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Making Democracy Work: Culture, Social Capital and Elections in China
Padró i Miquel, Gerard; Qian, Nancy; Xu, Yiqing; Yao, Yang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
This paper aims to show that culture is an important determinant of the effectiveness of formal democratic institutions … elections. These results support the view that social capital complements democratic institutions such as elections. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213313
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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225960
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Transparency, Appropriability and the Early State
Mayshar, Joram; Moav, Omer; Neeman, Zvika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We propose a general theory that explains the extent of the state and accounts for related institutions as byproducts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283392
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Race v. Suffrage: The Determinants of Development in Mississippi
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
-2000 period. Our main conclusion is that race, rather than political institutions and education policies, is the main force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321839
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How Effective Is Monetary Transmission in Developing Countries? A Survey of the Empirical Evidence
Mishra, Prachi; Montiel, Peter J; Spilimbergo, Antonio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper surveys the evidence on the effectiveness of monetary transmission in developing countries. We summarize the arguments for expecting the bank lending channel to be the dominant means of monetary transmission in such countries, and present a simple model that suggests why this channel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322980
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A Framework for Cross-Country Comparisons of Public Infrastructure Constraints on Firm Growth
Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark E; Seabright, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
public input character of physical infrastructure and institutions, and uses an O-ring production function to model the … improvements are likely to be modest relative to the scale of impact implied by aggregate-level studies of the role of institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468531
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Institutions and the Historical Roots of Latin American Divergence
Bértola, Luis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
excessively focused on original colonial institutions and their lasting effects, and for neglecting to some extent how these … institutions changed in relation to a profound transformation in international relations and technological environments, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468602
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Growth, History, or Institutions? What Explains State Fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella; Guerzoni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
, demographic, geographic and institutional regressors, we find that institutions, and in particular the civil liberties index and … institutions are accounted for. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468636
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Competition Policy and Productivity Growth: An Empirical Assessment
Buccirossi, Paolo; Ciari, Lorenzo; Duso, Tomaso; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528531
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The Rise and Decline of European Parliaments, 1188-1789
Bosker, Maarten; Buringh, Eltjo; Zanden, Jan Luiten Van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
. Active pre-1800 parliaments also enhanced the quality of democratic institutions in the nineteenth and early twentieth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530357