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O. Toole, Conor M.; Tarp, Finn - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

This paper considers the effect of corruption on the effciency of capital investment. Using firm-level level data from … the World Bank enterprise surveys, covering 90 developing and transition economies, we consider whether the cost of …

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A Model of Destructive Entrepreneurship

Desai; Sameeksha; Acs; Zoltan; Weitzel; Utz - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

The current research on entrepreneurship as an economic phenomenon often assumes its desirability as a driver of economic development and growth. However, entrepreneurial talent can be allocated among productive, unproductive, and destructive activities. This process is theorized as driven by...

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Economic Growth and Financial Depth: Is the Relationship Extinct Already?

Rousseau, Peter L.; Wachtel, Paul - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2005

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Aid, Growth, and Jobs

Fields, Gary - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

absolute economic misery in the world. In this paper, I focus on an important but relatively underemphasized approach to …

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Foreign Resource Flows and Developing Country Growth.

Taylor, L. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1991

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The Internet and Economic Growth in Least Developed Countries

Kenny, Charles - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002

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Decentralizing Aid with Interested Parties

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

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Transaction Cost Politics, Institutions for Commitment and Rent Seeking

Murshed, S. Mansoob - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2001

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From the Grabbing Hand to the Helping Hand: A Rent Seeking Model of China's Township-Village Enterprises

Che, Jiahua - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2002

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Scholars and practitioners once commonly linked .African culture. to a distinctive .African capitalism., at odds with genuine capitalism and the demands of modern business. Yet con...

Taylor, Scott D. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

Scholars and practitioners once commonly linked .African culture. to a distinctive .African capitalism., at odds with … genuine capitalism and the demands of modern business. Yet contemporary African business cultures reveal that a capitalist …

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