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The Shadow of the Neolithic Revolution on Life Expectancy : A Double-Edged Sword
Franck, Raphael; Moav, Omer; Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
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Roman Transport Network Connectivity and Economic Integration
Flueckiger, Matthias - 2019
We show that the creation of the first integrated pan-European transport network during Roman times influences economic integration over two millennia. Drawing on spatially highly disaggregated data on excavated Roman ceramics, we document that interregional trade was strongly influenced by...
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Europe's great depression: Coordination failure after the first World War
Wolf, Nikolaus - 2010
In this paper I survey and reinterpret the extensive literature on Europe's Great Depression. I argue that Europe could …
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Satisfaction with Amenities and Taste for Revolt in the Middle East
Gholipour, Hassan F.; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2023
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between individuals’ satisfaction with amenities and environmental quality and taste for revolt in the Middle East. Using recent World Value Survey data (WVS7, 2017-2021) from Egypt and Iraq (which have been experiencing severe...
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Culture, Institutions & the Long Divergence
Bisin, Alberto; Rubin, Jared; Seror, Avner; Verdier, Thierry - 2021
Recent theories of the Long Divergence between Middle Eastern and Western European economies focus on Middle Eastern (over-)reliance on religious legitimacy, use of slave soldiers, and persistence of restrictive proscriptions of religious (Islamic) law. These theories take as exogenous the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013245626
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Property Rights to the World's (Linear) Ocean Fisheries in Customary International Law
Barrett, Scott - 2023
supports a more efficient “free sea” regime. The model also identifies the trigger for changes in property rights and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346184
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Oil Wealth and Property Rights
Soysa, Indra - 2020
We empirically examine the impact of oil wealth on property rights protection for a sample of 156 countries between … 1960 and 2014. We find that higher levels of oil wealth result in weaker private property rights. This result is robust to … to buy support for weak property rights from their supporters (the selectorate), while also punishing the opposition (i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012832191
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The Effects of Land Redistribution : Evidence from the French Revolution
Finley, Theresa; Franck, Raphaël; Johnson, Noel - 2021
This study exploits the confiscation and auctioning off of Church property that occurred during the French Revolution … to assess the role played by transaction costs in delaying the reallocation of property rights in the aftermath of … century as other districts gradually overcame the transaction costs associated with reallocating the property rights …
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Persuasion as a Contest
Skaperdas, Stergios; Vaidya, Samarth - 2021
From marketing and advertising to political campaigning and court proceedings, contending parties expend resources to persuade an audience of the correctness of their view. We examine how the probability of persuading the audience depends on the resources expended by the parties, so that...
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Wars and Markets: How Bond Values Reflect World War II
Frey, Bruno S.; Kucher, Marcel - 1999
Historical events are reflected in asset prices. In this paper, we analyse government bond prices of Germany and Austria traded on the Swiss bourse during WWII. Some war events that are generally considered crucial are clearly reflected in government bond prices. This holds, in particular, for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010314899