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Christofidēs, Loizos N. (contributor); … - 2007

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Tacit collusion under imperfect monitoring in the Canadian manufacturing industry : an empirical study

Resende, Marcelo; Zeidan, Rodrigo M. - 2011

Canada. The evidence provides weak support for optimal collusion in one industry, which is consistent with the idea that such … collusive arrangements are unusual. -- tacit collusion ; game theory ; Canada ; price war …

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Financial development and sectoral output growth in 19th century Germany

Diekmann, Katharina; Westermann, Frank - 2010

In this paper we re-evaluate the hypothesis that the development of the financial sector was an essential factor behind economic growth in 19th century Germany. We apply a structural VAR framework to a new annual data set from 1870 to 1912 that was initially recorded by Walther Hoffmann (1965)....

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Institutions and economic growth in historical perspective : part 2

Ogilvie, Sheilagh C.; Carus, A. W. - 2014

This is Part 2 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...

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Institutions and economic growth in historical perspective : part 1

Ogilvie, Sheilagh C.; Carus, A. W. - 2014

This is Part 1 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010371916

Can general purpose technology theory explain economic growth? : electrical power as a case study

Ristuccia, Cristiano Andrea; Solomou, Solomos - 2014

Does the concept of General Purpose Technologies help explain periods of faster and slower productivity advance in economies? The paper develops a new comparative data set on the usage of electricity in the manufacturing sectors of the USA, Britain, France, Germany and Japan and proceeds to...

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The empire project : trade policy in interwar Canada

Lampe, Markus; O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; Reiter, Lorenz; … - 2023

This paper uses a new dataset on the universe of Canadian imports and tariffs between 1924 and 1936, disaggregated into 1697 goods originating in 112 countries, to analyse the impact on Canadian imports of interwar Canadian trade policy, including the 1932 Ottawa trade agreements. Rather than...

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Indian entrepreneurial success in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom

Fairlie, Robert W.; Krashinsky, Harry A.; … - 2013

Kingdom and Canada -- we examine the performance of Indian entrepreneurs and explanations for their success. We find that … Canada, Indian entrepreneurs have average earnings slightly below the national average but they are more likely to hire … Canada and the United Kingdom contributing less to their entrepreneurial success. …

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Incorporation and productivity

Barro, Robert J.; Wheaton, Brian - 2019

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Manufacturing revolutions : industrial policy and industrialization in South Korea

Lane, Nathan - 2024

I study the impact of industrial policy on industrial development by considering an important episode during the East Asian miracle: South Korea’s heavy and chemical industry (HCI) drive, 1973–1979. Based on newly assembled data, I use the introduction and termination of industrial policies...

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