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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 …
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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 …
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citizens in Sub-Saharan Africa have limited economic resources compared to more developed economies, and (3) weak institutions … may increase substantially due to lockdowns, (2) economic effects of lockdowns affect the region more negatively because …
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those that are relatively close to the major global financial centers. This points to both political and economic conditions …
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implications for economic development. Using National Accounts Statistics and cross-county data, we show that the growth of … underscores the importance for India of continuing to invest in labour skills. We conclude that sustaining economic growth and …
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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....
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This paper investigates the link between development, economic growth, and the economic losses from natural disasters … probability of disaster occurrence to decrease with income; (ii) the capital at risk - and thus the economic losses in case of … disaster - to increase faster than economic growth; (iii) the average annual losses to grow faster than income at low levels of …
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of long-run growth. Specifically, we study whether the impact of energy price changes on economic growth differs … showing that the energy price volatility negatively affects the long-run economic growth of countries with a low degree of …
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This research examines the economic origins of Islam and uncovers two empirical regularities. First, Muslim countries … (i) determined the economic aspects of the religious doctrine upon which Islam was formed, and (ii) shaped its subsequent … economic performance. It suggests that the unequal distribution of land endowments conferred differential gains from trade …
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relation and development theories. The idea of development focuses not only on the economic aspects, but on the structural and …
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