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The KOF Globalisation Index : revisited
Gygli, Savina; Haelg, Florian; Potrafke, Niklas; Sturm, … - 2018
We introduce the revised version of the KOF Globalisation Index, a composite index measuring globalization for every … country in the world along the economic, social and political dimension. The original index was introduced by Dreher (2006 … along the different dimensions of globalization. We also disentangle trade and financial globalization within the economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011954444
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Cross-border patenting, globalization, and development
LaBelle, Jesse; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; … - 2023
We build a stylized model that captures the relationships between cross-border patenting, globalization, and … strong, positive impact of policy and globalization on cross-border patent flows, especially from North to South. A … gaining more than North post-2000, thus lowering real income inequality in the world. …
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Nighttime lights as a proxy for human development at the local level
Brüderle, Mirjam Anna; Hodler, Roland - 2017
Nighttime lights are increasingly used by social scientists as a proxy for economic activity and economic development in subnational spatial units. However, so far, our understanding of what nighttime lights capture is limited. We construct local indicators of household wealth, education and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011672453
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Economic globalisation and Africa's quest for greener and more inclusive growth : the missing link
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Freytag, Andreas; Asongu, Simplice - 2023
This study examines the contingency and threshold effects of economic freedom in the economic globalisation (EG) and inclusive green growth (IGG) relationship in Africa. Based on macro data for 22 African countries and the Driscoll-Kraay standard errors with fixed effects instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014292764
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Institutions and development : the interaction between trade regime and political system
Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2004
This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been a major determinant of the comparatively slow development of resource- or land-abundant regions like South America and the Caribbean in the nineteenth century. We develop a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450834
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Why do trade finance gaps persist : does it matter for trade and development
Auboin, Marc; DiCaprio, Alisa - 2017
Trade finance shortfalls now appear regularly. Does this matter for trade expansion and economic development in developing countries? Global trade finance has resumed following the 2009 global financial crisis. However, the pattern of recovery has been uneven across countries and categories of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011645906
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Ethnic geography : measurement and evidence
Hodler, Roland; Valsecchi, Michele; Vesperoni, Alberto - 2017
The effects of ethnic geography, i.e., the distribution of ethnic groups across space, on economic, political and social outcomes are not well understood. We develop a novel index of ethnic segregation that takes both ethnic and spatial distances between individuals into account. Importantly, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011747456
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A beam of light : media, tourism & economic development
Nocito, Samuel; Sartarelli, Marcello; Sobbrio, Francesco - 2021
Tourism accounts for around one tenth of global GDP. We analyze the impact of entertainment media in drawing tourists to filming locations (media multiplier ) and, in turn, the effect of tourism on local economic development (tourism multiplier ). To assess the media multiplier, we employ a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510008
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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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Globalisation, competitive governments, and constitutional choice in Europe
Breton, Albert; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2002
The traditional school of economic policy analysis predicts that globalisation will give rise to predatory competition between the governments of the European nation states. The consequence is anticipated to be a marked reduction in, if not the destruction of, the benevolent Welfare State. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408984