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The Coronavirus and the Great Influenza Epidemic - Lessons from the 'Spanish Flu' for the Coronavirus's Potential Effects on Mortality and Economic Activity
Barro, Robert J. - 2020
.0 percent of world population, implying 150 million deaths when applied to current population. Regressions with annual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839262
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The Economic Effects of Direct Democracy - A First Global Assessment
Blume, Lorenz; Müller, Jens; Voigt, Stefan - 2021
This is the first study that assesses the economic effects of direct democratic institutions on a cross country basis. Its results are based on up to six new measures produced to reflect the legislative basis for using direct democratic institutions as well as their factual use. In addition, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316691
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International capital market integration, educational choice and economic growth
Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter; Falkinger, Josef; … - 2005
This paper examines the impact of capital market integration (CMI) on higher education and economic growth. We take into account that participation in higher education is noncompulsory and depends on individual choice. Integration increases (decreases) the incentives to participate in higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261393
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The economic effects of constitutions: replicating - and extending - Persson and Tabellini
Blume, Lorenz; Müller, Jens; Voigt, Stefan; Wolf, Carsten - 2007
Persson and Tabellini (2003) show that presidential regimes and majoritarian election systems have important effects on fiscal policy, government effectiveness and productivity. Here, their dataset is extended in a number of ways: the number of countries included is increased from 85 to up to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264145
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The economic effects of direct democracy: a first global assessment
Blume, Lorenz; Müller, Jens; Voigt, Stefan - 2007
This is the first study that assesses the economic effects of direct democratic institutions on a cross country basis. Its results are based on up to six new measures produced to reflect the legislative basis for using direct democratic institutions as well as their factual use. In addition, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264252
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What determines BITs?
Bergstrand, Jeffrey H.; Egger, Peter - 2011
model of world trade and foreign direct investment with three factors, two products, and explicit natural as well as policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277392