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Politics and Economics in Weak and Strong States
Acemoglu, Daron - 2005
While much research in political economy points out the benefits of "limited government," political scientists have … regulate the economy and to withstand the political and social challenges from non-state actors. I construct a model in which … the state apparatus is controlled by a self-interested ruler, who tries to divert resources for his own consumption, but …
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Forms of Democracy, Policy and Economic Development
Persson, Torsten - 2005
The paper combines insights from the recent research programs on constitutions and economic policy, and on history, institutions and growth. Drawing on cross-sectional as well as panel data, it presents new empirical results showing that the form of democracy (rather than democracy vs....
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Fractionalization
Alesina, Alberto - 2003
explanations for economic growth and the quality of government …
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Growth, Macroeconomics, and Development
Fischer, Stanley - 1991
The 1980s were both the lost decade of growth for much of Latin America and Africa, and the period in which -- through the new growth theory -- macroeconomists returned to the study of growth and development. The new growth theory is production function driven and concerned primarily with steady...
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The decline of Latin American economies : growth, institutions, and crises
Edwards, Sebastian (ed.) - 2007
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Three Myths about Federal Regulation
McLaughlin, Patrick A. - 2020
Despite evidence to the contrary, three common myths persist about federal regulations. The first myth is that many regulations concern the environment, but in fact only a small minority of regulations are environmental. The second myth is that most regulations contain quantitative estimates of...
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Political Economy in a Changing World
Acemoglu, Daron - 2013
We provide a general framework for the analysis of the dynamics of institutional change (e.g., democratization, extension of political rights or repression of different groups), and how these dynamics interact with (anticipated and unanticipated) changes in the distribution of political power...
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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
Sacks, Daniel W. - 2010
most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is …
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Does a Leapfrogging Growth Strategy Raise Growth Rate? Some International Evidence
Wang, Zhi - 2010
While openness to trade is a well-recognized hallmark of many successful emerging market economies known as "growth miracles," another component of the growth model is a leapfrogging strategy - the use of policies to guide the industrial structural transformation ahead of a country's factor...
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The Value of Luminosity Data as a Proxy for Economic Statistics
Chen, Xi - 2010
One of the pervasive issues in social and environmental research has been to improve the quality of socioeconomic data in developing countries. Because of the shortcoming of standard data sources, the present study examines luminosity (measures of nighttime lights) as a proxy for standard...
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