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The Colonial and Geographic Origins of Comparative Development
Auer, Raphael - 2009
While the direct impact of geographic endowments on prosperity is present in all countries, in former colonies, geography has also affected colonization policies and, therefore, institutional outcomes. Using non-colonized countries as a control group, I develop an empirical strategy that...
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Institutions, taxation, and market relationships in ancient Athens
Lyttkens, Carl Hampus - 2008
democracy. Between 600 and 322 B.C., Athenian society underwent significant institutional change. Rule by a birth aristocracy …
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Globalization and Child Health in Developing Countries: The Role of Democracy
Welander, Anna; Lyttkens, Carl Hampus; Nilsson, Therese - 2014
variation across countries is the quality of democracy. Using panel data for 70 developing countries between 1970 and 2009 this … paper disentangles the relationship between globalization, democracy, and child health. Specifically the paper examines how … globalization and a country's democratic status and historical experience with democracy, respectively, affect infant mortality. In …
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Bowling for fascism: Social capital and the rise of the Nazi Party
Satyanath, Shanker; Voigtländer, Nico; Voth, Hans-Joachim - 2014
literature on its "dark side". We examine the role of social capital in the downfall of democracy in interwar Germany. We analyze … democracy. We also show that the effects of social capital were more important in the starting phase of the Nazi movement, and …
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God does not play dice, but people should: Random selection in politics, science and society
Frey, Bruno S.; Steiner, Lasse - 2014
This paper discusses and proposes random selection as a component in decision-making in society. Random procedures have played a significant role in history, especially in classical Greece and the medieval city-states of Italy. We examine the important positive features of decisions by random...
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Scale of institutional public procurement of food in Brazil
Schwengber, Rovane Battaglin; Ribeiro, Eduardo Pontual; … - 2015
A majority of people living in rural areas depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Investing in smallholder farming can be a sustainable way to revitalise agricultural production based on local and diverse food systems. Inclusive agricultural growth has the potential to reduce rural...
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Taxation and distribution of income in Brazil: New evidence from personal income tax data
Gobetti, Sérgio Wulff; Orair, Rodrigo Octávio - 2016
This paper presents a critical analysis of income and profit taxes in Brazil, demonstrating how measures adopted in the 1980s and 1990s, as a result of mainstream recommendations, hindered the redistributive role of taxes in the country. Investigation of tax data reveals a high degree of income...
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Does Immigration into Their Neighborhoods Incline Voters Toward the Extreme Right? The Case of the Freedom Party of Austria
Halla, Martin; Wagner, Alexander F.; Zweimüller, Josef - 2012
This paper explores one potentially important channel through which immigration may drive support for extreme right-wing parties: the presence of immigrants in one's neighborhood. We study the case of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). Under the leadership of Jörg Haider, this party increased...
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Satisfaction with Democracy and Collective Action Problems: The Case of the Environment
Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich; Wagner, Alexander - 2008
satisfied with the way democracy works in their country if more environmental policies are in place and if environmental quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294929
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Punjab's agricultural innovation challenge
Singh, Nirvikar - 2015
Fifty years ago, Punjab embarked on its famous Green Revolution, leading the rest of India in that innovation, and becoming the country's breadbasket. Now its economy and society are struggling by relative, and sometimes even absolute, measures. Using the original Green Revolution as a...
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