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Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We analyze the joint dynamics of religious beliefs, scientific progress and coalitional politics along both religious and economic lines. History offers many examples of the recurring tensions between science and organized religion, but as part of the paper’s motivating evidence we also...
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Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Because of their more limited inequality and more comprehensive social welfare systems, many perceive average welfare to be higher in Scandinavian societies than in the United States. Why then does the United States not adopt Scandinavian-style institutions? More generally, in an interdependent...
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Factor Saving Innovation
Boldrin, Michele; Levine, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
conditions. The model provides a step toward a theory of endogenous innovation under conditions of perfect competition. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114155
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Income and Democracy
Acemoglu, Daron; Johnson, Simon; Robinson, James A; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
causes democracy. Existing studies establish a strong cross-country correlation between income and democracy, but do not … country fixed effects removes the statistical association between income per capita and various measures of democracy. We also … on democracy. Furthermore, we reconcile the positive cross-country correlation between income and democracy with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666490
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Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis
Acemoglu, Daron; Johnson, Simon; Robinson, James A; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
capita income causes the creation and the consolidation of democracy. We argue that existing studies find support for this … affect both the level of income per capita and the likelihood of democracy in a country, and failing to control for these … factors may introduce a spurious relationship between income and democracy. We show that controlling for these historical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661513
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Long Term Persistence
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Is social capital long lasting? Does it affect long term economic performance? To answer these questions we test Putnam’s conjecture that today marked differences in social capital between the North and South of Italy were due to the culture of independence fostered by the free city-states...
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Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Can international migration promote better institutions at home by raising the demand for political accountability? In order to examine this question, we designed a behavioral measure of the population’s desire for better governance. A postcard was distributed to households with the pledge...
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Volatility and Political Institutions: Theory and Application to Economic Growth
Besley, Timothy J.; Mueller, Hannes Felix - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
This paper develops a model where an institutional constraint limits incumbent discretion to prevent adverse policy outcomes. We show that, in this framework, executive constraints have an impact on the mean and variance of policy. This allows us to interpret the empirical observation that...
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A Model of Market and Political Power Interactions for Southern Europe
Kollintzas, Tryphon; Papageorgiou, Dimitris; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
In recent years the growth pattern of most Southern European countries has been disturbed, as those countries are suffering from economic crises that go beyond the usual business cycle. In this paper, we develop a dynamic general equilibrium model of market and political power interactions that...
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A Neoclassical Growth Model for the Insiders – Outsiders Society
Kollintzas, Tryphon; Papageorgiou, Dimitris; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
The wage premium in the public sector, as measured by the ratio of the average wage rate in the public sector relative to the average wage rate in the private sector, varies considerably across developed economies. And, varies in some developed economies over large periods of time. Further, this...
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