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Does democracy make taller men? : cross-country European evidence
Batinti, Alberto; Costa-Font, Joan - 2021 - This version: January 2022
We study whether a democracy improves a measure of individual wellbeing; human heights. Drawing on individual …-level datasets, we test the hypothesis using a battery of eight different measures of democracy and derived averages, and include … models accounting for several confounders, regional and cohort fixed effects. We document that democracy - or its quality …
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Do civil and political repression really boost foreign direct investments?
Harms, Philipp; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2001
thus supports the notion that there is a positive relationship between democracy and economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397998
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The strategic bombing of German cities during World War II and its impact on city growth
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Schramm, Marc - 2002
We construct a unique data set to analyze whether or not a large temporary shock had an impact on German city growth and city size distribution. Following recent work by Davis and Weinstein (2001) on Japan, we take the strategic bombing of German cities during WWII as our example of such a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514015
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Early-life circumstances predict measures of trust among adults : evidence from hunger episodes in post-war Germany
Hörl, Maximiliane; Kesternich, Iris; Smith, James P.; … - 2016
Can a major shock in childhood permanently shape trust? We consider a hunger episode in Germany after WWII and construct a measure of hunger exposure from official data on caloric rations set monthly by the occupying forces providing regional and temporal variation. We correlate hunger exposure...
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On the relationship between trade openness and government size
Farhad, Mohammad; Jetter, Michael - 2019
(accounting for approximately 96 percent of world population) from 2000-2016 is consistent with this hypothesis. Exploring areas …
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Democratic participation and the size of regions : an empirical study using data on German counties
Seitz, Helmut (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003630738
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Identification of new Keynesian Phillips Curves from a global perspective
Dées, Stéphane; Pesaran, M. Hashem; Smith, L. Vanessa; … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641659
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Globalization, redistribution, and the composition of public education expenditures
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Hessami, Zohal - 2010
We analyze whether globalization affects the composition of public expenditures for education by integrating arguments from the Heckscher-Ohlin and the tax competition literature into a common theoretical framework. The model suggests that with increasing global integration, developing countries...
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The effects of taxation on the location decision of multinational firms : M&A vs. Greenfield investments
Hebous, Shafik; Ruf, Martin; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2010
In this study, we estimate the impacts of differences in international tax rates on the probability of choosing a location for an affiliate of a multinational firm. In particular, we distinguish between the tax sensitivity of Greenfield and M&A investments. Based on a novel firm-level dataset on...
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Unlocking the value of cross-border mergers and acquisitions
Brakman, Steven; Garita, Gus; Garretsen, Harry; … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003711774