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The rule of law : measurement and deep roots
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2015
This paper does three things. First, based on a limited number of theoretically established dimensions, it proposes a new de facto indicator for the rule of law. It is the first such indicator to take the quality of legal norms explicitly into account. Second, using this indicator we shed new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406570
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The female vote and the rise of AKP in Turkey
Fidrmuc, Jan; Tunali, Cigdem Börke - 2015
Differences between the voting behavior of men and women have become one of the most significant issues in social science research in recent years. In this study, we examine whether there is gender gap in voting behavior in Turkey. Using European Social Survey data, we find that education level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010485535
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When is a state predatory?
Robinson, James A. - 1999
I argue that whether or not a state is predatory hinges on the relationship between development and the distribution of political power in society. Development is typically inconsistent with the preservation of the political status quo and this gives those who initially hold political power an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781676
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Priority roads : the political economy of Africa's interior-to-coast roads
Bonfatti, Roberto; Gu, Yuan; Poelhekke, Steven - 2019
networks expanded in a less interior-to-coast way in periods of democracy. This result suggests that Africa's interior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011966676
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Chinese aid and democratic values in Latin America
Freytag, Andreas; Kautz, Miriam - 2022
that Chinese aid poses a challenge to conditional aid, thus weakening democracy promotion. This study aims to deepen our … Survey, we use an instrumental variable approach to test the effect of Chinese aid on attitudes toward democracy in 18 Latin … democracy. We also find that individuals who have a positive attitude towards China are more likely to value democracy. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266063
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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850158
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Distribution of natural resources, entrepreneurship, and economic development : growth dynamics with two elites
Falkinger, Josef (contributor);  … - 2005
This paper develops a model in which the interaction of entrepreneurial investments and power of the owners of land or other natural resources determines structural change and economic development. A more equal distribution of natural resources promotes structural change and growth through two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003202246
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Engineering growth : innovative capacity and development in the Americas
Maloney, William F.; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - 2017
This paper offers the first systematic historical evidence on the role of a central actor in modern growth theory - the engineer. It collects cross-country and state level data on the labor share of engineers for the Americas, and county level data on engineering and patenting for the US during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602763
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The role of the state in economic development
Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2004
This paper discusses the recent literature on the role of the state in economic development. It concludes that government incentives to enact sound policies are key to economic success. It also discusses the evidence on what happens after episodes of economic and political liberalizations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450487
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Machine learning indices, political institutions, and economic development
Gründler, Klaus; Krieger, Tommy - 2018
democracy (186 countries, 1960-2014). The method takes its name from a machine learning technique for pattern recognition and … results are affected by conceptual and methodological changes in the measure of democracy. In particular, we show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011804191