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We study how natural-resource rents affect the risk of internal conflict within countries and how the federal structure of countries influences this relationship. Natural-resource abundance may induce excessive rent-seeking and thus increase the risk of internal conflict. Fiscal and political...
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Dieser Beitrag untersucht empirisch die ökonomischen Bestimmungsgründe des nach wie vor bestehenden Lohnunterschieds zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland. Durch die Verwendung eines Mikrodatensatzes, welcher Angaben zur Personen- und Betriebsebene über die Zeit enthält, und die Anwendung neuer...
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This paper examines whether the degree of fiscal decentralization in aid-receiving countries matters in explaining aid effectiveness. The decentralization theorem predicts that the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision-makers are better informed about local...
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