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War and the international trading system in the twentieth century

Rockoff, Hugh - 2011

the twentieth century were dominated by the international gold standard. But as a result of World War I, this system was … replaced by the troubled gold exchange standards of the 1920s and 1930s. As a result of World War II the interwar system was … replaced in turn by the Bretton Woods system. And as a result of inflation of the late 1960s, produced in part by America's war …

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Migration and culture

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2010

Culture is not new to the study of migration. It has lurked beneath the surface for some time, occasionally protruding openly into the discussion, usually under some pseudonym. The authors bring culture into the open. They are concerned with how culture manifests itself in the migration process...

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Does the leader's ethnicity matter? Ethnic favoritism, education and health in Sub-Saharan Africa

Franck, Raphaël; Rainer, Ilia - 2012

In this paper we reassess the role of ethnic favoritism in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using data from 18 African countries, we study how primary education and infant mortality of ethnic groups were affected by changes in the ethnicity of the countries' leaders during the last fifty years. Our results...

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Comparative Essay on Returns to Education in Palestine and Turkey

Tansel, Aysit; Daoud, Yousef - 2011

This study exposes a comparative treatment of the private returns to education in Palestine and Turkey over the period 2004-2008. Comparable data, similar definitions and same methodology are used in the estimations. The estimates are provided first for average returns to education second for...

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History matters in microfinance

Seibel, Hans Dieter - 2003

institutions (MFIs). Every now developed country has its own history of microfinance. It is important to recognize this because it …

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The dynamic consequences of state-building: Evidence from the French Revolution

Chambru, Cédric; Henry, Emeric; Marx, Benjamin M. - 2022

How do radical reforms of the state shape economic development over time? In 1790, France's first Constituent Assembly overhauled the kingdom's organization to set up new administrative entities and local capitals. In a subset of departments, new capitals were chosen quasi-randomly as the...

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Ethnic fragmentation and police spending: social identity and a public good

Ajilore, Olugbenga; Smith, John - 2007

We present evidence that more ethnically fragmented communities spend, all else equal, more on police services than less fragmented communities. We introduce a model of spending on police services which we use to interpret the data. In this model, we assume that the decision to commit a crime is...

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Redistributive preferences, redistribution, and inequality: Evidence from a panel of OECD countries

Kuhn, Andreas - 2012

This paper describes individuals' inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences in a panel of OECD countries, primarily focusing on the association between these subjective measures and the effective level of inequality and redistribution. Not surprisingly, the...

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The Role of the Tripartite Audit Function in Securing Corporate Accountability

Porter, Brenda - 2012

This paper explores the questions of why corporate accountability arises and how it is discharged. It explains the relationship between corporate governance and accountability and the role of the audit function in securing corporate accountability. It also provides insights into changes...

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The Effect of Moving to a Territorial Tax System on Profit Repatriation : Evidence from Japan

Hasegawa, Makoto - 2017

In an increasingly globalized world, the design of international tax systems in terms of the taxation of foreign …

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