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Degrees of development: how geographic latitude sets the pace of industrialization and demographic change
Strulik, Holger - 2008
are interrelated. This paper develops a theory for their interaction with a special emphasis on the different pattern and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264936
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How deep are the roots of economic development?
Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain - 2012
The empirical literature on economic growth and development has moved from the study of proximate determinants to the analysis of ever deeper, more fundamental factors, rooted in long-term history. A growing body of new empirical work focuses on the measurement and estimation of the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283630
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … Robinson (2001) was to address this last point by using settler mortality as an instrument for geography-induced endogenous … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300161
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … Robinson (2001) was to address this last point by using settler mortality as an instrument for geography-induced endogenous … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264330
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … Robinson (2001) was to address this last point by using settler mortality as an instrument for geography-induced endogenous … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265093
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development … Robinson (2001) was to address this last point by using settler mortality as an instrument for geography-induced endogenous … mechanisms from geography via institutions to economic development outcomes. In particular, we examine the determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268882
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On the geographic and cultural determinants of bankruptcy
Buehler, Stefan; Kaiser, Christian; Jaeger, Franz - 2007
This paper examines the role of geography and culture in explaining bankruptcy. We adopt survival analyses to model the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315498
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Geography matters: Reconsidering the effect of geography on development
Bleaney, Michael; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2008
of institutions. The direct influence of geography on per capita incomes is robust to the inclusion of a sub …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288513
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Biogeographical conditions, the transition to agriculture and long-run growth
Bleaney, Michael; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2008
theory of Diamond (1997) and Olsson and Hibbs (2005) that an earlier transition is reflected in higher incomes today. Our … results confirm the theory, even after controlling for institutional quality and other geographical factors. The date of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288540
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Solving consumption models with multiplicative habits
Carroll, Christopher D. - 2000
This paper provides derivations necessary for solving an optimal consumption problem with multiplicative habits and a CRRA 'outer' utility function either for a microeconomic problem with both labor income risk and rate-of-return risk or for a macroeoconomic representative agent model.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293504