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Dynamic Ethnic Fractionalization and Economic Growth in the Transition Economies from 1989 to 2007
Campos, Nauro F; Kuzeyev, Vitaliy; Saleh, Ahmad - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
In their survey of the literature on ethnic fractionalization and economic performance, Alesina and La Ferrara (JEL … ethnic fractionalization on economic growth across countries using unique time-varying measures. We first replicate the … latitude), it shows a significant negative impact on economic growth which is robust to different specifications, polarization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458292
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Repeated Expropriation Contests and Foreign Direct Investment
Konrad, Kai A. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
is the possible result of a conflict between multinational firms and local or national governments. The Paper compares …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791900
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Segregation and the Quality of Government in a Cross-Section of Countries
Alesina, Alberto F; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
, partly in response to policies. Our results suggest that more segregated countries in terms of ethnicity and language, i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666927
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Land Grabbing and Ethnic Conflict
Krieger, Tim - 2016
We study the effect of large-scale land acquisitions on the risk of ethnic tensions for a sample of 133 countries for the 2000-2012 period. Running a series of fractional response models, we find that more land grabbing activity is associated with a higher risk of ethnic tensions, indicating...
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Diversity and Public Goods: a Natural Experiment with Exogeneous Residential Allocation
Algan, Yann; Hémet, Camille; Laitin, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper demonstrates the effects of ethnic and religious diversity on the quality of public spaces. Its identification strategy relies on the exogeneity of public housing allocations in France, and thereby eliminates the bias from endogenous sorting. The paper uses micro evidence of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351515
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Genuine Saving and the Voracity Effect
van der Ploeg, Frederick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
that it saves and invests more than a homogenous society. The power struggle boosts output. Nevertheless, fractionalization …-pool externalities. Fractionalization induces, however, positive genuine saving as measured by the World Bank. …
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Fractionalization and the Size of Government
Lind, Jo Thori - CESifo - 2003
This paper studies the joint effect of fractionalization and inequality on the size of government. Within a political … fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196186
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Rapacious Resource Depletion, Excessive Investment and Insecure Property Rights
Ploeg, Frederick Van der - CESifo - 2010
For a country fractionalized in competing factions, each owning part of the stock of natural exhaustible resources, or with insecure property rights, we analyze how resources are transformed into productive capital to sustain consumption. We allow property rights to improve as the country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583632
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Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China
Padro, Gerard; Qian, Nancy; Yao, Yang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
proxy with religious fractionalization. We first document religious composition and the introduction of village …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083848
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Genetic Diversity and the Origins of Cultural Fragmentation
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Despite the importance attributed to the e¤ects of diversity on the stability and prosperity of nations, the origins of the uneven distribution of ethnic and cultural fragmentation across countries have been underexplored. Building on the role of deeply-rooted biogeographical forces in...
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