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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but also for the role of history and … institutional development. After reporting results from standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa’s peculiar history …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225960
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The Heckscher-Ohlin Model Between 1400 and 2000: When It Explained Factor Price Convergence, When It Did Not, and Why
O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
There are two contrasting views of pre-19th century trade and globalization. First there are the world history scholars … important events in recorded history. Second, there is the view that the world economy was still fragmented before the 19th …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661898
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Tariffs and Growth in the Late Nineteenth Century
O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
The paper estimates the correlation between tariffs and economic growth in the late nineteenth century, in the context of three types of growth equation: unconditional convergence equations; conditional convergence equations; and factor accumulation models. It does so for a panel of ten...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662028
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A Political Economy Model of Infrastructure Allocation: An Empirical Assessment
Cadot, Olivier; Röller, Lars-Hendrik; Stephan, Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
that shape infrastructure policy. Our empirical findings on a panel of France's regions over 1985-91 suggest that influence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666545
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French Post-war Growth: From (Indicative) Planning to (Administered) Market
Sicsic, Pierre; Wyplosz, Charles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
France's post-war growth has gone through four phases. The strong growth performance of the 1950s was helped by a … the return of the franc to convertibility, both in 1958, and then in the 1980s, France still appears to be struggling and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123721