worldwide level, in a trade liberalisation scenario. Our model has economic geography foundations: transport costs affect the …

highlighted in literature: institutions and geography. However, it remains controversial as to which of these two is more … important. The “Institutions school” assigns primal importance to institutions, whereas the “Geography school” considers … hypotheses. It concludes in favour of the Institutions hypothesis as the Geography school does not provide a consistent story of …

collection, in geography and in measurement intervals seriously hinder rigorous cross-national comparisons. We supplement data … Courgeau's k (Courgeau 1973) provides a powerful mechanism to transcend differences in statistical geography. Our results …

In this paper we present a model integrating characteristics of the New Economic Geography, the theory of endogenous …

This paper examines the role of long standing institutions – identified through geography, disease ecology, colonial … institutions. Some of the other measures of climate and geography as well as those of colonial legacy are important as long as we … spending on health and education; fertility rates; and measures of health infrastructure, the importance of geography and …

implementation of national health policies, or more favorable geography. The paper uses micro level data for children under five to … geography – best explains Ghana’s mortality advantage. The results of the analysis indicate that wealth variables are not able … to explain any of the child mortality variation between Ghana and its neighbors. Geography and health policy variables …

relocation processes in automobile components suppliers. These factors help explain changes in production geography in the sector …