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The Great Migration of Black Americans from the US South : A Guide and Interpretation
Collins, William J. - 2020
The Great Migration from the US South is a prominent theme in economic history research not only because it was a prime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481850
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A New Framework for the Analysis of Inequality
Cunha, Flavio - 2006
This paper presents a new framework for analyzing inequality that moves beyond the anonymity postulate. We estimate the determinants of sectoral choice and the joint distributions of outcomes across sectors. We determine which components of realized earnings variability are due to uncertainty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466145
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A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Critical Transitions
Alston, Lee J. - 2016
Critical transitions for a country are historical periods when the powerful organizations in a country shift from one set of beliefs about how institutions (the formal and informal rules of the game) will affect outcomes to a new set of beliefs. Critical transitions can lead a country toward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456531
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The Democratic Transition
Murtin, Fabrice - 2011
Over the last two centuries, many countries experienced regime transitions toward democracy. We document this democratic transition over a long time horizon. We use historical time series of income, education and democracy levels from 1870 to 2000 to explore the economic factors associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461226
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The Consequences of Radical Reform : The French Revolution
Acemoglu, Daron - 2009
The French Revolution of 1789 had a momentous impact on neighboring countries. The French Revolutionary armies during the 1790s and later under Napoleon invaded and controlled large parts of Europe. Together with invasion came various radical institutional changes. French invasion removed the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463816
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Regime Changes and FDI : A Tale of Two Countries – Poland and Israel
Razin, Asaf; Cieślik, Andrzej - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
regime change, the essay spotlights the tale of two countries: Poland and Israel. The liberalization of the Polish economy … and market reforms in the late 1980s and early 1990s boosted Poland's attractiveness to international companies. However …, decades-long of illiberal policies under the PiS regime has reduced Poland's appeal to foreign investors. Similarly, Israel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576643
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Inflation Targeting in Transition Countries : Experience and Prospects
Jonas, Jiri - 2003
This paper examines the inflation targeting experience in three transition countries: the Czech Republic, Poland and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469031
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On the Speed of Transition Central Europe
Aghion, Philippe - 1994
Poland so far. We then develop a model and use it to think about the determinants of the speed of transition and the level of … unemployment. Finally, we return to the role of policy and the future in Poland, as well as the causes of cross-Central European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474189
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What Directions for Labor Market Institutions in Eastern and Central Europe?
Freeman, Richard B. - 1992
Poland, Hungary. and Czechoslovakia and develop a model of changing support for reforms during the transition to a market … massive vacancies. The dispersion of wages increased substantially in Hungary and Poland though not in Czechoslovakia. My …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474756
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What is the probability your vote will make a difference?
Gelman, Andrew - 2009
One of the motivations for voting is that one vote can make a difference. In a presidential election, the probability that your vote is decisive is equal to the probability that your state is necessary for an electoral college win, times the probability the vote in your state is tied in that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463429