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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328799
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271851
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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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The unfinished business of state-owned enterprise reform in the People's Republic of China
Holz, Carsten A. - 2019
This paper examines the progress of state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in the People’s Republic of China. After defining SOEs and considering their scope of operation within the PRC economy, the focus of the paper is on the major reform waves that followed the deterioration of SOE...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052794
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Food prices and political instability
Arezki, Rabah; Brückner, Markus - 2011
We examine the effects that variations in the international food prices have on democracy and intra-state conflict using panel data for over 120 countries during the period 1970-2007. Our main finding is that in Low Income Countries increases in the international food prices lead to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277367
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The Economics of Social Media
Aridor, Guy; Jiménez-Durán, Rafael; Levy, Ro'ee; … - 2024
We review the burgeoning literature on the economics of social media, which has become ubiquitous in the modern economy and fundamentally changed how people interact. We first define social media platforms and isolate the features that distinguish them from traditional media and other digital...
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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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