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Distribution of Natural Resources, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development: Growth Dynamics with two Elites

Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - CESifo - 2005

This paper develops a model in which the interaction of entrepreneurial investments and power of the owners of land or other natural resources determines structural change and economic development. A more equal distribution of natural resources promotes structural change and growth through two...

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Institutions and Development: The Interaction between Trade Regime and Political System

Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - CESifo - 2004

This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been a major determinant of the comparatively slow development of resource- or land-abundant regions like South America and the Caribbean in the nineteenth century. We develop a...

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Globalization, Economic Freedom and Human Rights

Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - CESifo - 2010

Using the KOF Index of Globalization and two indices of economic freedom, we empirically analyze whether globalization …-2004 period. According to our results, physical integrity rights significantly and robustly increase with globalization and …

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The Impact of Globalization on the Composition of Government Expenditures: Evidence from Panel Data

Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Ursprung, Heinrich - CESifo - 2006

According to the disciplining hypothesis, globalization restrains governments by inducing increased budgetary pressure … globalization (“compensation hypothesis”). Employing two different datasets and various measures of globalization, we analyze … whether globalization has indeed influenced the composition of government expenditures. For a sample of 108 countries, we …

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