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Rodrik, Dani - 2005

This is an attempt to derive broad, strategic lessons from the diverse experience with economic growth in last fifty years. The paper revolves around two key arguments. One is that neoclassical economic analysis is a lot more flexible than its practitioners in the policy domain have generally...

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In Search of the Holy Grail: Policy Convergence, Experimentation and Economic Performance

Mukand, Sharun W.; Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We consider a model of policy choice in which appropriate policies depend on a country’s own circumstances, but the presence of a successful leader generates an informational externality and results in too little ‘policy experimentation’. Corrupt governments are reined in while honest...

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Introductiion to One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth

Rodrik, Dani - Princeton University Press

In <i>One Economics, Many Recipes</i>, leading economist Dani Rodrik argues that neither globalizers nor antiglobalizers have got it right. While economic globalization can be a boon for countries that are trying to dig out of poverty, success usually requires following policies that are tailored to...

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Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions Over Geography and Integration in Economic Development

Rodrik, Dani; Subramanian, Arvind; Trebbi, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining income levels around the … world, using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of … institutions 'trumps' everything else. Once institutions are controlled for, measures of geography have at best weak direct effects …

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Institutions For High-Quality Growth: What They Are And How To Acquire Them

Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

This paper opens with a discussion of the types of institutions that allow markets to perform adequately. While we can … identify in broad terms what these are, there is no unique mapping between markets and the non-market institutions that … institutions. A range of evidence indicates that participatory democracies enable higher-quality growth. …

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From "Hindu Growth" to Productivity Surge : The Mystery of the Indian Growth Transition

Rodrik, Dani - 2006

This paper explores the causes of India`s productivity surge around 1980, more than a decade before serious economic reforms were initiated. Trade liberalization, expansionary demand, a favorable external environment, and improved agricultural performance did not play a role. We find evidence...

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Institutions Rule : The Primacy of Institutions Over Integration and Geography in Economic Development

Rodrik, Dani; Subramanian, Arvind; Trebbi, Francesco - 2021

We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining cross-country income … levels using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of institutions … 'trumps' everything else. Controlling for institutions, geography have at best weak direct effects on incomes, although it has …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317779

Understanding South Africa's Economic Puzzles

Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

South Africa has undergone a remarkable transformation since its democratic transition in 1994, but economic growth and employment generation have been disappointing. Most worryingly, unemployment is currently among the highest in the world. While the proximate cause of high unemployment is that...

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Growth After the Crisis

Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

How hospitable will the global environment be for economic growth in the developing world as we come out of the present financial crisis? The answer depends on how well we manage the following tension. On the one hand, global macro stability requires that we prevent external imbalances from...

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An African Growth Miracle?

Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

Africa’s recent growth performance has raised expectations of a bright economic future for the continent after decades of decline. Yet there is a genuine question about whether Africa’s growth can be sustained, and if so, at what level. The balance of the evidence suggests caution on the...

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