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Aid, Growth and Devolution
Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2021
This paper examines whether the federal structure of aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same...
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Urbanization and Economic Development : A Tale of Two Barriers
Bond, Eric W. - 2016
In this paper we determine the main driving forces underlying the structural transformation and urbanization process in rapidly industrializing countries. We use a dynamic, small open economy model with an abundant supply of surplus labor in rural areas, two types of traded goods manufactured in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012997164
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Hurricanes, Economic Growth and Transmission Channels - Empirical Evidence for Developed and Underdeveloped Countries
Berlemann, Michael - 2016
increase in net fertility and a decrease in educational efforts in the aftermath of occurring hurricanes …
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Population Growth and Carbon Emissions
Casey, Gregory P. - 2017
We provide evidence that lower fertility can simultaneously increase income per capita and lower carbon emissions …, eliminating a trade-off central to most policies aimed at slowing global climate change. We estimate the effect of lower fertility … on carbon emissions accounting for the fact that changes in fertility patterns affect carbon emissions through three …
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The Impact of Urbanization on CO2 Emissions : Evidence from Developing Countries
Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2021
This paper analyzes the impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions in developing countries, taking into account the presence of heterogeneity in the sample of countries and testing for the stability of the estimated elasticities over time. The sample covers the period from 1975 through 2003 for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316481
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Federalism, Fertility and Growth
Borck, Rainald - 2021
This paper analyses the effect of federalism on fertility and growth. In a model with human capital accumulation and … endogenous fertility, two regimes of education finance are compared: central and local education. Using numerical simulation, I … find that local education finance yields higher growth at the price of increased inequality. Aggregate fertility may be …
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Did the Black Death Cause Economic Development by 'Inventing' Fertility Restriction?
Edwards, Jeremy - 2018
unmarried women, thereby delaying female marriage, lowering fertility, and unleashing economic growth. We show that this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012916356
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The Quantitative Importance of Openness in Development
Cai, Wenbiao - 2013
This paper deals with a classic development question: how can the process of economic development – transition from stagnation in a traditional technology to industrialization and prosperity with a modern technology – be accelerated? Lewis (1954) and Rostow (1956) argue that the pace of...
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Climate Policy and Development
Gersbach, Hans - 2015
We propose a development-compatible refunding system designed to mitigate climate change. Industrial countries pay an initial fee into a global fund. Each country chooses its national carbon tax. Part of the global fund is refunded to developing and industrial countries, in proportion to the...
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Grey Matters : Charting the Development of the Shadow Economy
Mac Géidigh, Donal - 2017
The shadow economy has long been an area of research for policymakers. The determinants of underground activity of late have been identified as high tax burdens and increased regulation, but has this relationship always existed? This seminal work examines the shadow economy in Norway, Sweden,...
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