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Norm prevalence and interdependence: Evidence from a large-scale historical survey of German speaking villages

Holler, Radost; Schäfer, Paul - 2021

We use large-scale survey data of German speaking villages from the 1930's to investigate drivers of cooperation, gender, and religious norms. Through geographic cluster analysis, we show that inter-regional variation explains only little heterogeneity in norms. Villages in the same physical and...

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A new way to link development to institutions, policies and geography

Basu, Sudip Ranjan - 2008

The paper aims to examine the role of institutions relative to economic policy and geography in explaining the … that (i) higher level of IQI along with economic policy and geography factors lead to a positive improvement in the level … of DQI; and (ii) results remain robust for IQI and relatively robust for economic policy and geography even when it is …

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Institution and development revisited: A nonparametric approach

Basu, Sudip Ranjan; Das, Monica - 2008

The paper uses nonparametric methodology to examine the role of institutions in understanding differential levels of development across countries. This technique estimates first order derivatives for every country allowing a deeper look into the impact of institutions on development. The...

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