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Whither corruption? : a quantitative survey of the literature on corruption and growth
Campos, Nauro; Dimova, Ralitza; Saleh, Ahmed - 2010
Does corruption grease or sand the wheels of economic growth? This paper uses metaanalysis techniques to systematically … evaluate the evidence addressing this question. It uses a data set comprising 460 estimates of the effect of corruption on … for institutions and trade openness (both are found to deflate the negative effect of corruption), authors' affiliation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009304317
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Review of "This time is different : eight centuries of financial folly by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff"
Kose, M. Ayhan - 2011
This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly is one of the best, if not the best, books ever written on the history of financial crises. It presents a comprehensive survey of financial crises utilizing an extraordinary database of macroeconomic and financial series. The massive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008900898
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In-group cooperation in a hostile environment : an economic perspective on some aspects of Jewish life in (pre-modern) diaspora
Rapoport, Hillel; Weiss, Avi - 2002
The demographic history of the Jews in the Middle Ages may be characterized by two main phenomena: i) a sharp drop in the number of Jews until the beginning of the modern period, due mainly to conversions; and, ii) early urbanization. Until now, these features have been analyzed as primarily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411192
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Special issue: Adjustment in the aftermath of the Global Crisis 2008-09 : new global order?
Aizenman, Joshua (ed.); Chinn, Menzie David (ed.);  … - JIMF-USC Conference: "Financial Adjustment in the … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011486672
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Reforming the IPCC's assessment of climate change economics
Chan, Gabriel; Carraro, Carlo; Edenhofer, Ottmar; … - 2016
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is broadly viewed as the world’s most legitimate scientific …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451553
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The cultural diffusion of the fertility transition : evidence from internal migration in 19th century France
Daudin, Guillaume; Franck, Raphaël; Rapoport, Hillel - 2016
France experienced the demographic transition before richer and more educated countries. This paper offers a novel explanation for this puzzle that emphasizes the diffusion of culture and information through internal migration. It tests how migration affected fertility by building a decennial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476530
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Migrant inventors and the technological advantage of nations
Bahar, Dany; Choudhury, Prithwiraj; Rapoport, Hillel - 2019
We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the migrants' receiving countries. We find that countries are 25 to 50 percent more likely to gain advantage in patenting in certain technologies given a twofold increase in the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022425
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Financial crises and liberalization : progress or reversals?
Saka, Orkun; Campos, Nauro; De Grauwe, Paul; Ji, Yuemei; … - 2019
Financial crisis can trigger policy reversals, i.e. they can lead to a process of re- regulation of financial markets. Using a recent comprehensive dataset on financial liberalization across 94 countries for the period between 1973 and 2015, we formally test the validity of this prediction for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022690
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The coming US interest rate tightening cycle : smooth sailing or stormy waters?
Arteta, Carlos Ó.; Kose, M. Ayhan; Ohnsorge, Franziska; … - 2015
report three major findings: First, since the tightening cycle will take place in the context of a robust U.S. economy, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011389408
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Assessing SDGs : a new methodology to measure sustainability
Campagnolo, Lorenza; Carraro, Carlo; Eboli, Fabio; … - 2015
collection from relevant sources; iii) organization in the three pillars of sustainability (economy, society, environment); iv … the world. The second phase, prospective, aims at evaluating the future trends of sustainability in the world by 2030. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391794