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Economic Geography and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bosker, Maarten; Garretsen, Harry - CESifo - 2008
The physical or absolute geography of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is often blamed for its poor economic performance. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181360
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Conflict and growth in Africa
Azam, Jean-Paul (contributor);  … - 1999 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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African economic outlook
African Development Bank; OECD / Development Centre; … - Côte d'Ivoire : African Development Bank Group; … - 1.2001/02(2002) - 5.2005/06(2006); [6.]2006/07(2007); …
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Africa's development dynamics
Afrikanische Union; OECD / Development Centre - Paris : OECD Publishing - 1st (2018)-
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African economic outlook
African Development Bank Group; African Development Bank; … - Centurion, South Africa : Southern Africa Regional …; … - 2001/02(2002) - 2017; damit Ersch. eingest.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003467745
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Globalisation and poverty changes in Colombia
Bussolo, Maurizio (contributor); Lay, Jann (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Racial Differences in Body-Mass Indices for Men Imprisoned in 19th Century US Prisons: A Multinomial Approach
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2010
Little research has been done on the body mass index values of 19th century US African-Americans and whites. This paper uses 19th century US prison records to demonstrate that although modern BMIs have increased in the 20th century, 19th century black and white BMIs were distributed...
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Credit Constraints, Quality, and Export Prices: Theory and Evidence from China
Fan, Haichao; Lai, Edwin L.-C.; Li, Yao Amber - CESifo - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between the credit constraints faced by a firm and the unit value prices of its exports. The paper modifies Arkolakis’s (2010) model of trade with heterogeneous firms by introducing endogenous quality and credit constraints. The model predicts that tighter...
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The Application of the Capability Approach to High-Income OECD Countries: A Preliminary Survey
Volkert, Jürgen; Schneider, Friedrich - CESifo - 2011
The goal of this paper is to provide a preliminary overview of empirical Capability Approach (CA) applications for high-income OECD countries. The survey aims at a basis of mutual exchange on relevant CA issues among researchers analyzing well-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA...
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Economic Growth in Africa: Comparing Recent Improvements with the "lost 1980s and early 1990s" and Estimating New Growth Trends
Leibfritz, Willi; Flaig, Gebhard - CESifo - 2013
In the first part of the paper we look at economic growth in Africa over the past three decades. We divide the past …. During the first period, Africa did not catch up but lost ground, Africa’s average per capita income declined. Since the mid … growth rates for Africa and several individual countries. We use the Hodrick-Prescott filter with different values for the …
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