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Djankov, Simeon - 2000

We present new data on the regulation of entry of start-up firms in 75 countries. The data set contains information on … official costs of entry are extremely high in most countries. Countries with heavier regulation of entry have higher corruption … limited governments have fewer entry regulations. The evidence is inconsistent with Pigouvian (helping hand) theories of …

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Learning the Wealth of Nations

Buera, Francisco J. - 2008

We study the evolution of market-oriented policies over time and across countries. We consider a model in which own and neighbors' past experiences influence policy choices, through their effect on policymakers' beliefs. We estimate the model using a large panel of countries. We find that there...

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Enforcement, Private Political Pressure and the GATT/WTO Escape Clause

Bagwell, Kyle - 2004

We consider the design and implementation of international trade agreements when: (i) negotiations are undertaken and commitments made in the presence of uncertainty about future political pressures; (ii) governments possess private information about political pressures at the time that the...

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Do Institutions Cause Growth?

Glaeser, Edward L. - 2004

We revisit the debate over whether political institutions cause economic growth, or whether, alternatively, growth and human capital accumulation lead to institutional improvement. We find that most indicators of institutional quality used to establish the proposition that institutions cause...

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Backward Stealing and Forward Manipulation in the WTO

Bagwell, Kyle - 2004

Motivated by the structure of WTO negotiations, we analyze a bargaining environment in which negotiations proceed bilaterally and sequentially under the most-favored-nation (MFN) principle. We identify backward-stealing and forward-manipulation problems that arise when governments bargain under...

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GATT-Think

Bagwell, Kyle - 2000

We describe recent work on the theory of trade agreements that speaks to the purpose and design of GATT. Our discussion proceeds in three steps. First, we examine the purpose of a trade agreement. In both the traditional economic and the political-economy approaches to the study of trade...

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Agency Problems and Dividend Policies Around the World

Porta, Rafael La - 1998

This paper addresses the question of why firms pay dividends, the so-called outline two agency models of dividends. On what we call outcome minority shareholders to force corporate outsiders to disgorge cash. Under this model, stronger minority shareholder rights should be associated with higher...

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A Survey of Corporate Governance

Shleifer, Andrei - 1996

This paper surveys research on corporate governance, with special attention to the importance of legal protection of investors and of ownership concentration in corporate governance systems around the world

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Economic Growth in a Cross-Section of Cities

Glaeser, Edward L. - 1995

We examine the relationship between urban characteristics in 1960 and urban growth (income and population) between 1960 and 1990. Our major findings are that income and population growth move together and both types of growth are (1) positively related to initial schooling, (2) negatively...

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Corruption

Shleifer, Andrei - 1993

This paper presents two propositions about corruption. First, the structure of government institutions and the political process are a very important determinant of the level of corruption. In particular, weak governments which do not control their agencies would lead to ultra-high corruption...

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