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Divide and conquer : noisy communication in networks, power, and wealth distribution
Pérez Oviedo, Wilson - 2004
In a society composed of a ruler and its citizens: what are the determinants of the political equilibrium between these two? This paper approaches this problem as a game played between a ruler who has to decide the distribution of the aggregate income and a group of agents/citizens who have the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600156
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Effort provision and incentivisation in tullock group-contests with many groups : an explicit characterisation
Bosco, Davide; Gilli, Mario - 2024
We study effort provision and incentivisation in a Tullock group-contest with m ≥ 2 groups that differ in size. A novel algorithmic procedure is presented that, under a symmetry assumption, explicitly characterises the equilibrium. Endogenous, optimal incentivisation schemes are then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014552943
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Oil revenues, ethnic fragmentation and political transition of authoritarian regimes
Cologni, Alessandro; Manera, Matteo - 2012
nations. -- Natural Resources ; Rentier States ; Conflict and Endogenous Political Regimes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535530
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Growth after war in Syria
Devadas, Sharmila; Elbadawi, Ibrahim; Loayza, Norman - 2019
of the impact of conflict point to negative gross domestic product (GDP) growth of -12 percent on average over 2011 …-18, resulting in a GDP contraction to about one-third of the 2010 level. In post-conflict simulation scenarios, the growth drivers … stable resolution of the conflict is achieved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012113903
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The role of historical malaria in institutions and contemporary economic development
Gooch, Elizabeth; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; Yedgenov, … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012594317
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Institutions do not rule : reassessing the driving forces of economic development
Wen, Yi; Luo, Jinfeng - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010518018
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Religious organizations
Levy, Gilat; Razin, Ronny - 2010 - This version: November 2009
beliefs and participation, the relation between the size of the religion and the intensity of its members’ beliefs, religious … segregation and religious conflicts. -- Economics of Religion ; Religion ; Organizations ; Beliefs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008729434
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Institutions and the environment : existing evidence and future directions
Dasgupta, Shouro; De Cian, Enrica - 2016
institutions and governance on environmental policy, environmental outcomes, and investments. The paper describes how the … relationship between institutions and various response variables related to environmental performance and environmental policy have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485706
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Actors, decision-making, and institutions in quantitative system modelling
De Cian, Enrica; Dasgupta, Shouro; Hof, Andries F.; … - 2017
Increasing the realism with respect to the representation of actors, decision-making, and institutions is critical to … better understand the transition towards a low-carbon sustainable society since actors, decision-making, and institutions are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715004
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Political concentration, religious diversity and human development : evidence from Indian states
Mukherjee, Shrabani; Jadhav, Vivek Sharadadevi - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226519