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Public finance, economic growth and inequality : a survey of the evidence
Johansson, Åsa - 2016
This paper reviews the key issues concerning the impact of public spending and taxation on long-run growth and inequality and takes stock of existing theoretical and empirical studies. Overall, the evidence highlights that the size of the government matters for long-term growth as a too large...
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History matters: New evidence on the long run impact of colonial rule on institutions
Jones, Patricia - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 41 (2013) 1, pp. 181-200
finds evidence that colonies with better paid colonial governors developed better institutions (and became wealthier) than …
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Institutions, human capital, and growth: The institutional mechanism
Dias, Joilson; Tebaldi, Edinaldo - In: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 23 (2012) 3, pp. 300-312
This paper contributes to the debate on the relationship between human capital, institutions, and economic growth. The … paper first develops a micro-foundation model linking institutions to human capital. The advantage of our modeling strategy … improvements in the quality of institutions foster human capital accumulation, decrease income inequality and change the historical …
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Chapter 12. Natural Experiments in Macroeconomics
Fuchs-Schündeln, N.; Hassan, T.A. - In: Handbook of macroeconomics : volume 2, v. 2A-2B SET, (pp. 923-1012). 2016
, and about the effects of institutions, social structure, and culture on economic growth. We also outline challenges for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024286
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Chapter 2. Trust, Growth, and Well-Being: New Evidence and Policy Implications
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - 2014
This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions, and economic development. It discusses the various … recent progress to identify how institutions and policies can affect trust. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025609
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Trust, Growth, and Well-Being: New Evidence and Policy Implications
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - In: Handbook of Economic Growth
This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions, and economic development. It discusses the various … recent progress to identify how institutions and policies can affect trust. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010869047
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Economic depression in the world
Breuer, Janice Boucher; McDermott, John - In: Journal of Macroeconomics 38 (2013) PB, pp. 227-242
We create a dataset of country experience with economic depression around the world. We define a depression episode as a period of cumulative decline in per capita output of 20% or more lasting at least four years. We find depressions are surprisingly common. We describe their incidence and...
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Trust, Growth and Well-Being: New Evidence and Policy Implications
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and economic development. It discusses the various … institutions and policies can affect trust and promote pro-social behaviors. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084699
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The Power of the Street: Evidence from Egypt's Arab Spring
Acemoglu, Daron; Hassan, Tarek; Tahoun, Ahmed - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
. According to our preferred interpretation, these events provide evidence that, under weak institutions, popular mobilization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083238
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Cultural impact on national economic growth
Maridal, J. Haavard - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 47 (2013) C, pp. 136-146
Following Fukuyama's (2001) postulation for future research in economic development, this paper examines the cultural hypothesis regarding national economic prosperity. Culture is found to affect economic performance through two channels; cultural traits that stimulate individual motivation, and...
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