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CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY IN THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION

NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2004

illustrate the interrelationships between natural resources, corruption and economic growth in Nigeria. We proposed anti-corruption …

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The Curse of Natural Resources in the Transition Econonmies of the Former East

Kronenberg, Tobias - EconWPA - 2003

for the curse of natural resource is corruption. Other reasons for the curse of natural resources may be Dutch disease …

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CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY IN THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY

NWAOBI, GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2004

ILLUSTRATE THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NATURAL RESOURCES, CORRUPTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA; AS WELL AS PROPOSING ANTI-CORRUPTION …

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Economic Crises and Governments in Turkey, 1969-2001 (Turkiye'de Ekonomik Krizler ve Hukumetler, 1969-2001)

Kibritcioglu, Aykut - EconWPA - 2004

(This abstract and the paper are in Turkish.) Ekonomik krizler; herhangi bir mal, hizmet, uretim faktoru veya doviz piyasasindaki fiyat ve/veya miktarlarda, kabul edilebilir bir degisme sinirinin otesinde gerceklesen siddetli dalgalanmalar olarak tanimlanabilir. Soz konusu krizlerin ortaya...

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Investment and Instability

Campos, Nauro F.; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - EconWPA - 2001

Although recet research has repeatedly found a negative association between investment and socio-political instability (SPI), the existence and direction of causality between these two variables has not yet been investigated. We construct an index of SPI for non-overlaping five-years periods...

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WHO IS AFRAID OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY?

Campos, Nauro F.; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - EconWPA - 2001

An unstable macroeconomic environment is often regarded as detrimental to economic growth. Among the sources contributing to such instability, much of the blame has been assigned to political issues. This paper empirically tests for a causal and negative long-run relationship between political...

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The Determinants of Property Rights In U.S. Marine Fisheries

Kincaid, Joel - EconWPA - 2003

Using a sample of fisheries managed under the Magnuson Act, a probit model of the probability of property rights adoption is estimated. The probability of adoption increases as ex–vessel revenue increases and as proxies for transaction costs decrease.

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Efficiency, subsidies and environmental adaptation of animal farming under CAP.

Mesonada, Carlos San Juan; Sperlich, Stefan; Murillo, Carmen - EconWPA - 2005

The purpose of this paper is to model the interaction between the targets of the current CAP: environmental adaptation, subsidies and efficiency the of animal farming. To this end we first have to identify the production frontier and relative efficiency level for each animal oriented type of...

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Context Matters – Rethinking the Resource Curse in Sub-Saharan Africa

Basedau, Matthias - EconWPA - 2005

for a number of Africa’s illnesses such as poverty, corruption, dictatorship and war. This paper outlines the different …Natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a bad reputation. Oil and diamonds, particularly, have been blamed … evidence on sub-Saharan Africa it concludes that the resource curse theory fails to sufficiently explain why and how several …

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Greed and Grievance in Civil War

Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - EconWPA - 2004

We investigate the causes of civil war, using a new data set of wars during 1960-99. We test a `greed’ theory focusing on the ability to finance rebellion, against a`grievance’ theory focusing on ethnic and religious divisions, political repression and inequality. We find that greed...

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