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The Empire is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long-Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy
Becker, Sascha O.; Boeckh, Katrin; Hainz, Christa; … - 2021
Do empires affect attitudes towards the state long after their demise? We hypothesize that the Habsburg Empire with its localized and well-respected administration increased citizens’ trust in local public services. In several Eastern European countries, communities on both sides of the...
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Dollarization of Deposits in the Short and Long Run : Evidence from CESE Countries
Urosevic, Branko - 2016
In this paper, we study the drivers of permanent and transitory deposit dollarization for a sample of CESE countries using panel cointegration techniques. The results suggest that a positive cointegration relationship exists between permanent dollarization and Minimum Variance Portfolio (MVP)...
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Why is Measured Productivity so Low in Agriculture?
Herrendorf, Berthold - 2015
In poor countries, labor productivity in agriculture is considerably lower than in the rest of the economy. We assess … between the marginal value products of agriculture and non-agriculture are considerably smaller when measured through wages … than through labor productivities. Third, labor productivity in agriculture is severely mis-measured in the US …
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Wages, Human Capital, and Structural Transformation
Herrendorf, Berthold - 2017
Average wages are considerably lower in agriculture than in the other sectors. We document this fact for thirteen …
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VAT and Agriculture : Lessons from Europe
Cnossen, Sijbren - 2017
Farmers are often exempted from VAT for administrative and political reasons. But this means that the VAT on their inputs cannot be ‘washed out' through the tax deduction/credit mechanism. To compensate farmers for the uncompensated VAT on inputs, the EU has devised a flat-rate scheme that...
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A Ricardian Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on European Agriculture
Van Passel, Steven - 2014
This research estimates the impact of climate on European agriculture using a continental scale Ricardian analysis …
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Can Peers Improve Agricultural Productivity?
Songsermsawas, Tisorn - 2014
Productivity varies greatly among farmers and the source of that variation is not fully understood. Using a unique Indian household survey, we estimate peer effects on agricultural revenue. Results show that 60% of farmers' revenue is explained by peers. Input expenditures and land allocation to...
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Democratic Tipping Points
Ciccone, Antonio - 2018
I examine whether transitory events can tip the scales against authoritarian regimes and lead to persistent democratization. I think of situations where this is a possibility as democratic tipping points. The transitory events I focus on are rainfall shocks in the most agricultural countries in...
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Agricultural Price Shocks and Business Cycles - A Global Warning for Advanced Economies
De Winne, Jasmien - 2018
agriculture in GDP or lower shares of non-agricultural trade in GDP; that is, characteristics that typically apply to low …
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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - CESifo - 2015
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically that geographical variations in the natural return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on the distribution of time preference...
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