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Ethnic inequality and economic growth : evidence from harmonized satellite data
Gründler, Klaus; Link, Andreas - 2024
Inequality between ethnic groups has been shown to be negatively related to GDP, but research on its effect on contemporary economic growth is limited by the availability of comparable data. We compile a novel and comprehensive dataset of harmonized Gini indices on ethnic inequality for...
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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
institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012508730
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Was Weber wrong? : a human capital theory of protestant economic history
Becker, Sascha O. (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003497633
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Market integration as a mechanism of growth
Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol H. - 2016
In what sense are institutions a deep determinant of growth? In this paper, we address this question by examining the relationship between city growth and institutional reform in 19th century Germany, when some cities experienced deep institutional reform as a result of French rule. Employing an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011536166
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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 … unprecedented growth and economic development-PRC and India became the second and fourth largest economies of the world … from US$341 in 1990 to US$4,421 in 2010 whereas India posted a four times growth from US$384 in 1990 to US$1,342 in 2010 …
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Delays in public goods
Chatterjee, Santanu; Posch, Olaf; Wesselbaum, Dennis - 2017
In this paper, we analyze the consequences of delays and cost overruns typically associated with the provision of public infrastructure in the context of a growing economy. Our results indicate that uncertainty about the arrival of public capital can more than offset its positive spillovers for...
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The signaling role of corporate social responsibility
Blumḳin, Tomer; Margaliyot, Yoram; Sharoni, Adi - 2014
We examine the role of CSR as a mechanism for private provision of public goods. We argue that corporations are using CSR to signal high product quality and demonstrate that signaling gives rise to an excessive level of contributions that offsets the positive externality, which causes the...
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How deep are the roots of economic development?
Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain - 2012
analysis of ever deeper, more fundamental factors, rooted in long-term history. A growing body of new empirical work focuses on …
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Engineering growth : innovative capacity and development in the Americas
Maloney, William F.; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - 2017
This paper offers the first systematic historical evidence on the role of a central actor in modern growth theory - the engineer. It collects cross-country and state level data on the labor share of engineers for the Americas, and county level data on engineering and patenting for the US during...
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All or nothing : state capacity and optimal public goods provision
Bierbrauer, Felix; Winkelmann, Justus - 2018
We study the provision of public goods. Different public goods can be bundled provided there is enough capacity, i.e. resources to pay for all the public goods in the bundle. The analysis focuses on the all-or-nothing-mechanism: Expand provision as much as resource feasible if no one vetoes -...
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