert, Cecile; Kline, Patrick; Vergara, Damian; … - 2022

We study trends in income inequality across U.S. states and counties 1960-2019 using a mix of administrative and survey data sources. Both states and counties have diverged in terms of per-capita pre-tax incomes since the late 1990s, with transfers serving to dampen this divergence. County...

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Dynamics and time scope of post war recovery required for compensating civil war economic losses

Nam, Chang-woon; Schumacher, Jan - 2013

Civil war is often caused by poverty, and further demolishes existing capital. Such a vicious circle is detrimental for economic development of countries experiencing civil war. Civil war may also contribute to creative destructions of traditional economic, social and political system, leading...

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