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Two views on institutions and development: the grand transition vs the primacy of institutions

Paldam, Martin; Gundlach, Erich - 2007

The Grand Transition (GT) view claims that economic development is causal to institutional development, and that many … institutional changes can be understood as transitions occurring at roughly the same level (zones) of development. The Primacy of … Institutions (PoI) view claims that economic development is a consequence of an exogenous selection of institutions. Our survey of …

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Institutions do not rule : reassessing the driving forces of economic development

Wen, Yi; Luo, Jinfeng - 2015

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Do we need more women in power? : gender, public policy, and development in Bolivia

Yañez-Pagans, Patricia - 2014

This paper evaluates the impacts of increasing female representation in Bolivian municipal councils on public policy choices and welfare outcomes. By combining detailed administrative panel data on municipal expenditures and revenues together with electoral data, an innovative regression...

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Disasters and the networked economy : a book summary

Albala-Bertrand, José M. - 2014

This document summarizes the thrust of my monograph book Disasters and the Networked Economy (2003, NY: Routledge. 228 pp. ISBN: 978-0-415-66629-9). It is no substitution for the book, but it attempts to make salient the main concepts, explanations and conclusions of it. It does so by first...

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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....

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The productivity gap in Latin America : lessons from 50 years of development

Fernández Arias, Eduardo; Rodríguez-Apolinar, Sergio - 2016

This paper combines development accounting exercises with economic theory to assess the importance of total factor … successful development benchmarks are explained by subpar productivity gains rather than slower factor accumulation. The … empirical analysis of the interplay between productivity and accumulation in the process of development suggests that one …

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