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Fast-track institution building in conflict-affected countries? : insights from recent field experiments
King, Elisabeth; Samii, Cyrus - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 64 (2014), pp. 740-754
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010489155
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Rebel Governance and Development : The Persistent Effects of Guerrillas in El Salvador
Bandiera, Antonella; Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Jimenez, Juan … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
displaced state authorities and promoted the creation of self-governing institutions that embodied local values and openly … state. Our results suggest that community institutions in guerrilla-controlled areas led to enduring land fragmentation and … disengagement with the government. We argue that when non-state actors develop alternative governance institutions, they can lead to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388844
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Linking economic complexity, institutions, and income inequality
Hartmann, Dominik; Guevara, Miguel R.; Jara-Figueroa, … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 93 (2017), pp. 75-93
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011751964
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Zero-Sum Thinking, the Evolution of Effort-Suppressing Beliefs, and Economic Development
Carvalho, Jean-Paul; Bergeron, Augustin; Henrich, Joseph; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the evolution of belief systems that suppress productive effort. These include concerns about the envy of others, beliefs in the importance of luck for success, disdain for competitive effort, and traditional beliefs in witchcraft. We show that such demotivating beliefs can evolve when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372420
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COVID-19 and conflict
Bloem, Jeffrey R.; Salemi, Colette - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 140 (2021), pp. 1-9
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012696937
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External arms embargoes and their implications for government expenditure, democracy and internal conflict
Dizaji, Sajjad Faraji; Murshed, Syed Mansoob - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 173 (2024), pp. 1-17
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015072410
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Understanding Transitory Rainfall Shocks, Economic Growth and Civil Conflict
Miguel, Edward - 2010
negatively related to civil conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. In the reduced form regression they find that higher rainfall is … associated with less conflict. Ciccone (2010) claims that this conclusion is 'erroneous' and argues that higher rainfall levels … are actually linked to more conflict. In this paper we show that the results in Ciccone's paper are based on incorrect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462196
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Political violence and endogenous growth
Humphreys, Macartan - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 159 (2022), pp. 1-8
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013554819
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On the Importance of African Traditional Religion for Economic Behavior
Butinda, Lewis Dunia; Lameke, Aimable Amani; Nunn, Nathan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Within the field of economics, despite being widespread, African traditional religions tend to be perceived as unimportant and ignored when studying economic decision-making. This study tests whether this presumption is correct. Using daily data on business decisions and performance of beer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322817
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Measuring governance : why do errors matter?
Magnusson, Leandro M.; Tarverdi, Yashar - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 136 (2020), pp. 1-16
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550226