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Institutional Transplant and Cultural Proximity : Evidence from Nineteenth-Century Prussia
Lecce, Giampaolo - 2016
The economic impact of an institutional transplant depends on the underlying cultural environment of the receiving country. This paper provides the first evidence that the positive effect of importing good institutions cancels out when the receiving territories are characterized by cultural...
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Crisis
Fidrmuc, Jan - 2012
We investigate the effects of economic crises on the subsequent economic performance, economic reform, democratization and institutional change. Our analysis is based on a sample of post-communist countries, most of which experienced severe economic crises during the 1990s. We find that the...
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Community Enterprises - An Institutional Innovation
Frey, Bruno S. - 2011
organizational theory, innovation economics, and industrial organization should therefore be critically examined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125697
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When Work Disappears : Manufacturing Decline and the Falling Marriage Market Value of Young Men
Autor, David H. - 2018
We exploit the gender-specific components of large-scale labor demand shocks stemming from rising international manufacturing competition to test how shifts in the relative economic stature of young men versus young women affected marriage, fertility and children's living circumstances during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012916528
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Complementarity of Innovation Policies in the Brazilian Industry : An Econometric Study
Strube, Eduardo - 2013
The paper aims at assessing discrete complementarities in innovation policies in the context of the Brazilian industry … on supermodularity and submodularity tests for obstacles to innovation (in the present application: lack of finance … analysis highlights the two phases of the innovation process in terms of the propensity and intensity of innovation. The …
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Refugee Resettlement, Redistribution and Growth
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2018
This paper studies the effect of refugee resettlement on human capital accumulation. The analysis is performed in a growth model with endogenous fertility. I show how refugee resettlement from a more advanced and wealthier economy to a less advanced and less wealthy economy combined with income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918058
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Growth Effects of Spatial Redistribution Policies
Arcalean, Calin - 2012
actual disbursements were around 4%. We also find that maximizing innovation in the backward region conflicts in the short …
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Divide and Privatize : Firm Break-Up and Performance
Kočenda, Evžen - 2011
We analyze the long-term effects of firm break-up and ownership change on corporate performance. Our analysis is based on a unique data set for a large number of Czech firms spanning the period 1996–2005. We employ a propensity score matching procedure to deal with endogeneity problems. Our...
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Earthquakes, Religion, and Transition to Self-Government in Italian Cities
Belloc, Marianna - 2016
This paper presents a unique historical experiment to explore the dynamics of institutional change in the Middle Ages. We have assembled a novel dataset, where information on political institutions for northern-central Italian cities between 1000 and 1300 is matched with detailed information on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013002947
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The Clan and the Corporation : Sustaining Cooperation in China and Europe
Greif, Avner - 2015
Over the last millennium, the clan and the corporation have been the loci of cooperation in China and Europe respectively. This paper examines - analytically and historically - the cultural and institutional co-evolution that led to this bifurcation. We highlight that groups with which...
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