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This study investigates the effects of introducing elections on public goods and redistribution in rural China. A large and unique survey was collected to document the history of political reforms and economic policies and exploit the staggered timing of the introduction of elections for causal...
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give both countries the opportunity to commit to more effective, stable yet stimulatory, macroeconomic institutions and …
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Unique survey data is used to study whether the introduction of local elections in China made local leaders more accountable towards local constituents. A simple model is developed to predict the effects on different policies of increasing local leader accountability, taking into account that...
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specifics cases of four large microfinance institutions in India. The basic argument of the paper is that most of the early … its effect on the personal enrichment of the promoters of MFI as well as the governance implications. Basically it … questions the moral and ethical fabric on which some to the large microfinance institutions are built. It ends by answering a …
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This study is a comprehensive, empirical analysis of the linkages between governance, institutions, and regional … infrastructure. The empirical results indicate that governance and institutions are crucial for regional infrastructure development … regions) with higher income, stronger institutions, better governance, and more open economies are likely to have higher …
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essential for maintaining democracy and good governance, specifically the rule of law and the need for public officials to avoid …
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This study examines how the economic effects of elections in rural China depend on voter heterogeneity, for which religious fractionalization is taken as a proxy. [BREAD Working No. 366]. URL:[http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/366.pdf].
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through processes provided, and institutions established, under this enactment and for matters connected therewith or …
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This paper reviews the debate surrounding the “deeper determinants†of economic performance. It reviews the work of Institutional School and Geography School and their interpretation of the long-run development. The paper then examines the evidence provided by the respective schools in...
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The speech tries to underline some lessones that be drawn from the financial crisis relevant to regulation, financial markets and the market infrastructure and to reflect on these. [Annual Conference of Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India (FEDAI) at Kolkata].
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