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Political Regime Change, Economic Reform and Growth Accelerations
Jong-A-Pin, Richard - 2011
Using an improved definition and indicator of growth accelerations, we examine whether political regimes, regime changes, and economic reform are related to growth accelerations. Our results show that economic growth accelerations are preceded by economic reforms. Furthermore, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012756913
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Gotcha! A Profile of Smuggling in International Trade
Berger, Helge; Nitsch, Volker - CESifo - 2008
This paper explores official trade data to identify patterns of smuggling in international trade. Our main measure of … interest is the difference in matched partner trade statistics, i.e., the extent to which the recorded export value in the … with the level of corruption in both partner countries. This finding supports the hypothesis that trade gaps partly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181615
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What Lessons for Economic Development Can We Draw from the Champagne Fairs?
Edwards, Jeremy; Ogilvie, Sheilagh - CESifo - 2011
exchange. This paper re-examines the causes of the outstanding success of the Champagne fairs in mediating international trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020795
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Brown Growth, Green Growth, and the Efficiency of Urbanization
Quaas, Martin F.; Smulders, Sjak - CESifo - 2012
production. Pollution, as a force that discourages agglomeration, is caused by domestic production. We show that cities are too …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010599729
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075128
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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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Landlockedness and Economic Development : Analyzing Subnational Panel Data and Exploring Mechanisms
Jetter, Michael - 2018
capita rises, ii) international trade becomes more relevant for the nation, and iii) national production shifts to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930611
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The Complementary between Technology and Human Capital in the Early Phase of Industrialization
Franck, Raphael - 2016
The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study establishes that in contrast to conventional wisdom that views early industrialization as a predominantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013003523
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Is Industrialization Conducive to Long-Run Prosperity?
Franck, Raphael - 2015
the turn of the 21st century. This adverse effect reects neither higher unionization and wage rates nor trade protection …
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Institutions and Economic Growth in Historical Perspective : Part 2
Ogilvie, Sheilagh - 2014
This is Part 2 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...
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