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Search in the Labour Market, Incomplete Contracts and Growth
Acemoglu, Daron - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
equilibria. They also imply that factor distribution of income has an important impact on growth. Finally, the paper derives new …
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Chapter 6 Institutions as a Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth
Acemoglu, Daron; Johnson, Simon; Robinson, James A. - 2005
. Economic institutions encouraging economic growth emerge when political institutions allocate power to groups with interests in …
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Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdependent World
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Because of their more limited inequality and more comprehensive social welfare systems, many perceive average welfare … theoretical answers to this question, we develop a simple model of economic growth in a world in which all countries bene…t and … entrepreneurs (thus greater inequality) increases entrepreneurial e¤ort and hence a country’s contribution to the world technology …
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The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development : An Empirical Investigation
Acemoglu, Daron; Johnson, Simon; Robinson, James A. - 2003
We exploit differences in the mortality rates faced by European colonialists to estimate the effect of institutions on economic performance. Our argument is that Europeans adopted very different colonization policies in different colonies, with different associated institutions. The choice of...
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Setting Standards : Information Accumulation in Development
Acemoglu, Daron; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2003
We propose a model in which economic relations and institutions in advanced and less developed economies differ as these societies have access to different amounts of information. This lack of information makes it hard to give the right incentives to managers and entrepreneurs. We argue that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014181298
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Why did the West Extend the Franchise? Democracy, Inequality and Growth in Historical Perspective
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
curve in many Western economies during this period, with the fall in inequality following redistribution due to …
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Why nations fail : the origins of power, prosperity, and poverty
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A. - 2012 - 1. edition
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Warum Nationen scheitern : die Ursprünge von Macht, Wohlstand und Armut
Acemoglu, Daron - 2013 - 2. Aufl.
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Economic and Political Inequality in Development: The Case of Cundinamarca, Colombia
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James Alan; Bautista, María … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
Is inequality harmful for economic growth? Is the underdevelopment of Latin America related to its unequal distribution … growth in general, but also that differences in economic inequality across the American continent during the 19th century are … of wealth? A recently emerging consensus claims not only that economic inequality has detrimental effects on economic …
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A Dynamic Theory of Resource Wars
Acemoglu, Daron; Golosov, Mikhail; Yared, Pierre; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
We develop a dynamic theory of resource wars and study the conditions under which such wars can be prevented. The interaction between the scarcity of resources and the incentives for war in the presence of limited commitment is at the center of our theory. We show that a key parameter...
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