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Dominicis, Laura de; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Florax, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2006

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the impact of inequality on economic growth. Both theoretical and … part of the literature that considers inequality detrimental to growth, more recent studies have challenged this result and … found a positive effect of inequality on growth. This paper contributes to the debate by using meta-analytical techniques to …

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Education, Growth and Income Inequality

Teulings, Coen N.; Rens, Thijs van - Tinbergen Institute - 2002

-biased technological progress and use cross-country panel data on inequality and GDP to test these ideas. A one-year increase in the level …

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Income Satisfaction Inequality and its Causes

Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M.S. Van - Tinbergen Institute - 2002

In this paper, the concept of Income Satisfaction Inequality is operationalized on the basis of individual responses to … analogue of the objective income concept and includes objective income inequality as a special case. The paper introduces a … method to decompose Income Satisfaction Inequality according to the contributions from variables such as income, education …

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Well-Being Inequality and Reference Groups - An Agenda for New Research

Praag, Bernard van - Tinbergen Institute - 2010

well-being is much less investigated. It is argued that the concept of well-being inequality cannot be properly defined … concept of inequality in happiness or SWB. …

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Do Elections lead to Informed Public Decisions?

Swank, Otto H.; Visser, Bauke - Tinbergen Institute - 2003

Democracies delegate substantial decision power to politicians. Using a model in which an incumbent can design, examine and implement public policies, we show that examination takes place in spite of, rather than thanks to, elections. Elections are needed as a carrot and a stick to motivate...

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Does Campaign Finance imply Political Favors?

Claessens, Stijn; Feijen, Erik; Laeven, Luc - Tinbergen Institute - 2006

See 'Political Connections And Preferential Access To Finance: The Role Of Campaign Contributions' in <A HREF="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VBX-4P3DY39-4&_user=499884&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1004038141&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000024499&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=499884&md5=d48c00bd293b73b16a75eb763ff75630"><I>Journal of Financial Economics</I>, 2008, 88(3), 554-580</A>.

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How Large is Average Economic Growth? Evidence from a Robust Method

Boswijk, H. Peter; Franses, Philip Hans - Tinbergen Institute - 2002

This paper puts forward a method to estimate average economic growth, and its associated confidence bounds, which does …

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Evolutionary Analysis of the Relationship between Economic Growth, Environmental Quality and Resource Scarcity

Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den - Tinbergen Institute - 2004

Growth in the Millennium</I>, 2005, Resources for the Future, Washington DC, 177-97.<P> …

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Growth and Risk: Methodology and Micro Evidence

Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem; Kinsey, Bill - Tinbergen Institute - 2003

There has been a revival of interest in the effect of risk on economic growth. We quantify both ex ante and ex post … remarkable long-running panel data set for rural households in Zimbabwe. We find that risk substantially reduces growth: in the …, the first micro-based estimate of the effect of shocks on growth. About two-thirds of the impact of risk is due to the ex …

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Lobbying on Entry

Perotti, Enrico; Volpin, Paolo - Tinbergen Institute - 2004

external capital and have greater growth opportunities. Also, higher accountability and lower income inequality are associated …We develop a model of endogenous lobby formation in which wealth inequality and political accountability undermine …

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