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Bangladesh’s Democractic Challenge
Quibria, M.G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
-party democracy—these are the obvious first steps for a procedural democracy . They will extinguish the immediate fire, but do not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240425
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The Glue of Democracy: Economics, Warfare and Values in Classical Greece
Kyriazis, Nicholas; Paparrigopoulos, Xenophon; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
its hoplites, and the trieres at sea, its economic base, and the emergence of democracy in classical Greece. We propose … again were the necessary conditions for the emergence of democracy, then again, a unique phenomenon. We then turn to … seapower, which according to our analysis was a sufficient condition for the establishment and endurance of democracy, because …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111263
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Colonial Institutions, Slavery, Inequality, and Development: Evidence from São Paulo, Brazil
Summerhill, William - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Brazil is frequently portrayed as exhibiting persistent and structural economic inequality that is rooted in the early colonial experience, and is believed to undermine development in the long run. I construct original measures of agricultural inequality for 1905 in what is today Brazil’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622262
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The Analysis of ‘Leading Sectors’: A Long term view of 18 Latin American economies
Acevedo, Alejandra; Mold, Andrew; Perez Caldentey, Esteban - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In the 1950s and 60s, in Latin America structuralism was considered as the preeminent form of analysis of economic development and growth. Nowadays, in contrast, as a mode of analysis structuralism is distinctly unfashionable, and has been superceded by newer endogenous growth theories, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105663
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Large and small models: their suitability for North-South issues
Chichilnisky, Graciela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1990
Global modeling has evolved remarkable in the last two decades. Such evolution led global modeling to perform today's role as an experimental laboratory for the social sciences, and particularly for applications to policy planning. Two of the most interesting applications to policy are to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005623330
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The Nigerian Wars, Regional Crises and Ethnic Disturbances: Policy Responses and Democratic Implications
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Nigeria was incorporated in 1914 when Frederick Lugard(First Governor-General) amalgamated the two British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria and the Crown colony of Lagos into a single entity. The primary reason for almalgamation was economic rather than political. It is therefore,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835516
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Democracy, Diversification, and Growth Reversals
Cuberes, David; Jerzmanowski, Michal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
democracy and industrial diversification. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835606
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How democracy resolves conflict in difficult games
Brams, Steven J.; Kilgour, D. Marc - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Democracy resolves conflicts in difficult games like Prisoners’ Dilemma and Chicken by stabilizing their cooperative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835685
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Banking on Democracy: The Political Economy of International Private Bank Lending in Emerging Markets
Rodríguez, Javier; Santiso, Javier - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
current concern. But what about democracy? What about political regimes? Are they taken into account by private banks when …(er)s react positively (that is by increasing their lending) when an emerging democracy appears? Do we witness increased bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835711
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Do Democracies Grow Faster? Revisiting the Institutions and Economic Performance Debate
Lim, Jamus Jerome; Decker, Jessica Henson - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The recent empirical growth literature has proposed three underlying fundamental determinants of economic growth, namely, physical geography, economic integration, and institutional quality. This paper unpacks the final determinant into both political-economic institutions as well as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836612