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Conflict management and mediation: key leadership skills for the millennium
Bagshaw, Mike - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 30 (1998) 6, pp. 206-208
Conflict is generally thought of as an obstruction to progress, but it need not be. There cannot be development if … constructive conflict is likely to be the development challenge at the start of the new millennium.  …
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Political Competition and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence from the United States
Besley, Timothy J.; Persson, Torsten; Sturm, Daniel M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
One of the most cherished propositions in economics is that market competition by and large raises consumer welfare. But whether political competition has similarly virtuous consequences is far less discussed. This paper formulates a model to explain why political competition may enhance...
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Heterogeneous convergence
Young, Andrew T.; Higgins, Matthew J.; Levy, Daniel - In: Economics Letters 120 (2013) 2, pp. 238-241
We use US county-level data to estimate convergence rates for 22 individual states. We find significant heterogeneity. E.g., the California estimate is 19.9% and the New York estimate is 3.3%. Convergence rates are essentially uncorrelated with income levels.
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Political Competition and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence from the United States
Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten; Sturm, Daniel M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
One of the most cherished propositions in economics is that market competition by and large raises consumer welfare. But whether political competition has similarly virtuous consequences is far less discussed. This paper formulates a model to explain why political competition may enhance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005723032
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Global value chains, rising power firms and economic and social upgrading
Lee, Joonkoo; Gereffi, Gary - In: critical perspectives on international business 11 (2015) 3/4, pp. 319-339
, governance and upgrading, and highlights three key recent developments in GVCs: concentration, regionalization and synergistic … regionalization of value chains can benefit RP firms by presenting alternative markets for upgrading. Yet, without further upgrading … impacts on economic and social development in developing countries.  …
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Evaluating the Impacts of Local Economic Development Policies On Local Economic Outcomes: What Has Been Done and What is Doable?
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002
This paper argues that more rigorous evaluations of local economic development policies are feasible. Programs that aid …
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The real exchange rate policy trilemma in surplus-labor developing economies
Razmi, Arslan - In: Journal of globalization and development 12 (2021) 2, pp. 263-290
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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...
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Race v. Suffrage: The Determinants of Development in Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
1950s. Finally, we turn to the determinants of a broad array of development indicators for the year 1960 and for the 1960 …
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The Evolution of the Racial Gap in Education and the Legacy of Slavery
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study the evolution of racial educational inequality across US states from 1940 to 2000. We show that throughout this period, despite evidence of convergence, the racial gap in attainment between blacks and whites has been persistently determined by the initial gap. We obtain these results...
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