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The process of economic development in West Sichuan : the case of Daocheng County
Holz, Carsten A. - 2020
Economic development of a remote, mountainous region is a challenge for any country. This paper examines how this development challenge has been addressed in a high-altitude backward region of the People's Republic of China. Is this region increasingly being left behind or has it entered a...
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Economic globalisation and Africa's quest for greener and more inclusive growth : the missing link
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Freytag, Andreas; Asongu, Simplice - 2023
This study examines the contingency and threshold effects of economic freedom in the economic globalisation (EG) and inclusive green growth (IGG) relationship in Africa. Based on macro data for 22 African countries and the Driscoll-Kraay standard errors with fixed effects instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014292764
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When is a state predatory?
Robinson, James A. - 1999
I argue that whether or not a state is predatory hinges on the relationship between development and the distribution of political power in society. Development is typically inconsistent with the preservation of the political status quo and this gives those who initially hold political power an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781676
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China and the World Bank : how contrasting development approaches affect the stability of African states
Gehring, Kai; Kaplan, Lennart; Wong, Melvin H. L. - 2019
China's development model challenges the approaches of traditional Western donors like the World Bank. We argue that both aim at stability, but differ in the norms propagated to achieve that. Using fixed effects and IV estimations, we analyze a broad range of subnational stability measures in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012104086
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Income inequality, capitalism and ethno-linguistic fractionalization
Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Haan, Jakob de - 2015 - Version 24 December 2014
We examine the relationship between capitalism and income inequality for a large sample of countries using an adjusted … economic freedom index as proxy for capitalism and Gini coefficients based on gross-income as proxy for income inequality. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010474859
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Political capitalism : the interaction between income inequality, economic freedom and democracy
Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2015
distribution) when inequality is high. We argue that the latter finding corresponds to a system of political capitalism or captured …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411131
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A beam of light : media, tourism & economic development
Nocito, Samuel; Sartarelli, Marcello; Sobbrio, Francesco - 2021
Tourism accounts for around one tenth of global GDP. We analyze the impact of entertainment media in drawing tourists … to filming locations (media multiplier ) and, in turn, the effect of tourism on local economic development (tourism … factor of 2.5. Furthermore, we provide evidence of positive spillovers in nearby municipalities. To estimate the tourism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510008
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The impact of China's "stadium diplomacy" on local economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lindlacher, Valentin; Pirich, Gustav - 2024
This study investigates the economic impact of China's "stadium diplomacy" in Sub-Saharan Africa. Exploiting the staggered timing of the construction in a difference-in-differences framework, we analyze the effect of Chinese-built and financed stadiums on local economic development. Employing...
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Does culture cause economic development? : a reassessment of the evidence from European regions
Edwards, Jeremy S. S. - 2012
This paper shows that Tabellini's recent claim to have provided evidence that culture has a causal effect on economic development is unjustified. Tabellini's claim is based on an instrumental variables analysis in which two instruments are used to identify the supposed causal effect. One of...
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Geography rules too! : Economic development and the geography of institutions
Bosker, Maarten (contributor); Garretsen, Harry (contributor) - 2006
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