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Inequality, democracy, institutional quality, and fiscal redistribution
Chong, Alberto; Gradstein, Mark - 2007
This paper studies the joint effect of economic and political inequalities on redistributive taxation and institutional quality. The theoretical model suggests that income inequality, coupled with political bias in favor of the rich, decreases redistribution and lowers institutional quality. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278272
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Regional stabilization by fiscal equalization? : Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence from Germany
Büttner, Thiess - 1999
In the context of EMU fiscal equalization schemes have been proposed as a means to stabilize regions against asymmetric shocks. A theoretical analysis shows that besides reducing the cross-sectional income variance the redistributive element of fiscal equalization causes incentive effects for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428245
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Accumulation and Productivity Growth in Industrializing Economies
Robertson, Peter E.; Landon-Lane, John S. - 2003
Historically, episodes of rapid growth are accompanied by significant structural change. In this paper we therefore aim to quantify the extent to which factor accumulation induces structural change and productivity growth in industrializing economies. To fix ideas we present an extension of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263207
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A conceptual framework for measuring airline business model convergence
Daft, Jost; Albers, Sascha - 2012
structures and, based on this conceptualization, for assessing the potential convergence of airline business models over time is … of business models can be supported. This paper extends the mostly qualitative and anecdotal literature on convergence in … the airline industry and provides a platform for further empirical convergence studies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010309615
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Local networks and regional development : features and perspectives
Nicolini, Rosella - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001492518
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Regional growth and regional decline
Breinlich, Holger; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Temple, … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009777644
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Promiscuous elites and economic development
Brezis, Elise S. - 2012
This paper analyzes the interconnection between elites and its effects on economic growth. For decades, the bureaucratic elite has been joining the business elite after leaving office, and this in growing numbers. This relationship has been termed the revolving door in English, pantouflage in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335988
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Growing into and out of Social Conflict
Harms, Philipp; Zink, Stefan - 2002
We present a model of growth and distributional conflict that implies a non-monotonic relationship between average wealth and the likelihood of radical redistribution: while the net benefits of redistribution for members of the poor class are small at low stages of development, a shift towards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430034
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Climatic fluctuations and the diffusion of agriculture
Ashraf, Quamrul; Michalopoulos, Stelios - 2013
This research examines variations in the diffusion of agriculture across countries and archaeological sites. The theory suggests that a society´s history of climatic shocks shaped the timing of its adoption of farming. Specifically, as long as climatic disturbances did not lead to a collapse of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420257
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Natural selection and the origin of economic growth
Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - 2000
This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and economic growth since the emergence of the human species. This uni…ed theory encompasses the observed evolution of population, technology and income per capita in the long...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318963