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Culture, institutions and policy
Persson, Torsten; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012300553
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Political Institutions, State Building, and Tax Capacity : Crossing the Tipping Point
Gaspar, Vitor - 2017
capacity building, highlighting three important political ingredients: constitutive institutions, inclusive politics and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965070
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Tax Capacity and Growth : Is There a Tipping Point?
Gaspar, Vitor - 2017
Is there a minimum tax to GDP ratio associated with a significant acceleration in the process of growth and development? We give an empirical answer to this question by investigating the existence of a tipping point in tax-to-GDP levels. We use two separate databases: a novel contemporary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965069
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African institutions under colonial rule
Bolt, Jutta; Gardner, Leigh - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210004
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Globalisation, Poverty and Conflict : A Critical “Development” Reader
Spoor, Max (contributor) - 2005
: globalisation, inequality and poverty; governance, civil society and poverty; and resource degradation, institutions and conflict … with these and other related questions. "Globalisation, Poverty and Conflict" examines the inter-relationships between … globalisation, poverty and conflict. It complements current debates in the field of development studies and, in an era in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520448
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Equilibrium Fictions : A Cognitive Approach to Societal Rigidity
Hoff, Karla - 2017
This paper assesses the role of ideas in economic change, combining economic and historical analysis with insights from psychology, sociology and anthropology. Belief systems shape the system of categories ( "pre-confirmatory bias" ) and perceptions (confirmatory bias), and are themselves...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976669
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Devotion and development : religiosity, education, and economic progress in 19th-century france
Squicciarini, Mara P. - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012181139
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Devotion and development : religiosity, education, and economic progress in 19th-century France
Squicciarini, Mara P. - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012195468
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Culture, institutions & the long divergence
Bisin, Alberto; Rubin, Jared; Seror, Avner; Verdier, Thierry - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012439267
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Gender Equality and Electoral Violence in Africa : Unlocking the Peacemaking Potential of Women
Ouedraogo, Rasmané - 2019
We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence. Quantitatively, our estimates show that an...
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