firms where government subsidizes entry of domestic entrepreneurs. Under autarky the entry subsidy indirectly corrects for …

them, or raise health awareness along with providing information on the universal cash-back LPG subsidy program or a … financial constraints and the importance of the design of public subsidy schemes in inducing regular usage of clean fuels. …

In this paper, we examine possible types of network formation among immigrants in the diaspora and between those … network structure on the country of origin, such as on international trade. We find that when the size of the diaspora is …

strength of a network by its likelihood of providing a job offer. Using a theoretical model we show that the wage differential … in jobs found using networks versus those found using formal channels, decreases as the network becomes stronger. We … verify this result for recent immigrants to Canada for whom a strong network is captured by the presence of a 'close tie …

) embedded in a network have to decide how much effort they exert in some activity (say education). We show that the more central … minority agents are in the social network, the more they assimilate to the majority culture. We also show that denser networks … tend to favor assimilation so that, for example, it is easier to assimilate in a complete network than in a star …

set to show how network characteristics vary across political systems. We provide results from more than 150 countries and … show how the format of the network tends to reflect the extent of democratisation of each country. We also outline further …