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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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China and the World Bank : how contrasting development approaches affect the stability of African states
Gehring, Kai; Kaplan, Lennart; Wong, Melvin H. L. - 2019
China's development model challenges the approaches of traditional Western donors like the World Bank. We argue that both aim at stability, but differ in the norms propagated to achieve that. Using fixed effects and IV estimations, we analyze a broad range of subnational stability measures in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012104086
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Cooperation in a fragmented society : experimental evidence on Syrian refugees and natives in Lebanon
Drouvelis, Michalis; Malaeb, Bilal; Vlassopoulos, Michael; … - 2019
Lebanon is the country with the highest density of refugees in the world, raising the question of whether the host and refugee populations can cooperate harmoniously. We conduct a lab-in-thefield experiment in Lebanon studying intra- and inter-group behavior of Syrian refugees and Lebanese...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012157299
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Let bygones be bygones? : socialist regimes and personalities in Germany
Friehe, Tim; Pannenberg, Markus; Wedow, Michael - 2015
This paper investigates the influence of political regimes on personality, using the separation of Germany into the socialist GDR and the democratic FRG and its reunification in 1990 as a natural experiment. We show that there are significant differences between former GDR and FRG residents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295790
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Modelling the Egyptian shadow economy : a currency demand and a MIMIC model approach
Hassan, Mai; Schneider, Friedrich - 2016 - January, 20th 2016, Preliminary draft
estimate the size of the shadow economy in Egypt during the last four decades (1976 to 2013). In addition to the standard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418009
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A macroeconomic analysis of energy subsidies in a small open economy
Glomm, Gerhard; Jung, Jürgen - 2015
sector production. The model is calibrated to Egypt and used to study reforms such as reductions in energy subsidies with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479353
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Between hope and despair : Egypt's revolution and migration intentions
Giesing, Yvonne; Hassan, Reem - 2021
Young People in Egypt (HSYPE). Difference-in-difference estimations show that the revolution significantly decreased the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012602185
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Energy expenditure in Egypt : empirical evidence based on a quantile regression approach
Belaïd, Fateh; Rault, Christophe - 2021
This paper investigates the key factors affecting household energy expenditure in Egypt. Based upon the latest 2015 … Egypt are mainly due to variations in income, household size, and housing type. Our findings document substantial … policy implications regarding residential energy efficiency and carbon emissions reduction in Egypt. …
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The impact of economic globalization on the shadow economy in Egypt
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Hassan, Mai - 2017 - This version: 24.03.2017
This study examines the economic globalization and the shadow economy nexus in Egypt. Using time series data from 1976 … to 2013, the impulse response analysis shows that the response of the shadow economy in Egypt to positive shocks in … globalization by reducing the costs of doing business and trade in dealing with sizable shadow economy in Egypt. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011645904
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Are the supporters of socialism the losers of capitalism? : conformism in East Germany and transition success
Deter, Max; Lange, Martin - 2021
The empirical literature is inconclusive about whether a country's democratization goes hand in hand with a reallocation of economic resources. With newly available individual-level data of former residents of the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR), we analyse how supporters and...
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