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Regional Policies and EU Enlargement
Boldrin, Michele; Canova, Fabio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
Taking both the enlargement process, as currently defined by the EU, and the structural funds as a given, this Paper examines what is the best way for candidate countries to fuel real convergence. The experience from earlier EU enlargements and current economic conditions within the CEEC10...
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Income, Democracy, and Critical Junctures
Cervellati, Matteo; Jung, Florian; Sunde, Uwe; Vischer, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
institutions, and are robust to the use of alternative data and estimation techniques. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083424
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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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Institution Building and Growth in Transition Economies
Beck, Thorsten; Laeven, Luc - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Drawing on the recent literature on economic institutions and the origins of economic development, we offer a political … institution building, we also show the importance of institutions in explaining the variation in economic development and growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123823
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Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment
Burgess, Robin; Pande, Rohini - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Lack of access to finance is often cited as a key reason for why poor people remain poor. This Paper uses data on the Indian rural branch expansion programme to provide empirical evidence on this issue. Between 1977 and 1990, the Indian central bank mandated that a commercial bank could open a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792249
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The Rise and Fall of Elites: A Theory of Economic Development and Social Polarization in Rent-seeking Societies
Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper analyses how political institutions, wealth distribution and economic activities affect each other during … entry into politics and how the size of the elite affects the level of distortions. The model also highlights the role … played by the initial distribution of wealth in determining the long-run pattern of political participation and economic …
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Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of nations
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gérard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … robust even after controlling for the effect of institutions and other factors. We also provide evidence of a two-way causal … effect between culture and institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642886
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Divide and Rule or the Rule of the Divided? Evidence from Africa
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial … distribution of African ethnicities before colonization and exploit within ethnicity (across countries) and within-country (across … different country-level institutions, offers a regression discontinuity framework. After identifying the partitioned ethnicities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683528
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National Institutions and African Development: Evidence from Partitioned Ethnicities
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We investigate the role of national institutions on regional development in a novel framework. We exploit the fact that … institutions. Using both a matching-type and a regression discontinuity approach we show that differences in countrywide … correlation between formal national institutions and economic development has to be carefully interpreted. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084103
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Pre-colonial Ethnic Institutions and Contemporary African Development
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We investigate the role of deeply-rooted pre-colonial ethnic institutions in shaping comparative regional development … within African countries. We combine information on the spatial distribution of ethnicities before colonization with regional … ethnic homelands with different legacies of pre-colonial political institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084243