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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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The democratization of rent seeking in Greece

Moutos, Thomas; Pechlibanos, Lampros - 2013

-seeking mainly among the economic and political elite, whereas the middle period exemplifies the "democratization" of rent …

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A Lipsetian theory of democratization : development, education, inequality, and resources

Boucekkine, Raouf; Piacquadio, Paolo G.; Prieur, Fabien - 2016

The paper reexamines Lipset's theory of democratization, by distinguishing the role of (economic) development from that … explanation of the positive relationship between economic development, education, and democratization, and of the negative … relationship between inequality and democratization. Furthermore, we obtain new insights on the resources-curse hypothesis and on …

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Wheels of change : transforming girls' lives with bicycles

Fiala, Nathan; Garcia-Hernandez, Ana; Narula, Kritika; … - 2022

the distance to school, their safety when commuting to school, lack of agency, and deep-rooted cultural norms. In Zambia …

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Empowerment paradox? : the long-run impact of a cycling program for girls in Zambia

Garcia-Hernandez, Ana; Prakash, Nishith; Steinert, Janina - 2025

This study examines the five-year impacts of a bicycle distribution program for adolescent girls in rural Zambia …

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How I learned to stop worrying and love the crisis

Fidrmuc, Jan; Tichit, Ariane - 2012

We investigate the effects of economic crises on the subsequent economic performance, economic reform, democratization …

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An empirical inquiry into the nature of welfarism

Amegashie, J. Atsu; Ouattara, Bazoumana - 2011

Economists typically evaluate policies based on how such policies affect individuals' utilities. We follow this approach by taking a welfarist view of the USA's espoused policy of promoting liberty in other parts of the world. However, we take a nuanced view by investigating the type of welfare...

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Workers of the world, unite! : franchise extensions and the threat of revolution in Europe, 1820-1938

Aidt, Toke; Jensen, Peter Sandholt - 2011

This paper tests the hypothesis that the extension of the voting franchise was caused by the threat of revolution, as suggested by Acemoglu and Robinson [Quarterly Journal of Economics 115, 1167-1199, 2000]. We approximate the threat of revolution in a given country by revolutionary events...

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The effect of labor migration on the diffusion of democracy : evidence from a former Soviet Republic

Omar Mahmoud, Toman; Rapoport, Hillel; Steinmayr, Andreas; … - 2013

Migration contributes to the circulation of goods, knowledge, and ideas. Using community and individual-level data from Moldova, we show that the emigration episode that started in the late 1990s strongly affected political preferences and electoral outcomes in Moldova during the following...

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The golden hello and political transitions

Aidt, Toke; Albornoz, Facundo; Gassebner, Martin - 2012

We analyze the influence of IMF and World Bank programs on political regime transitions. We develop an extended version of Acemoglu and Robinson's [American Economic Review 91, 2001] model of political transitions to show how the anticipation of new loans from in-ternational financial...

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