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Trends and patterns of growth, development, achievements of China and India : a comparative analysis
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; Bhattacharyay, Madhurima - 2016
given to the re-emergence of the Asian giants, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India. Both countries have attained …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444894
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The globalisation-welfare state nexus : evidence from Asia
Potrafke, Niklas - 2018
expenditures in Asia. Neither do the results suggest that the nexus between globalisation and social expenditures varied across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011927944
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Regional inequality, convergence, and its determinants : a view from outer space
Lessmann, Christian; Seidel, André - 2015 - This version: 16.04.2015
This paper provides a new data set of regional income inequalities within countries based on satellite nighttime light data. We first empirically study the relationship between luminosity data and regional incomes for those countries where regional income data are available. We subsequently use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515477
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The Bounty of the Sea and long-run development
Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Knudsen, Anne Sofie B.; Selaya, Pablo - 2015
What is the long run impact on development from differences in subsistence strategies during pre-industrial times? Whereas this question has been explored from the point of view of agriculture, remarkably little attention has been paid to the complementary strategy of relying on marine...
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International capital allocations and the Lucas Paradox redux
Chirinko, Robert S.; Mallick, Debdulal - 2019
This paper studies the marginal product of private capital (MPK) with new data and a new framework to obtain a better understanding of international capital allocations and the Lucas Paradox (LP). Our point of departure is three influential studies of MPK's and, based on the most recently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012057304
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Firm-level human capital and innovation : evidence from China
Sun, Xiuli; Li, Haizheng; Ghosal, Vivek - 2017
manufacturing firms from China. We use two firm-level datasets from China: one from metropolitan cities, and one from provincial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615502
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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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Urbanization and economic development : a tale of two barriers
Bond, Eric W.; Riezman, Raymond Glenn; Wang, Ping - 2016
supplemented with quantitative analysis fitting the data from China, to explore the role that reductions in trade and migration … barriers played in China's growth and urbanization. We find that the primary drivers for real per capita GDP growth are … toward China's admission to the WTO it does not contribute much to real per capita GDP growth. During this transition process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421588
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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,...
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Impact of colonial institutions on economic growth and development in India : evidence from night lights data
Jha, Priyaranjan; Talathi, Karan - 2021
We study the implications of two historical institutions, direct British rule, and the heterogeneous land tenure institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using nightlights per capita as a proxy for district level per...
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