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Exposing Corruption : Can Electoral Competition Discipline Politicians?

Afridi, Farzana - 2016

political competition is too high or too low. We first build a simple game theoretic model to capture the effect of electoral … competition on corruption. We show that in equilibrium, corruption has a U-shaped relationship with electoral competition. If the … election is safe for the incumbent (low competition) or if it is extremely fragile (high competition) then corruption is higher …

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Habemus Papam? Polarization and Conflict in the Papal States

Pino, Francisco - 2020

We study the effect of divisions within the elite on the probability of internal conflict in the Papal States between 1295 and 1846. We assemble a new database using information on cardinals that participated in conclaves during this period, and construct measures of polarization and...

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Monotheism (from a Sociopolitical and Economic Perspective)

Iyigun, Murat - 2007

The Axial Age, which lasted between 800 B. C. E. and 200 B. C. E., covers an era in which the spiritual foundations of humanity were laid simultaneously and independently in various geographic areas, and all three major monotheisms of Judaism, Christianity and Islam were born between 1200 B. C....

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Cultures, Clashes and Peace

Fletcher, Erin - 2009

Ethnic and religious fractionalization have important effects on economic growth and development, but their role in internal violent conflicts has been found to be negligible and statistically insignificant. These findings have been invoked in refutation of the Huntington hypothesis, according...

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Military Spending and Innovation : Learning from 19th Century World Fair Exhibition Data

Danzer, Alexander; Danzer, Natalia; Feuerbaum, Carsten - 2023

We provide quantitative evidence on the relationship between military spending and innovation in the 19th century. Combining innovation data from world fairs and historical military data across Europe, we show that national military spending is associated with national innovation towards war...

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Risk, Institutions and Growth : Why England and Not China?

Greif, Avner - 2011

We analyze the role of risk-sharing institutions in transitions to modern economies. Transitions requires individual-level risk-taking in pursuing productivity-enhancing activities including using and developing new knowledge. Individual-level, idiosyncratic risk implies that distinct...

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Norms, Culture and Local Infrastructure : Evidence from a Decentralised Economy

Pal, Sarmistha - 2010

Culture as reflected in social and religious norms may be pivotal to social organization in a decentralised economy where local authorities are responsible for the provision of local public goods. We distinguish between individualist and collectivist cultures to argue that collectivist culture...

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Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development : In and Out of Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella - 2011

This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but also for the role of history and institutional development. After reporting results from...

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Fiscal Decentralisation, Local Institutions and Public Goods Provision : Evidence from Indonesia

Pal, Sarmistha - 2012

Using data from the Indonesian Family Life Surveys, this paper studies the impact of fiscal decentralisation in Indonesia on local public spending across communities with different types of local institutions. Our results provide evidence of heterogeneity in access to public goods across...

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Constitutions and Economic Development : Evidence from the American Indian Nations

Akee, Randall - 2012

This paper presents an empirical examination of economic and institutional development. Utilizing a novel data set on American Indian tribal nations, we investigate how constitutional design affects economic development, while holding the broader legal and political environment fixed....

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