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Is transparency an anti-corruption myth?

Murray, Cameron K.; Frijters, Paul; Schaffner, Markus - 2017

We look at the effect of transparency on the incidence of costly back-scratching in a laboratory setting by … transparency. A plausible story that fits our results is that there may be two countervailing forces at play. First, more rapid … policy makers about the limits of transparency in curtailing "grey" types of corruption. …

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The role of demographics in precipitating crises in financial institutions

Macunovich, Diane J. - 2009

There are significant effects of changing demographics on economic indicators: growth in GDP especially, but also the current account balance and gross capital formation. The 15-24 age group appears to be one of the key age groups in these effects, with increases in that age group exerting...

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Laws and norms

Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - 2012

This paper analyzes how private decisions and public policies are shaped by personal and societal preferences ("values"), material or other explicit incentives ("laws") and social sanctions or rewards ("norms"). It first examines how honor, stigma and social norms arise from individuals'...

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The role of constitutions on poverty : a cross-national investigation

Minkler, Lanse; Prakash, Nishith - 2015

In this paper we use novel historical data on economics and social rights from the constitutions of 201 countries and an instrument variable strategy to answer two important questions. First, do economic and social rights provisions in constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of...

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Access to justice and entrepreneurship : evidence from Brazil's special civil tribunals

Lichand, Guilherme; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2011

Entrepreneurship is usually identified as an important determinant of aggregate productivity and long-term growth. The determinants of entrepreneurship, nevertheless, are not entirely understood. A recent literature has linked entrepreneurship to the development of the justice system. This paper...

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Ancestral norms, legal origins, and female empowerment

Brodeur, Abel; Mabeu, Marie Christelle; Pongou, Roland - 2020

A large literature documents persistent impacts of formal historical institutions. However, very little is known about how these institutions interact with ancestral traditions to determine long-term economic and social outcomes. This paper addresses this question by studying the persistent...

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