As part of the credibility revolution in applied economics, researchers need to turn away from significance thresholds and stars, and instead focus on economic importance. Yet, existing measures of importance in regression analysis have fundamental flaws. Using an axiomatic approach, I develop...

This paper makes an effort to trace the course of development thinking and associated development policy over the past six decades. Section I focuses on the early Post-War Consensus, with theory focused on extensions of classical dualism theory and policy concentrating on creating the...

Die Reihe zeigt in problemorientierter Darstellung, hier am Beispiel Tansanias für ostafrikanische Staaten, die Zusammenhänge von geographischen und demographischen, landwirtschaftlichen und industriellen Faktoren, Bildungswesen und sich wandelnden Sozialstrukturen - in diesem Fall besonders...