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Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Can international migration promote better institutions at home by raising the demand for political accountability? In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854468
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International R&D Spillovers and Institutions
Coe, David T; Helpman, Elhanan; Hoffmaister, Alexander - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
The empirical analysis in "International R&D Spillovers" (Coe and Helpman, 1995) is first revisited by applying modern panel cointegration estimation techniques to an expanded data set that we have constructed for the purpose of this study. The new estimates confirm the key results reported in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124193
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Cultural Assimilation, Cultural Diffusion and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
innovation and their ability in fostering industrialization, the proposed theory suggests that the desirable degree of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123872
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Resistance to Technology Adoption: The Rise and Decline of Guilds
Desmet, Klaus; Parente, Stephen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper analyzes the decision of a group of specialized workers to form a guild and block the adoption of a new technology that does not require their specialized input. The theory predicts an inverted-U relation between guilds and market size: for small markets, firm profits are insufficient...
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Religion and Innovation
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
individual level, examining the relationship between religiosity and a broad set of pro- or anti-innovation attitudes in all five … waves of the World Values Survey (1980 to 2005). We thus relate eleven indicators of individual openness to innovation … innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213308
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Long-term Relationships: Static Gains and Dynamic Inefficiencies
Hemous, David; Olsen, Morten - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
contractible or when we preclude cooperation in long-term relationships, (ii) the rate of innovation in the cooperative equilibrium … period). In that case, for sufficiently slow diffusion, the innovation rate in the cooperative equilibrium may be higher than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201353
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Schumpeterian Entrepreneurs Meet Engel's Law: The Impact of Inequality on Innovation-Driven Growth
Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
technical and a pecuniary externality resulting from the innovation process may generate multiple equilibria. Redistribution may …
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Innovation and Growth with Rich and Poor Consumers
Brunner, Johann K; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
favourable for innovation incentives. This is consistent with empirical evidence, suggesting that countries with a more equal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656323
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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but also for the role of history and institutional development. After reporting results from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225960
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Transparency, Appropriability and the Early State
Mayshar, Joram; Moav, Omer; Neeman, Zvika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We propose a general theory that explains the extent of the state and accounts for related institutions as byproducts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283392