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Understanding the origins and pace of Africa’s urban transition
Fox, Sean - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
by population dynamics stimulated by technological and institutional change. In particular, disease control and expanded … of an inherent human propensity to agglomerate. Economic development, which has traditionally been viewed as the primary … the 1980s and 1990s, and the historically unprecedented rates of urban population growth seen in the region throughout the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745499
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Fueling the gender gap? Oil and women's labor and marriage market outcomes
Maurer, Stephan E.; Potlogea, Andrei - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This paper analyzes the effect of resource-based economic specialization on women's labor market outcomes. Using information on the location and discovery of major oil fields in the Southern United States coupled with a county-level panel derived from US Census data for 1900-1940, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126482
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Financial institutions and the wealth of nations: tales of development
Tong, Jian; Chenggang, Xu - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
Interactions between economic development and financial development are studied by looking at the roles of financial … institutions in selecting R&D projects (including for both imitation and innovation). Financial development is regarded as the … development stages of an economy. At higher development stages a financing regime with ex post selection capacity is more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928613
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The role of freedom, growth and religion in the taste for revolution
MacCulloch, Robert; Pezzini, Silvia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
of political freedoms versus economic development. This paper takes a new approach to provide an answer by using micro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928706
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Financial institutions and the wealth of nations: tales of development
Tong, Jian; Xu, Cheng-Gang - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
Interactions between economic development and financial development are studied by looking at the roles of financial … institutions in selecting R&D projects (including for both imitation and innovation). Financial development is regarded as the … development stages of an economy. At higher development stages a financing regime with ex post selection capacity is more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745283
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A representation of time discounting
Heilmann, Conrad - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
The concept of time discounting introduces weights on future goods to make these less valu- able. Famously, both the specic functional form of time discounting and its normative sta- tus are contested. To address these problems, this paper provides a measurement-theoretic framework of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884501
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Political competition and economic performance: theory and evidence from the United States
Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten; Sturm, Daniel.M - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
One of the most cherished propositions in economics is that market competition by and large raises consumer welfare. But whether political competition has similarly virtuous consequences is far less discussed. This paper formulates a model to explain why political competition may enhance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884502
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Revitalising the Planning Commission
Ikram, Khalid - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
This paper considers the key problems confronting the Pakistan Planning Commission, briefly examines the essentials of planning for a mixed economy, draws lessons from the experience of countries, both developed and developing, that have formulated and implemented successful plans, and suggests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884504
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Commitment and credibility: EU conditionality and interim gains
Bronk, Richard - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884509
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LARCH, leverage, and long memory
Giraitis, Liudas; Leipus, Remigijus; Robinson, Peter M.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884511