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Tourism and Economic Development : Evidence from Mexico's Coastline

Faber, Benjamin - 2016

Tourism is a fast-growing services sector in developing countries. This paper combines a rich collection of Mexican … consequences of tourism both locally and in the aggregate. We find that tourism causes large and significant local economic gains … regions, so that the national gains from trade in tourism are mainly driven by a classical market integration effect …

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When, Where, and Why? Early Industrialization in the Poor Periphery 1870-1940

Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2010

This paper documents industrial output and labor productivity growth around the poor periphery 1870-1940 (Latin America, the European periphery, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia). Intensive and extensive industrial growth accelerated there over these seven critical...

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The Spread of Manufacturing to the Poor Periphery 1870---2007

Bénétrix, Agustín S. - 2012

This paper documents industrial output growth around the poor periphery (Latin America, the European periphery, the Middle East and North Africa, Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa) between 1870 and 2007. We find that although the roots of rapid peripheral industrialization stretch into the late 19th...

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Can War Foster Cooperation?

Bauer, Michal - 2018

In the past decade, nearly 20 studies have found a strong, persistent pattern in surveys and behavioral experiments from over 40 countries: individual exposure to war violence tends to increase social cooperation at the local level, including community participation and prosocial behavior. Thus...

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Capitalism and Democracy in 2040 : Forecasts and Speculations

Fogel, Robert W. - 2010

While the economies of the fifteen countries that were in the European Union (EU15) in 2000 will continue to grow from now until 2040, they will not be able to match the surges in growth that will occur in South and East Asia. In 2040, the Chinese economy will reach $123 trillion, or nearly...

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Does Emigration Delay Political Change? Evidence from Italy During the Great Recession

Anelli, Massimo - 2016

Mobility within the European Union (EU) brings great opportunities and large overall benefits. Economically stagnant areas, however, may be deprived of talent through emigration, which may harm dynamism and delay political, and economic, change. A significant episode of emigration took place...

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Geography and Economic Development

Gallup, John Luke; Sachs, Jeffrey D.; Mellinger, Andrew D. - 2021

This paper addresses the complex relationship between geography and macroeconomic growth. We investigate the ways in 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...

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Human Capital and Regional Development

Gennaioli, Nicola - 2015

from 110 countries covering 74 percent of the world's surface and 96 percent of its GDP. We combine the cross …

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Diversity in Innovation

Gompers, Paul A. - 2017

In this paper we document the patterns of labor market participation by women and ethnic minorities in venture capital firms and as founders of venture capital-backed startups. We show that from 1990-2016 women have been less than 10% of the entrepreneurial and venture capital labor pool,...

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Global Benefits of Marine Protected Areas

Rising, James - 2014

Case studies suggest that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can be effective tools for fishery management. This study uses global datasets of MPAs and stock assessments to estimate the strength and robustness of their benefits. We apply multiple models, including a treatment-control pairing, a...

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