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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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From institutions to financial development and growth : what are the links?
Fernández, Andrés; Tamayo, César E. - 2015
This paper presents an integrated overview of the literature linking institutions, financial development and economic … impact of institutions on growth through financial development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011290078
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In search of larger per capita incomes : how to prioritize across productivity determinants?
Izquierdo, Alejandro; Llopis, Jimena; Muratori, Umberto; … - 2016
This study is a first contribution to prioritization across productivity determinant capabilities that attempts to obtain the equivalent of a "shadow price" for each of these capabilities by estimating their impact on the success a country may have in reaching higher income per capita groups....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457783
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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
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Networks of military alliances, wars, and international trade
Jackson, Matthew O.; Nei, Stephen - 2014 - Draft: February 2014
We investigate the role of networks of military alliances in preventing or encouraging wars between groups of countries. A country is vulnerable to attack if there is some fully-allied group of countries that can defeat that country and its (remaining) allies based on a function of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350454
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Oil and civil conflict : on and off (shore)
Andersen, Jørgen Juel; Nordvik, Frode Martin; Tesei, Andrea - 2017
We reconsider the relationship between oil and conflict, focusing on the location of oil resources. In a panel of 132 … countries over the period 1962-2009, we show that oil windfalls increase the probability of conflict in onshore-rich countries …, while they decrease this probability in offshore-rich countries. We use a simple model of conflict to illustrate how these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596256
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The making of policy : institutionalized or not?
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Tommasi, Mariano - 2009
to be countervailing forces, and will both occur in polities with weaker political institutions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247930
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Mothers at peace : international peacebuilding and post-conflict fertility
Bove, Vincenzo; Di Salvatore, Jessica; Elia, Leandro; … - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014227822
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Coronavirus-lockdowns, secondary effects and sustainable exit-strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa
Frempong, Raymond Boadi; Stadelmann, David; Wild, Frederik - 2020
citizens in Sub-Saharan Africa have limited economic resources compared to more developed economies, and (3) weak institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242006
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Sharing R&D investments in breakthrough technologies to control climate change
Rubio, Santiago J. - 2016
This paper examines international cooperation on technological development as an alternative to international cooperation on GHG emission reductions. In order to analyze the scope of cooperation, a three-stage technology agreement formation game is solved. First, countries decide whether or not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451142