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Corruption and social interaction : evidence from China
Bin Dong; Torgler, Benno - 2011
the incidence of corruption. We first present an interaction-based model on corruption that predicts that the level of … corruption is positively associated with social interaction. Then we empirically verify the theoretical prediction using within … a statistically significantly positive effect on the corruption rate in China. Our findings, therefore, underscore the …
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Two sides of the same coin or two different coins? : exploring the duality of corruption in Latin America
Hugo, Ella; Savage, David; Schneider, Friedrich; … - 2021
The ambiguous phenomenon of corruption has long been the cause of great theoretical debate in economics. By using … Structural Equation Modelling, with the two types of corruption as a latent variable, this paper employs causal and indicative … variables specific to the Latin American region to test for rent seeking and systemic corruption in the period between 1980 …
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Liberation technology : mobile phones and political mobilization in Africa
Manacorda, Marco; Tesei, Andrea - 2016
Can digital information and communication technology (ICT) foster mass political mobilization? We use a novel geo-referenced dataset for the entire African continent between 1998 and 2012 on the coverage of mobile phone signal together with geo-referenced data from multiple sources on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441476
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Digitalization for energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa : challenges, opportunities and potential business models
Mazzoni, Davide - 2019
Innovative business models supported by digital technologies, together with the widening connectivity and data collection, are already giving a big contribution in fostering the access to electricity and clean cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper gives an overview on the actual state of...
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Junior farmer field schools, agricultural knowledge and spillover effects : quasi-experimental evidence from Northern Uganda
Bonan, Jacopo; Pagani, Laura - 2016
We analyse the impact of a junior farmer field school project in Northern Uganda on students’ agricultural knowledge and practices. We also test for the presence of intergenerational learning spillover within households. We use differences-in-differences estimators with ex-ante matching. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591627
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Calling for nexus thinking in Africa's energy planning
De Strasser, Lucia - 2017
The simultaneous achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) is, to say the least, challenging. In a situation of increasing and multiple demands over limited resources, pursuing each goal separately could lead to increased competition. The situation in Africa is particularly...
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Drought and civil war in Sub-Saharan Africa
Couttenier, Mathieu; Soubeyran, Raphael - 2010
In this paper, we show that drought has a positive effect on the incidence of civil war over the 1945-2005 period in Sub-Saharan Africa. We use the Palmer Drought Severity Index which is a richer measurement of drought than the measures used in the literature (rainfall and temperature) as it...
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The economic returns of circular economy practices
Antonioli, Davide; Ghisetti, Claudia; Mazzanti, Massimiliano - 2022
Assessing the economic consequences of sustainable production choices aimed at reducing environmental negative externalities is crucial for policy making, in light of the increasing interest and awareness experienced in the recent EU policy packages (Circular Economy package; European Green Deal...
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Adoption of eco and circular economy-innovation in Italy : exploring different firm profiles
Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Nicolli, Francesco; Pareglio, … - 2022
Applying clustering techniques, this paper identifies homogeneous groups of enterprises within the heterogeneous landscape of the italian manufacturing tissue. The algorithm will be fed with data from a survey on a cross-section of SMEs in 2019. The set of questions span from economic and...
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Innovation, circular economy practices and organisational settings : empirical evidence from Italy
Antonioli, Davide; Ghisetti, Claudia; Pareglio, Stefano; … - 2022
This paper builds on the available knowledge on what drives firms' production choices towards circular economy practices to shed new light on a so far quite neglected dimension: the role of organizational settings. Being the transition to a more circular economy systemic in nature, it draws not...
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