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All that Glitters: Precious Metals, Rent Seeking and the Decline of Spain

Drelichman, Mauricio - EconWPA - 2004

The windfall acquisition of precious metals from American mines and the military revolution of the Early Modern age allowed the Spanish monarchs to command large amounts of credit andpursue an expansive imperial policy unlike that of any other Early Modern nation; when the costof the Empire...

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Revealing Turkeyâ€™s Public Debt Burden: A Transparent Payments Approach

Alioglu, Ertunc; Erbil, Can; Salman, Ferhan - EconWPA - 2004

We postulate a new method of identifying debt which we call Debt Burden (DB). We claim that DB reveals the true debt obligations of the fiscal authority. It is more accurate and transparent. Hence, DB would serve fiscal authority much better in policy making. It is powerful in a sense that it is...

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Impact du fardeau virtuel de la dette sur le taux de change réel d'équilibre des pays en développement

XSENE, Babacar - EconWPA - 2005

The main objective of this paper is to study the relationship between external public debt and equilibrium real exchange rate in developing countries. Using a extension of Obstfeld & Rogoff (1995) model we show that debt overhang tend to appreciate real exchange rate in the long run (Krugman...

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Returns to Education, Child Labor, & Schooling in India

Chamarbagwala, Rubiana - EconWPA - 2004

offer evidence that children's participation in child labor and schooling responds to economic returns to education in India …

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The Determinants of Economic Well-being:An Application in the Indian States

Basu, Sudip Ranjan - EconWPA - 2005

The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of economic well-being. We provide a methodology to compute well-being by aggregating different socio-economic dimensions with factor analysis technique. We also estimate quality of good governance (using latent variable approach) and a...

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Economic Growth, Well-Being and Governance under Economic Reforms: Evidence from Indian States

Basu, Sudip Ranjan - EconWPA - 2005

differential level of development performance across states in India during the last two decades. …

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ECONOMICS OF PRIVATE SCHOOLING INDUSTRY IN KOHIMA, NAGALAND (INDIA)

Mishra, SK; Rio, K - EconWPA - 2005

The enterprise of running private schools has of late assumed the nature of an industry in India. Ever … investment together have contributed to the viability of this industry. In Kohima, the capital city of Nagaland (India), there …

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Poverty, Dietary Imbalance and Sickness among Casual Labourer Households in Shillong (India)

Mishra, SK; Lyngskor, JW - EconWPA - 2005

labourers in Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya, India. Casual labourers are those workers who work for a very short …

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Half a World: Regional inequality in five great federations

Milanovic, Branko - EconWPA - 2004

The paper studies regional (spatial) inequality in five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the United … issue of overall inequality as perceived by citizens within a nation. China and India show rising inequality in terms of … vs. Bihar, and Shandong vs. Sichuan provide nice examples of such outcomes in India and China. Higher inflation and …

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Nutritional Aspects of Poverty among Casual Labourer Households in Shillong (India)

Mishra, SK; Lyngskor, JW - EconWPA - 2005

city of Meghalaya, India. Two views of poverty have been considered; first at the per capita (per month) income level and …

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