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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - CESifo - 2015
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically that geographical variations in the natural return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on the distribution of time preference...
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Investment in Broadband Infrastructure Under Local Deregulation: Evidence from the U.K. Broadband Market
Fabritz, Nadine; Falck, Oliver - CESifo - 2013
This paper investigates telecommunication operator investment in broadband infrastructure after local deregulation of the wholesale broadband access market. Using a panel dataset covering all 5,598 exchange areas in the United Kingdom, we exploit regional differences in deregulation following a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877989
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Education and Industrialization in Prussia: A Reassessment
Edwards, Jeremy - CESifo - 2013
Prussian industrialization and finds it unwarranted. The econometric analysis on which this claim is based suffers from severe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877667
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The Quantitative Importance of Openness in Development
Cai, Wenbiao; Ravikumar, B.; Riezman, Raymond - CESifo - 2013
stagnation in a traditional technology to industrialization and prosperity with a modern technology – be accelerated? Lewis (1954 …) and Rostow (1956) argue that the pace of industrialization is limited by the rate of capital formation which in turn is … an open economy increases the rate of capital formation and speeds up the pace of industrialization relative to a closed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877851
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Black and White Body Mass Index Values in Developing 19th Century Nebraska
Carson, Scott A. - CESifo - 2013
Little is known about late 19th and early 20th century BMIs on the US Central Plains. Using data from the Nebraska state prison, this study demonstrates that the BMIs of dark complexioned blacks were greater than for fairer complexioned mulattos and whites. Although modern BMIs have increased,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010667415
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Information, Coordination, and the Industrialization of Countries
Englmaier, Florian; Reisinger, Markus - CESifo - 2006
The industrialization process of a country is often plagued by a failure to coordinate investment decisions. Using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094193
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Catch Me If You Can: Education and Catch-up in the Industrial Revolution
Becker, Sascha O.; Hornung, Erik; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2009
industrialization itself. We find that basic education significantly accelerated non-textile industrialization in both phases of the …
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Geography, Non-Homotheticity, and Industrialization: A Quantitative Analysis
Breinlich, Holger; Cuñat, Alejandro - CESifo - 2012
We propose a quantitative framework for the analysis of industrialization in which specialization in manufacturing or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010570050
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The Trade-off between Intra- and Intergenerational Equity in Climate Policy
Kverndokk, Snorre; Nævdal, Eric; Nøstbakken, Linda - CESifo - 2013
This paper focuses on two equity dimensions of climate policy, intra- and intergenerational, and analyzes the implications of equity preferences on climate policy, and on the production and consumption patterns in rich and poor countries. We develop a dynamic two-region model, in which each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877658
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Development versus Legacy: The Relative Role of Development and Historical Legacies in Achieving Gender Equality
Dilli, Selin; Rijpma, Auke; Carmichael, Sarah - CESifo - 2013
Economic development is often held to be beneficial for gender equality. However, there is good reason to believe that long lasting institutions like religion, legal traditions, and family practices, also matter. This paper provides an empirical assessment of the relative importance of...
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