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Economic and Political Inequality in Development : The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia

Acemoglu, Daron; B., M.; Querubín Borrero, Pablo; … - 2007

Is inequality harmful for economic growth? Is the underdevelopment of Latin America related to its unequal distribution of wealth? A recently emerging consensus claims not only that economic inequality has detrimental effects on economic growth in general, but also that differences in economic...

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Democracy Does Cause Growth

Acemoglu, Daron; Naidu, Suresh; Restrepo, Pascual; … - 2014

We provide evidence that democracy has a significant and robust positive effect on GDP. Our empirical strategy relies … on a dichotomous measure of democracy coded from several sources to reduce measurement error and controls for country … fixed effects and the rich dynamics of GDP, which otherwise confound the effect of democracy on economic growth. Our …

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Democracy does cause growth

Acemoglu, Daron; Naidu, Suresh; Restrepo, Pascual; … - 2014

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010361901

Economic and political inequality in development : the case of Cundinamarca, Colombia

Acemoglu, Daron; Bautista, María Angélica; Querubín … - 2007

"Is inequality harmful for economic growth? Is the underdevelopment of Latin America related to its unequal distribution of wealth? A recently emerging consensus claims not only that economic inequality has detrimental effects on economic growth in general, but also that differences in economic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003529634