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The deepening China Brazil economic relationship
Whalley, John; Medianu, Dana - 2010
We document key features of the deepening economic relationship between Brazil and China. This is evident from sharply … international fora. Data presented show bilateral trade between Brazil and China surging after 2001 and China is now Brazil …'s largest export market while Brazil's export share to the US has halved. The number of bilateral cooperation agreements between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008806619
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Radio and the rise of the Nazis in prewar Germany
Adena, Maja; Enikolopov, Ruben; Petrova, Maria; … - 2015
-Nazi radio broadcast following Hitler's appointment as German chancellor. During the consolidation of dictatorship, radio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515431
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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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The politics of bargaining as a group
Anesi, Vincent; Buisseret, Peter - 2023
We develop a dynamic model in which a group collectively bargains with an external party. At each date the group makes an offer to the external party (the 'agent') in exchange for a concession. Group members hold heterogeneous preferences over agreements and are uncertain about the agent's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444047
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Conservation contracts and political regimes
Harstad, Bård; Mideksa, Torben - 2015
Motivated by tropical deforestation, we analyze (i) a novel theory of resource extraction, (ii) the optimal conservation contract, (iii) when the donor prefers contracting with central rather than local governments, and (iv) how the donor's presence may induce institutional change. Deforestation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515399
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Public attention and environmental action : evidence from fires in the Amazon
Araujo, Rafael; Costa, Francisco; Garg, Teevrat - 2022
. Comparing active fires in Brazil versus those in Peru and Bolivia in a difference-in-differences design, we find that increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013358766
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Spatial concentration of military dictatorships in Sub-Saharan Africa (1977 - 2007)
Caruso, Raul; Petrarca, Ilaria; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2014
We empirically investigate the existence of spatial autocorrelation between military dictatorships in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1977 through 2007. We apply a Bayesian SAR probit regression, extended to a pooled model. We find a robust and positive spatial autocorrelation coefficient, which shows a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354777
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The political economics of the Arab Spring
Hodler, Roland - 2012
The Arab Spring has led to very different outcomes across the Arab world. I present a highly stylized model of the Arab Spring to better understand these differences. In this model, dictators from the ethnic or religious majority group concede power if their country is oil-poor, but can stay in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009684064
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Self-serving dictators and economic growth
Haile, Daniel; Sadrieh, Abdolkarim; Verbon, Harrie - 2003
A new line of theoretical and empirical literature emphasizes the pivotal role of fair institutions for growth. We present a model, a laboratory experiment, and a simple cross-country regression supporting this view. We model an economy with an unequal distribution of property rights, in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404315
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A theory of trade policy under dictatorship and democratization
Zissimos, Benjamin - 2017
This paper develops a new model of trade policy under dictatorship and democratization. The paper makes two … is to show how a dictatorship can manipulate trade policy to maintain its grip on power in the face of permanent world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011721779