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Geopolitics, Aid and Growth
Dreher, Axel; Eichenauer, Vera; Gehring, Kai - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We investigate the effects of short-term political motivations on the effectiveness of foreign aid. Donor countries’ political motives might reduce the effectiveness of conditionality, channel aid to inferior projects, reduce the aid bureaucracy’s effort, and change the power structure in...
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Public Sector Motivation and Development Failures
Macchiavello, Rocco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper provides a theoretical analysis of the relationship between public sector motivation and development. In the model the public sector produces a public good and workers are heterogeneous in terms of public sector motivation (PSM). Wages in the private sector are increasing in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661470
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Whither Corruption? A Quantitative Survey of the Literature on Corruption and Growth
Campos, Nauro F; Dimova, Ralitza; Saleh, Ahmad - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
Does corruption grease or sand the wheels of economic growth? This paper uses meta-analysis techniques to … corruption on growth from 41 empirical studies. We find that the main factors explaining the variation in these estimates are … whether the model accounts for institutions and trade openness (both are found to deflate the negative effect of corruption …
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Does Economic Growth Reduce Corruption? Theory and Evidence from Vietnam
Bai, Jie; Jayachandran, Seema; Malesky, Edmund J.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Government corruption is more prevalent in poor countries than in rich countries. This paper uses cross …-industry heterogeneity in growth rates within Vietnam to test empirically whether growth leads to lower corruption. We find that it does. We … results suggest that as poor countries grow, corruption could subside …
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Consensual and Conflictual Democratization, Rule of Law, and Development
Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe; Sunde, Uwe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper investigates the endogenous emergence of democracy and rule of law in an economy where heterogeneous individuals can get involved in predation activities. Decisions about public policies concern the extent of fiscal redistribution and property rights, whose costs depend on the extent...
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The Consequences of Radical Reform: The French Revolution
Acemoglu, Daron; Cantoni, Davide; Johnson, Simon; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
The French Revolution of 1789 had a momentous impact on neighboring countries. The French Revolutionary armies during the 1790s and later under Napoleon invaded and controlled large parts of Europe. Together with invasion came various radical institutional changes. French invasion removed the...
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Aid and Growth at the Regional Level
Dreher, Axel; Lohmann, Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
large to measurably affect aggregate outcomes. Using geo-coded data for World Bank aid to a maximum of 2,221 first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266530
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The effect of effectiveness: Donor response to aid effectiveness in a direct mail fundraising experiment
Karlan, Dean S.; Wood, Daniel H. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We test how donors respond to new information about a charity’s effectiveness. Freedom from Hunger implemented a test of its direct marketing solicitations, varying letters by whether they include a discussion of their program’s impact as measured by scientific research. The base script,...
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The Dynamics of the Colombian Civil Conflict: A New Data Set
Restrepo, Jorge; Spagat, Michael; Vargas, Juan F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
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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Foreign Aid Designed to Diminish Terrorist Atrocities can Increase Them
Mandler, Michael; Spagat, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
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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