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The Kangoye (2013, TDE) findings on the negative nexus between foreign aid unpredictability and governance could … (2012, JDS) literature, we first confirm Kangoye's findings. Then extend the concept of governance from corruption to … Kangoye. It follows that in the presence of foreign aid uncertainty, governments could be constrained to improve governance …
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is shifting to how aid instability affects governance in developing countries. We engage the policy debate by assessing … the role of foreign aid instability on governance dynamics in fifty three African countries for the period 1996 …, aid from multilateral donors and bilateral aid. Principal Component Analysis is used to bundle governance indicators …
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This study contributes to the attendant literature by bundling governance dynamics and focusing on foreign aid … instability instead of foreign aid. We assess the role of foreign aid instabilit y on governance dynamics in fifty three African …: total aid, aid from multilateral donors and bilateral aid. Principal Component Analysis is used to bundle governance …
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a larger predisposition towards child quality, contributing to the onset of the demographic transition and the evolution …
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preference evolution? We show that it is in a couple's common interest to obey a rule requiring them to give specified amounts of …
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This paper studies how an institution such as markets affects the evolution of mankind. My key point is that the forces …
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This paper proposes a new way to think about happiness. It distinguishes between stocks and flows. Central to the analysis is a concept we call 'hedonic capital'. The paper sets out a model of the dynamics of wellbeing in which bad life-shocks are smoothed by the drawing down of hedonic capital....
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We define social reciprocity as the act of demonstrating one's disapproval, at some personal cost, for the violation of widely-held norms (e.g., don't free ride). Social reciprocity differs from standard notions of reciprocity because social reciprocators intervene whenever a norm is violated...
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This paper reviews the literature concerning the evolution of cultural traits in general and preferences in particular … effectively the clone of an existing one (either a parent or anyone else), there may be evolution only in the demographic sense … that the share of the population who hold a certain trait increases or decreases. Evolution in the strict sense of new …
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Using retrospective survey data that covers 1939, 1950, 1960, and 1971, I compare individual-level changes in employment industry and occupational status in Germany from the beginning of World War II to the post-war reconstruction era dubbed the Economic Miracle (Wirtschaftswunder). This...
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