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Institutions, trade and development : a quantitative analysis
Beverelli, Cosimo; Keck, Alexander; Larch, Mario; … - 2018
We propose and apply methods to quantify the impact of national institutions on international trade and development. We are able to identify the direct impact of country-specific institutions on international trade within the structural gravity framework. Our approach naturally addresses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011800710
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egalité? : a survey of the empirical evidence on the links between political democracy and income inequality
Grâdšṭayn, Marq; Milanović, Branko - 2000
between other measures of democracy, based on civil liberties and political rights, and inequality. The transition experience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781532
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Determinants of human development : capturing the role of institutions
Binder, Michael; Georgiadis, Georgios - 2011
In this paper, we study development in a panel of 87 countries from 1970 to 2005. We focus on characterizing … as measured by GDP to that measured by the Human Development Index (HDI). We do so within a novel dynamic panel modelling … institutional quality. -- human development ; institutions ; dynamic panel modelling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011991
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How economic growth impinges on income inequalities?
Alves, José; Coelho, José Carlos; Roxo, Alexandre - 2022
Performing a panel data analysis for OECD countries, during the period between 1990 and 2019, this article investigates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013473321
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The rule of law : measurement and deep roots
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2015
of law. As theory on this specific question is scarce and the rule of law is closely associated with income levels, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406570
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Trade openness and income inequality : new empirical evidence
Dorn, Florian; Fuest, Clemens; Potrafke, Niklas - 2021
We examine how trade openness influences income inequality within countries. The sample includes 139 countries over the period 1970-2014. We employ predicted openness as instrument to deal with the endogeneity of trade openness. The effect of trade openness on income inequality differs across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599018
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Globalization and income inequality revisited
Dorn, Florian; Fuest, Clemens; Potrafke, Niklas - 2018
This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the period 1970-2014 and employ an IV approach to deal with the endogeneity of globalization measures. We find that the link between globalization and income inequality differs across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011789164
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Inequality, well-being and institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
Oberoi, Jaideep; Ahsan, Syed - 2003
This paper focuses on the role of institutions in the fight against poverty and inequality. Our view of institutions encompasses formal rules designed by polity (including those in the legal and economics sphere such as rules of property rights, contracts and liabilities) as well as informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514135
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Political capitalism : the interaction between income inequality, economic freedom and democracy
Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2015
In this contribution we study the relationship between income inequality and economic freedom for a panel of 100 … countries for the 1971-2010 period. From a panel causality study we find that income inequality has a negative causal effect on …, competition and protecting its rents. Running a series of dynamic panel estimations, we show that the negative effect of income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411131
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Do labor market institutions influence suicide mortality? : an international panel data analysis
Breuer, Christian; Rottmann, Horst - 2014
We examine the economic and social determinants of suicide mortality in a panel of 25 OECD countries over the period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375378