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Experiments about Institutions
Callen, Michael; Weigel, Jonathan; Yuchtman, Noam - 2023
We review an emerging experimental literature studying institutional change. Institutions are a key determinant of economic growth, but the "critical junctures" in which institutions can change are not precisely defined. For example, such junctures are often identified ex post, raising...
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The Economics of Nation-Building: Methodological Toolkit and Policy Lessons
Rohner, Dominic; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - 2024
This article reviews the recent burgeoning political economics research on nation-building. We focus on three main aspects of this body of work. First, we discuss methodological issues related to measuring nation-building outcomes and provide a synthesis of studies that employ different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015096976
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Why are Women less Democratic than Men? Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Countries
García-Peñalosa, Cecilia; Konte, Maty - 2013
A substantial literature has examined the determinants of support for democracy and although existing work has found a gender gap in democratic attitudes, there have been no attempts to explain it. In this paper we try to understand why females are less supportive of democracy than males in a...
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An Equilibrium Model of the African HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Greenwood, Jeremy; Kircher, Philipp; Santos, Cezar; … - 2018
Twelve percent of the Malawian population is HIV infected. Eighteen percent of sexual encounters are casual. A condom is used a third of the time. To analyze the Malawian epidemic, a choice-theoretic general equilibrium search model is constructed. In the developed framework, people select...
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Economic geography and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bosker, E. Maarten; Garretsen, Harry - 2008
The physical or absolute geography of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is often blamed for its poor economic performance. A country's location however not only determines its absolute geography, it also pins down its relative position on the globe vis-à-vis other countries. This paper assesses the...
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Corruption and Access to Socio-Economic Services in Africa
Freytag, Andreas; Riaz, Muhammad Faraz - 2021
Corruption is one of the world’s most widespread political problems. It can be found on international, national and sub … a micro level measure of corruption based on the personal experiences of individuals, which realistically represents the … African countries that contains information of more than 50,000 citizens. Corruption is found being negatively correlated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012493028
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Corruption and Access to Socio-Economic Services in Africa
Freytag, Andreas; Riaz, Muhammad Faraz - 2021
Corruption is one of the world’s most widespread political problems. It can be found on international, national and sub … a micro level measure of corruption based on the personal experiences of individuals, which realistically represents the … African countries that contains information of more than 50,000 citizens. Corruption is found being negatively correlated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013246910
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Does Religious Diversity Improve Trust and Performance? Evidence from Lebanon
Canaan, Serena; Deeb, Antoine; Mouganie, Pierre - 2022
Religious divisions have long played a primary role in major conflicts throughout much of the world. Intergroup contact may increase trust between members of different religions. However, evidence on how inter-religious contact affects individuals' behavior towards one another is scarce. We...
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A Blind and Militant Attachment: Russian Patriotism in Comparative Perspective
Alexeev, Mikhail; Pyle, William - 2022
Much of the literature on patriotic sentiment in post-Soviet Russia leans on the results of public opinion surveys administered to Russian citizens. Absent a comparison group, such evidence, while helpful, can leave one adrift in trying to assess the significance of any particular polling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470253
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The Economic Approach to Political Borders
Spolaore, Enrico - 2022
This paper overviews theoretical and empirical contributions that study political borders from an economic perspective. It reviews theories of the number and size of nations focused on the trade-off between economies of scale in public-good provision and heterogeneity of preferences over public...
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