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Paying them to hate US : the effect of U.S. military aid on anti-American terrorism, 1968-2014
Dimant, Eugen; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2020
Does U.S. military aid make the United States safer? To answer this question, we collect data on 173 countries between 1968 and 2014. Exploiting quasi-random variation in the global patterns of U.S. military aid, our paper is the first to provide causal estimates of the effect of U.S. military...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241071
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The risks of nation-building through military aid and intervention
Dimant, Eugen; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2022
This chapter discusses the role of military interventionism and aid in nation-building. We argue that (1) intervention strategies of foreign actors like the United States often unfavorably interact with local institutional settings, which (2) produces undesired outcomes not only for the target...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013380559
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Productivity and the decision to import and export : theory and evidence
Kasahara, Hiroyuki (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003647251
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The 2008 Chilean reform to first-pillar pensions
Valdés Prieto, Salvador - 2009
Chile approved in early 2008 the replacement of her two current non-contributory subsidies for the old poor for a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806091
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Drivers and obstacles to banking SMEs : the role of competition and the institutional framework
Torre, Augusto de la; Martínez Pería, María Soledad; … - 2009
institutional framework play a role in banks' decisions. To do so, we use a unique survey of banks in Argentina and Chile, two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850504
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Market access and the evolution of within plant productivity in Chile
Bas, Maria (contributor); Ledezma, Ivan (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003598593
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Agricultural exports, tariffs and growth
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2014
This article presents a Ricardian model of trade with learning-by-doing to study the effect of barriers to trade in products with low growth potential on the long-run economic growth. The model shows that, when elasticity of demand for the product with a lower learning potential is lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231629
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Inequality, low-intensity immigration and human capital formation in the regions of Chile, 1820-1939
Baten, Jörg; Llorca-Jaña, Manuel - 2020
This article traces inequality and numeracy development in the regions of Chile during the 19th and early 20th century …, in its northern regions we find that Chile was relatively equal and numerate during the 19th century, and the south … converged somewhat during this period. In addition, we study the correlates of low-intensity immigration in Chile. Regions with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194599
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O brother, where start thou? : sibling spillovers on college and major choice in four countries
Altmejd, Adam; Barrios-Fernández, Andrés; Drlje, Marin; … - 2020 - Latest version: May 10, 2020
options, we present evidence from the United States, Chile, Sweden and Croatia that older siblings' college and major choices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219366
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The race between tax enforcement and tax planning : evidence from a natural experiment in Chile
Bustos, Sebastian; Pomeranz, Dina; Suárez Serrato, … - 2023
introduction of standard regulations aimed at limiting profit shifting. Using administrative tax and customs data from Chile in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014285544