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Bergemann, Dirk; Välimäki, Juuso - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We survey the recent literature on the role of information in mechanism design. First, we discuss an emerging … literature on the role of endogenous payoff and strategic information for the design and the efficiency of the mechanism. We … order beliefs becomes a natural desideratum. We discuss recent approaches to robust mechanism design and robust …

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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

, such as elections. We collect new data to document the presence of voluntary and social organizations and the history of …

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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

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 standard growth regressions, I analyze the role of Africa’s peculiar history …

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The Union Wage Effect in Late Nineteenth Century Britain

Bailey, Roy E; Boyer, George; Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

This paper gives a historical dimension to the impact of trade unions on earnings by estimating the union wage effect in Britain between 1889-90 using data from the US Commissioner of Labour survey conducted at that time. The determinants of union status are also investigated in terms of profit...

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The Era of Migration: Lessons for Today

O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The late 19th century, and more precisely the period between the Irish Famine of 1845-49 and the First World War, was an era of largely free migration. As such, it constitutes a unique policy experiment, in which migration flows reflected underlying economic forces, rather than government...

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The Structure of Protection and Growth in the Late 19th Century

Lehmann, Sibylle H.; O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Many papers have explored the relationship between average tariff rates and economic growth, when theory suggests that the structure of protection is what should matter. We therefore explore the relationship between economic growth and agricultural tariffs, industrial tariffs, and revenue...

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Commodity Market Integration 1500-2000

Findlay, Ronald; O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper provides a summary of what is known about trends in international commodity market integration during the second half of the second millennium. The range of goods that have been traded between continents since the Voyages of Discovery has steadily increased over time, and there has...

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The Long-Lived Effects of Historic Climate on the Wealth of Nations

Bluedorn, John; Valentinyi, Akos; Vlassopoulos, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We investigate the long-run consequences of historic, climatic temperatures (1730-2000) for the modern cross-country income distribution. Using a newly constructed dataset of climatic temperatures stretching over three centuries (18th, 19th, and 20th), we estimate a robust and significant...

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When the North Last Headed South: Revisiting the 1930s

Reinhart, Carmen M.; Reinhart, Vincent - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

The U.S recession of 2007 to 2009 is unique in the post-World-War-II experience by the broad company it kept. Activity contracted around the world, with the advanced countries of the North experiencing declines in spending normally the purview of the developing economies of the South. The last...

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Growth in a Time of Debt

Reinhart, Carmen M.; Rogoff, Kenneth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We study economic growth and inflation at different levels of government and external debt. Our analysis is based on new data on forty-four countries spanning about two hundred years. The dataset incorporates over 3,700 annual observations covering a wide range of political systems,...

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