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Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts

Fonseca, Mariana Lopes da; Baskaran, Thushyanthan - 2015

data as measured by orbital satellites and conflict data spatially mapped to latitude and longitude coordinates. Using a … fighting declines significantly once a conflict begins; neighboring countries also experience large negative effects. The …

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Secularization and long-run economic growth

Strulik, Holger - 2015 - Revised Version: March 2015

This paper integrates a simple theory of identity choice into a framework of endogenous economic growth to explain how secularization can be both cause and consequence of economic development. A secular identity allows an individual to derive more pleasure from consumption than religious...

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Geography vs. institutions at the village level

Grimm, Michael (contributor); Klasen, Stephan (contributor) - 2008

There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … institutions and found that this supported their line of reasoning. We believe there is value-added to consider this debate at the … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …

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The team allocator game : allocation power in public goods games

Karakostas, Alexandros; Kocher, Martin; Matzat, Dominik; … - 2021

We analyze linear, weakest-link and best-shot public goods games in which a distinguished team member, the team allocator, has property rights over the benefits from the public good and can distribute them among team members. These team allocator games are intended to capture natural asymmetries...

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Knowledge and growth in the very long run

Strulik, Holger - 2012 - This Version: November 2012

This paper proposes a theory for the gradual evolution of knowledge diffusion and growth over the very long run. A feedback mechanism between capital accumulation and the ease of knowledge diffusion explains a long epoch of (quasi-) stasis and an epoch of high growth linked by a gradual economic...

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The great divergence : a network approach

Lindner, Ines; Strulik, Holger - 2014

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth in which countries are connected by a network of mutual knowledge exchange. Growth is generated through human capital accumulation and knowledge externalities. The available knowledge in any country depends on its connections to the rest of...

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Innovation and inequality in a small world

Lindner, Ines; Strulik, Holger - 2017

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth and R&Ddriven technological progress in which countries are connected by a network of knowledge exchange. Technological progress in any country depends on the state of technology in the countries it exchanges knowledge with. The diffusion of...

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State dependence in the finance-growth nexus : a functional coefficient approach

Herwartz, Helmut; Yabibal Mulualem Walle - 2013

Noting that "one size does not fit all" in the case of the finance-growth (FG) nexus, a growing body of literature has recently focused on uncovering economic conditions under which financial development could be beneficial (detrimental) to economic development. We look into these conditions by...

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Desire and development

Strulik, Holger - 2016

This paper explores the impact of gender differences in the desire for sex and the distribution of power in the household on the onset of the demographic transition and the take-off to growth. Depending on the price and efficacy of modern contraceptives, the gender wage gap, and female...

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Religiosity and income : a panel cointegration and causality analysis

Herzer, Dierk; Strulik, Holger - 2013

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