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Trust, Growth and Well-being: New Evidence and Policy Implications
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and growth. It discusses the various measures of trust … market and the product market. The last part reviews recent progress to identify how institutions and policies can affect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010766380
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Past Dominations, Current Institutions and the Italian Regional Economic Performance
Di Liberto, Adriana; Sideri, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We study the connection between economic performance and the quality of government institutions for the sample of 103 … unified Italian State. Our results suggest that past historical institutions play a significant role on the current public … confirms that the quality of institutions matters for development, and that history can be used to find suitable instruments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167200
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Energy Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from Cameroon
Fondja Wandji, Yris D. - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
The aim of this paper is to study the nature of the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in Cameroon through a three-step approach: (i) study the stationarity of the chronic, (ii) test of causality between variables, and (iii) estimate the appropriate model. The study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723180
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Economic growth and balance of payments constraint in Vietnam
Rieber, Arsène; Bagnai, Alberto; Tran, Thi Anh-Dao - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
Our paper examines the long run relationship between economic growth and the current account balance equilibrium by relying on the BoP constrained growth model. We find that Vietnam grew less than the rate predicted when the period 1985 to 2010 as a whole is considered, but with different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706920
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Are We There Yet? Time for Checks and Balances on New Institutionalism
Iyigun, Murat - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
identification, they too narrowly defined what Northian institutions entail. As a matter of fact, political, legal and economic … institutions are highly malleable even in advanced economies, while sustained economic growth could well be deep rooted in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010584367
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The State of University Policy for Progress in Europe
Hoareau, Cécile; Ritzen, Jo; Marconi, Gabriele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
’ for higher education institutions, or in other words provide them with appropriate resources and regulatory environments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884401
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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but also for the role of history and institutional development. After reporting results from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216756
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Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper tests the hypothesis that international migration experiences may promote better institutions at home by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466010
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Are All Democracies Equally Good? The Role of Interactions between Political Environment and Inequality for Rule of Law
Sunde, Uwe; Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with … institutions of higher quality when inequality is lower. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703417
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Growth, History, or Institutions? What Explains State Fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella; Guerzoni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
, demographic, geographic and istitutional regressors, we find that institutions, and in particular the civil liberties index and … institutions are accounted for. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529151