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Divide and Rule or the Rule of the Divided? Evidence from Africa
Michalopoulos, Stelios - 2011
We investigate jointly the importance of contemporary country-level institutional structures and local ethnic-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial distribution of African ethnicities before colonization...
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Emigration During the French Revolution : Consequences in the Short and Longue Durée
Franck, Raphael - 2017
During the French Revolution, more than 100,000 individuals, predominantly supporters of the Old Regime, fled France. As a result, some areas experienced a significant change in the composition of the local elites whereas in others the pre-revolutionary social structure remained virtually...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945603
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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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Federal Tax Policy Towards Energy
Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2007
On Aug. 8, 2005, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PL 109-58). This was the first major piece of energy legislation enacted since 1992 following five years of Congressional efforts to pass energy legislation. Among other things, the law contains tax incentives worth over $14...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778276
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Demand and Pricing in Electricity Markets : Evidence from San Diego During California'S Energy Crisis
Reiss, Peter C.; White, Matthew W. - 2021
We study the electricity consumption of San Diego-area households following a series of price changes and related events during California's energy crisis in 2000-01. The analysis uses a five-year panel of disaggregate billing and weather data for a random sample of 70,000 households. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013248389
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Global Energy Outlook 2015
Newell, Richard G. - 2016
China and India. Most projections show energy demand growing as much or more in absolute terms to 2040 than previous multi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996882
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Social Protection and Economic Development : Are the Poorest Being Lifted-Up or Left-Behind?
Ravallion, Martin - 2018
Standard measures of poverty may reveal nothing about whether the poorest of the poor are being lifted-up or left …
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Death and Development
Lorentzen, Peter L.; McMillan, John; Wacziarg, Romain T. - 2021
better health care implies that mortality could be the source of a poverty trap. In our regressions, adult mortality explains …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013235625
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The Knowledge Trap : Human Capital and Development Reconsidered
Jones, Benjamin F. - 2014
shallow knowledge. This simple idea can inform cross-country income differences, international trade patterns, poverty traps …
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African Poverty is Falling...Much Faster than You Think!
Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - 2013
The conventional wisdom that Africa is not reducing poverty is wrong. Using the methodology of Pinkovskiy and Sala …-i-Martin (2009), we estimate income distributions, poverty rates, and inequality and welfare indices for African countries for the … period 1970-2006. We show that: (1) African poverty is falling and is falling rapidly; (2) if present trends continue, the …
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