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Trends in Regional Inequality in China
Jian, Tianlun; Sachs, Jeffrey D.; Warner, Andrew M. - 2021
Several recent studies have examined the tendency of regions within a nation to exhibit long-term convergence in per capita income levels. Barro and Sala-i-Martin (1991, 1992, 1995) have found a tendency towards convergence among the U.S. states, among Japanese prefectures, and among regions...
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Young, Restless and Creative : Openness to Disruption and Creative Innovations
Acemoglu, Daron - 2015
This paper argues that openness to new, unconventional and disruptive ideas has a first-order impact on creative innovations-innovations that break new ground in terms of knowledge creation. After presenting a motivating model focusing on the choice between incremental and radical innovation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034169
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The Incidence of Geography on Canada's Services Trade
Anderson, James E. - 2011
We estimate geographic barriers to export trade in nine service categories for Canada's provinces from 1997 to 2007 using the structural gravity model. Constructed Home, Domestic and Foreign Bias indexes (the last two new) capture the direct plus indirect effect of services trade costs on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117890
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The "Out of Africa" Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development
Ashraf, Quamrul H. - 2011
This research argues that deep-rooted factors, determined tens of thousands of years ago, had a significant effect on the course of economic development from the dawn of human civilization to the contemporary era. It advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122467
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How Deep are the Roots of Economic Development?
Spolaore, Enrico - 2012
The empirical literature on economic growth and development has moved from the study of proximate determinants to the analysis of ever deeper, more fundamental factors, rooted in long-term history. A growing body of new empirical work focuses on the measurement and estimation of the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105459
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Development, Structure, and Transformation : Some Evidence on Comparative Economic Growth
McCord, Gordon C. - 2013
that geography's effects on development occurred exclusively through its effects on this historical institutional … in the natural resource base and physical geography (e.g. distance to coast), and by the amplification of those … differences through the dynamics of saving and investment. We posit that the drivers of economic development include institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074652
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Ruggedness : The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa
Nunn, Nathan - 2009
There is controversy about whether geography matters mainly because of its contemporaneous impact on economic outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160340
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The Geography of Development : Evaluating Migration Restrictions and Coastal Flooding
Desmet, Klaus - 2015
We study the relationship between geography and growth. To do so, we first develop a dynamic spatial growth theory with … realistic geography. We characterize the model and its balanced growth path and propose a methodology to analyze equilibria with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024510
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Production Networks, Geography and Firm Performance
Bernard, Andrew B. - 2015
This paper examines the importance of buyer-supplier relationships, geography and the structure of the production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024518
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Geography and Economic Development
Gallup, John Luke; Sachs, Jeffrey D.; Mellinger, Andrew D. - 2021
which geography may matter directly for growth, controlling for economic policies and institutions, as well as the effects … of geography on policy choices and institutions. We find that location and climate have large effects on income levels …This paper addresses the complex relationship between geography and macroeconomic growth. We investigate the ways in …
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