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Development, Structure, and Transformation : Some Evidence on Comparative Economic Growth
McCord, Gordon C. - 2013
We suggest that the geographical patterns of income differences across the world have deep underpinnings. We emphasize that economic development is a complex process driven by economic, political, social, and biophysical forces. Some economists have argued that the patterns reflect mainly the...
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The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A. - 2014
Africa and Sweden to illustrate that inequality dynamics cannot be understood without embedding economic factors in the …
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Institutional Comparative Statics
Robinson, James A.; Torvik, Ragnar - 2011
Why was the Black Death followed by the decline of serfdom in Western Europe but its' intensification in Eastern Europe? What explains why involvement in Atlantic trade in the Early Modern period was positively correlated with economic growth in Britain but negatively correlated in Spain? Why...
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China : An Institutional View of an Unusual Macroeconomy
Dollar, David - 2014
China presents several macroeconomic patterns that appear inconsistent with standard stylized facts about economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013062078
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How Durable are Social Norms? Immigrant Trust and Generosity in 132 Countries
Helliwell, John F. - 2014
footprint effects for immigrants' confidence in political institutions. Taken together, these findings support the notion that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013060154
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Fear of Sudden Stops : Lessons from Australia and Chile
Caballero, Ricardo J.; Cowan, Kevin; Kearns, Jonathan - 2021
vulnerability, drawing lessons from a detailed comparison of the response of Chile and Australia to recent external shocks and from … useful to identify and then distinguish between two inter-related dimensions of investors' confidence: country-trust and … to improve along these two dimensions of investors' confidence in the medium run, and policies to reduce the impact of …
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The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2010
An emerging economic literature over the past decade has made use of international tests of educational achievement to analyze the determinants and impacts of cognitive skills. The cross-country comparative approach provides a number of unique advantages over national studies: It can exploit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144162
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Geographic Barriers to Commodity Price Integration : Evidence from Us Cities and Swedish Towns, 1732-1860
Crucini, Mario J. - 2015
We study the role of distance and time in statistically explaining price dispersion for 14 commodities from 1732 to 1860. The prices are reported for US cities and Swedish market towns, so we can compare international and intranational dispersion. Distance and commodity-specific fixed effects...
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Does Management Matter in Schools
Bloom, Nicholas - 2014
outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …
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Practical Monetary Policy : Examples from Sweden and the United States
Svensson, Lars E. O. - 2012
In the summer of 2010, the Federal Reserve's and the Swedish Riksbank's inflation forecasts were below the former's mandate-consistent rate and the latter's target, respectively, and their unemployment forecasts were above sustainable rates. Given the mandates of the Federal Reserve and the...
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