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Epidemics and Economics

Bloom, David E.; Canning, David - 2006

once it begins. Globally, long-term vulnerability to epidemics may decrease as development standards rise, but a more …

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Demographics and Development Policy

Bloom, David E.; Canning, David - 2011

growth and development: the age structure of the population is also fundamentally important. …

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Disease and Development Revisited

Bloom, David E.; Canning, David; Fink, Gunther - 2009

In a recent paper, Acemoglu and Johnson (2007) argue that the large increases in population health witnessed in the 20th century may have lowered income levels. We argue that this result depends crucially on their assumption that initial health and income do not affect subsequent economic...

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On the effectiveness of foreign aid in institutional quality

Asongu, Simplice A. - In: European Economic Letters 2 (2013) 1, pp. 12-19

institutional quality such that, the institutional downside of development assistance maybe questionable when greater domestic … institutional development has taken place. Based on the hypothesis of institutional thresholds for foreign aid effectiveness, the … perilous character of development assistance to institutional quality is broadly confirmed in 53 African countries for the …

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Urbanization and the Wealth of Nations

Bloom, David E.; Canning, David; Fink, Günther - 2008

The proportion of a country's population living in urban areas is highly correlated with its level of income. Urban areas offer economies of scale and richer market structures, and there is strong evidence that workers in urban areas are individually more productive, and earn more, than rural...

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Fighting consumer price inflation in Africa: What do dynamics in money, credit, efficiency and size tell us?

Asongu, Simplice A. - In: Journal of Financial Economic Policy 5 (2013) 1, pp. 39-60

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of policy options in financial dynamics (of money, credit, efficiency and size) on consumer prices. Soaring food prices have marked the geopolitical landscape of African countries in the past decade. Design/methodology/approach –...

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Disease and Development Revisited

Bloom, David E.; Canning, David; Fink, Günther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Acemoglu and Johnson (2007) present evidence that improvements in population health do not promote economic growth. We show that their result depends critically on the assumption that initial health has no causal effect on subsequent economic growth. We argue that such an effect is likely,...

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Finance and Democracy in Africa

Asongu, Simplice A. - In: Institutions and Economies (formerly known as … 6 (2014) 3, pp. 92-116

to effect policies that favour the development of financial intermediary depth, activity and size. Democracy has … promoting financial development when compared with autocracies. Once democracy is initiated, it should be accelerated (to edge … out the appeals of authoritarian regimes) to reap the benefits of level and time hypotheses in financial development. …

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The impact of liberalisation policies on income inequality in african countries

Enowbi Batuo, Michael; Asongu, Simplice A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Despite over three decades of Liberalisation policies in Africa, income-inequality has stayed persistently high. Using updated panel data of 26 African countries spanning the period 1996-2010, this study examines the effect of liberalisation policies with particular focus on financial, trade,...

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