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Geography of growth : spatial economics and competitiveness
Nallari, Raj - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393741
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Democracy, public expenditures, and the poor
Keefer, Philip - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523273
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The political economy of public spending on education, inequality, and growth
Gradstein, Mark - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523275
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Montenegro : Beyond the Peak, Growth Policies and Fiscal Constraints, Public Expenditure and Institutional Review
World Bank - 2012
In 2007, Montenegro was one of the world's fastest growing non-oil economies. The country reaped the benefits from its comprehensive, pre-independence reform program. After the international recognition of statehood had removed the lingering uncertainty over Montenegro's political status,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552952
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Natural disasters and human capital accumulation
Crespo-Cuaresma, Jesús - 2009
"The author assesses empirically the relationship between natural disaster risk and investment in education. Although the results in the empirical literature tend to be inconclusive, using model averaging methods in the framework of cross-country and panel regressions, this paper finds an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394156
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Insurance and liquidity : panel evidence
Shankar, Rashmi - 2005
"The author presents evidence that balance sheet effects are critical determinants of both the likelihood of a crisis and of income losses following a crisis. She tests the validity of "insurance" and "liquidity" models of currency crisis. Both models predict that the occurrence of a balance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522552
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The relative richness of the poor? : Natural resources, human capital, and economic growth
Bravo-Ortega, Claudio - 2005
"Are natural resources a blessing or a curse? Bravo-Ortega and De Gregorio present a model in which natural resources have a positive effect on the level of income and a negative effect on its growth rate. The positive and permanent effect on income implies a welfare gain. There is a growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522714
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A survey of securities laws and enforcement
Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio - 2004
"Lopez-de-Silanes examines the theoretical and empirical literature pertaining to securities laws and their enforcement by regulators and courts to establish what is known and what is yet unclear. Recent empirical research in the field has established that law matters. Mandatory disclosure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522929
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Estimating individual vulnerability to poverty with pseudo-panel data
Bourguignon, François - 2004
"Bourguignon, Goh, and Kim present an original method to study individual earning dynamics using repeated cross-sectional data. Because panel data of individuals are seldom available in developing countries, it is difficult to study individual earning dynamics and related issues such as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522959
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Kenya - Economic Development, Police Oversight, and Accountability : Linkages and Reform Issues
World Bank - 2012
The objective of this study is to contribute to the ongoing dialogue on police reform in Kenya, where poor police … police performance, the government of Kenya concluded that the reform program achieved only limited success: the country is … focused on addressing the chronic lack of public confidence in the police and the persistence of corruption at all levels of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550916