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Do Higher Government Wages Reduce Corruption? Evidence Based on a Novel Dataset

Le, Van-Ha; Haan, Jakob de; Dietzenbacher, Erik - CESifo - 2013

policy and corruption. Our dataset, as derived from national household or labor surveys, is more reliable than the data on … government wages as used in previous research. When the relationship between government wages and corruption is modeled to vary … with the level of income, we find that the impact of government wages on corruption is strong at relatively low …

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Gotcha! A Profile of Smuggling in International Trade

Berger, Helge; Nitsch, Volker - CESifo - 2008

with the level of corruption in both partner countries. This finding supports the hypothesis that trade gaps partly …

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Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Inequality: A Panel Data Analysis

Lessmann, Christian - CESifo - 2012

Foreign direct investments (FDI) are an important determinant of economic growth. Coun-tries try to attract mobile capital in order to foster economic development, albeit FDI might increase regional inequality since the many different regions of a country usually do not receive FDI in equal...

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Regional Inequality, Convergence, and its Determinants - A View from Outer Space

Lessmann, Christian; Seidel, André - CESifo - 2015

This paper provides a new data set of regional income inequalities within countries based on satellite nighttime light data. We first empirically study the relationship between luminosity data and regional incomes for those countries where regional income data are available. We subsequently use...

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The Costs of Organized Violence: A Review of the Evidence

Skaperdas, Stergios - CESifo - 2009

I critically review recent studies that estimate those costs of violence and conflict that can emerge among organized political groupings, from states, religious and ethnic organizations to guerillas and paramilitaries. The review includes studies that estimate direct and indirect costs due to...

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Autocratic Transitions and Growth

Nannicini, Tommaso; Ricciuti, Roberto - CESifo - 2010

In this paper we use a transparent statistical methodology – synthetic control methods – to implement data-driven comparative studies about the impact of autocratic transition on real per capita GDP. The applied methodology compares the growth of countries that experienced a transition to...

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Modeling Institutions, Start-Ups and Productivity during Transition

Brixiova, Zuzana; Egert, Balazs - CESifo - 2010

The transition paths from plan to market have varied markedly across countries. Central and Eastern European and the Baltic countries, which opted for a fast and profound transformation of their institutions including business climates, rapidly narrowed the productivity gap with advanced...

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The Global Joint Distribution of Income and Health

Wu, Ximing; Savvides, Andreas; Stengos, Thanasis - CESifo - 2008

We investigate the evolution of global welfare in two dimensions: income per capita and life expectancy. First, we estimate the marginal distributions of income and life expectancy separately. More importantly, in contrast to previous univariate approaches, we consider income and life expectancy...

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Chinese Experience with Global G3 Standard-Setting

Whalley, John; Zhou, Weimin; An, Xiaopeng - CESifo - 2009

China’s growth strategy as set out in the 11th 5-year plan in 2005 called for upgrading of product quality, the development of an innovation society, and reduced reliance on foreign intellectual property with high license fees. Consistent with this policy, China has been involved in recent...

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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - CESifo - 2010

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...

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