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Political Predation and Economic Development
Azam, Jean-Paul; Bates, Robert H; Biais, Bruno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
Economic growth occurs as resources are reallocated from the traditional sector to the more productive modern sector. Yet, the latter is more vulnerable to political predation. Hence, political risk hinders development. We analyse a politico-economic game between citizens and governments, whose...
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How Exports Matter: Trade Patterns over Development Stages
Audretsch, David B; Sanders, Mark; Zhang, Lu - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
In this paper we first propose a proxy for the maturity of a country’s export bundle based on product life cycle theory. Employing a conditional latent class model, we then examine the effect of maturity of countries’ exports on their economic growth for 98 countries over the period 1988 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083276
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Growth, History and Institutions
Bertocchi, Graziella - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
We illustrate the ongoing research line on Growth, History, and Institutions, which adds to economic growth analysis a historical and an institutional dimension, both at the theoretical and the empirical level. We present applications of this research strategy to the impact of colonization on...
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Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
and economic lines. History offers many examples of the recurring tensions between science and organized religion, but as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262883
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People's Opium? Religion and Economic Attitudes
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
Since Max Weber, there has been an active debate on the impact of religion on people’s economic attitudes. Much of the … institutional factors. We use the World Values Surveys to identify the relationship between intensity of religious beliefs and …, differentiating on whether a religion is dominant in a country. We find that on average, religious beliefs are associated with ‘good …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123509
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Telecommunications Infrastructure And Economic Development: A Simultaneous Approach
Röller, Lars-Hendrik; Waverman, Leonard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
This paper investigates how telecommunications infrastructure affects economic growth. This issue is important and has received considerable attention in the popular press concerning the creation of the 'information superhighway' and its potential impacts on the economy. We use evidence from 21...
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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
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Religion and Innovation
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
waves of the World Values Survey (1980 to 2005). We thus relate eleven indicators of individual openness to innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213308
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Of Religion and Redemption: Evidence from Default on Islamic Loans
Baele, Lieven; Farooq, Moazzam; Ongena, Steven - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
cities if the share of votes to religious-political parties increases, suggesting that religion--either through individual …
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Segregation and the Quality of Government in a Cross-Section of Countries
Alesina, Alberto F; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper has three goals. The first (and perhaps the most important one) is to provide a new compilation of data on ethnic, linguistic and religious composition at the sub-national level for a large number of countries. This data set allows us to measure segregation of different ethnic,...
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