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Constitutional property rights protection and economic growth : evidence from the post-communist transition
Bjørnskov, Christian - In: Constitutional political economy 26 (2015) 3, pp. 247-280
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485732
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Do liberalising reforms harm the environment? : evidence from the post-communist transition
Bjørnskov, Christian - In: Economic affairs : journal of the Institute of Economic … 38 (2018) 1, pp. 22-37
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011952423
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Constitutional Property Rights Protection and Economic Growth : Evidence From the Post-Communist Transition
Bjørnskov, Christian - 2012
This paper seeks to estimate the economic growth effect of constitutional provisions for property rights protection. It does so using the unique situation in formerly communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus where all but two introduced new constitutions after the fall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013111140
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302716
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Inclusive human development in pre-crisis times of globalisation-driven debts
Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna; Beecroft, Ibukun - 2014
inequality in OECD nations. We assess the effects of four debt dynamics on inequality adjusted human development. Instrumental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011310232
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422202
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - 2009
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329928
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Trust, welfare states and income equality: What causes what?
Bergh, Andreas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2013
equal outcomes, while the feedback from inequality to trust is ambiguous. Using a structural equations model estimated on a …. We conclude that while trust facilitates welfare state policies that may reduce net inequality, this decrease in … inequality does not increase trust. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335612
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Inequality, Finance and Pro-Poor Investment in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2015
This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa …-2002). Inequality is measured with estimated household income inequality whereas financial development is proxied with financial depth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596325
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The Comparative Inclusive Human Development of Globalisation in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This study examines the impact of globalisation on inclusive human development in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011 with particular emphasis on income levels (low income versus middle income), legal origins (English common law versus French civil law), resource wealth (oil-rich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596374