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We suggest that the geographical patterns of income differences across the world have deep underpinnings. We emphasize that economic development is a complex process driven by economic, political, social, and biophysical forces. Some economists have argued that the patterns reflect mainly the...
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Africa and Sweden to illustrate that inequality dynamics cannot be understood without embedding economic factors in the …
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Social Security system with annual adjustments of taxes or benefits to maintain fiscal balance; (2) Sweden's Notional Defined …
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Why was the Black Death followed by the decline of serfdom in Western Europe but its' intensification in Eastern Europe? What explains why involvement in Atlantic trade in the Early Modern period was positively correlated with economic growth in Britain but negatively correlated in Spain? Why...
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-development institutions, how should one understand why Imperial China, with weaker rule of law and property rights, gave the commoners more … par with the Elites in China in terms of power and rights. Based on these narratives, we build a game-theoretical model … stronger, and the Ruler's incentive to promote such symmetry will be greater. The theory explains the power structure …
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China presents several macroeconomic patterns that appear inconsistent with standard stylized facts about economic …
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