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A domestic power faces an enemy and commits terrorist atrocities to increase the likelihood of victory. A foreign patron can grant aid to the power but prefers fewer or no atrocities. The domestic power responds by acquiescing in the creation of uncontrollable paramilitaries that commit even...
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We present a detailed, high-frequency dataset on the civil conflict in Colombia during the period 1988-2002. We briefly introduce the Colombian case and the methodological issues that hinder data collection in civil wars, before presenting the pattern over time of conflict actions and intensity...
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reform, because politicians have the incentive to embrace growth-enhancing reforms to win elections. On the other hand …
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China’s reform worked and produced some of the most impressive growth in the largest developing and transition economy … conventional institutions such as rule of law and secure private property rights is puzzling. To understand how reform works in a … initial conditions and to function as stepping stones in the transition toward the goal. Underlying China’s reform is a serial …
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different models of growth associated with different stages of reform. The speed with which individual countries progress …
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The translation of legal independence into actual independence is primarily determined by the rule of law. Inspired by the economic growth literature, where the role of institutions already is incorporated, we introduce Institutional Quality Indicators that can be used as reasonable proxies for...
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. Members have the same consumption benefit of reform but weak and strong members differ in their cost of exerting reform … efforts. As decisions are taken by unanimity, the reform level is determined by the weakest member. However, strong members … members into the Union) can have different effects on deepening (more reform effort). When a new member is stronger than the …
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banks in 26 former socialist economies (FSEs). The indices reveal that central bank reform in the FSE during the 1990s has …
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on resource abundance equals 10.9 percentage points more reform, a large effect given that the mean probability of reform …
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What determines the enforcement of deregulation reform of business activities? What are the outcomes of deregulation …? We address these questions using an episode of a drastic reform in Russia between 2001 and 2004 which liberalized … average, the reform reduced the administrative costs of firms; but, the progress of reform had a substantial geographical …
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