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Galor, Oded - 2014

This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...

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CEO Turnover and Foreign Market Participation

Blonigen, Bruce - 2003

Anecdotal evidence suggests that new CEOs with foreign backgrounds direct their firms to become more international in their operations. We examine this hypothesis formally using data on U.S. S&P-500 manufacturing firms from 1992 through 1997 and biographical information on CEOs' birth and...

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Ethnic Identification, Intermarriage, and Unmeasured Progress by Mexican Americans

Duncan, Brian - 2005

Using Census and CPS data, we show that U.S.-born Mexican Americans who marry non-Mexicans are substantially more educated and English proficient, on average, than are Mexican Americans who marry co-ethnics (whether they be Mexican Americans or Mexican immigrants). In addition, the non-Mexican...

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The Economic Value of Cultural Diversity : Evidence from US Cities

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. - 2004

What are the economic consequences to U.S. natives of the growing diversity of American cities? Is their productivity or utility affected by cultural diversity as measured by diversity of countries of birth of U.S. residents? We document in this paper a very robust correlation: US-born citizens...

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Implications of an Economic Theory of Conflict : Hindu-Muslim Violence in India

Mitra, Anirban - 2013

We model inter-group conflict driven by economic changes within groups. We show that if group incomes are low, increasing group incomes raises violence against that group, and lowers violence generated by it. We then apply the model to data on Hindu-Muslim violence in India. Our main result is...

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A Corporate Beauty Contest

Graham, John R. - 2010

that executive compensation is linked to these perceived "competence" ratings. Our analysis explores these findings in more …-facedness" of the CEO. That is, more mature looking CEOs are assigned higher "competence" scores. This finding is potentially …. Essentially, the "look" of competence says very little about effective competence …

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The Efficacy of Parochial Politics : Caste, Commitment, and Competence in Indian Local Governments

Munshi, Kaivan - 2008

with superior observed characteristics and with greater public good provision. This improvement in leadership competence …

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Hierarchies, Specialization, and the Utilization of Knowledge : Theory and Evidence from the Legal Services Industry

Garicano, Luis - 2004

What role do hierarchies play with respect to the organization of production and what determines their structure? We develop an equilibrium model of hierarchical organization, then provide empirical evidence using confidential data on thousands of law offices from the 1992 Census of Services....

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Bad Politicians

Caselli, Francesco - 2001

We present a simple theory of the quality (competence and honesty) of elected officials. Our theory offers four main … than those of high-quality citizens (competence), and/or because they reap higher returns from holding office (honesty …

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Why Did Putin Invade Ukraine? A Theory of Degenerate Autocracy

Egorov, Georgij V.; Sonin, Konstantin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

incumbent; with higher stakes, the incumbent puts more emphasis on loyalty than competence. Our theory sheds light on the …

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