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Mauritius : African Success Story
Frankel, Jeffrey A. - 2010
-enhancing policies, which can in turn be attributed to sound institutions. But from where did the institutions come? Mauritius chose well … escape the ethnic conflict that arises when one group is indigenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462088
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The Natural Resource Curse : A Survey
Frankel, Jeffrey A. - 2010
manufacturing, civil war, poor institutions, and the Dutch Disease. Skeptics have questioned the Natural Resource Curse, pointing to …. The paper concludes with a consideration of institutions and policies that some commodity-producers have tried, in efforts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462796
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An Elaborated Global Climate Policy Architecture : Specific Formulas and Emission Targets for All Countries in All Decades
Frankel, Jeffrey A. - 2009
This paper analyzes a detailed plan to set quantitative national limits on emissions of greenhouse gases, following along the lines of the Kyoto Protocol. It is designed to fill in the most serious gaps: the absence of targets extending as far as 2100, the absence of participation by the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463771
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Is Trade Good or Bad for the Environment? Sorting Out the Causality
Frankel, Jeffrey A. - 2002
What is the effect of trade on a country's environment, for a given level of GDP? Some have observed an apparent positive correlation between openness to trade and measures of environmental quality. But this could be due to endogeneity of trade, rather than causality. This paper uses exogenous...
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