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Institutions and development : the interaction between trade regime and political system
Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2004
This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been a major determinant of the comparatively slow development of resource- or land-abundant regions like South America and the Caribbean in the nineteenth century. We develop a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450834
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Institutions and Development : The Interaction between Trade Regime and Political System
Grossmann, Volker; Falkinger, Josef - 2021
This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been a major determinant of the comparatively slow development of resource- or land-abundant regions like South America and the Caribbean in the nineteenth century. We develop a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318979
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Institutions and Development : The Interaction between Trade Regime and Political System
Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2021
This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distribution of political power has been a major determinant of the comparatively slow development of resource- or land-abundant regions like South America and the Caribbean in the nineteenth century. We develop a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319119
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A Review of ‘The Record of Global Economic Development’, by Eric L. Jones
Altman, Morris - 2010
contemporary anti-free trade and anti-globalization 'populism' that has gained force in recent years. In his focus upon the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013149020
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The Role of Globalization in Economic Development
Levy, Brandon - 2013
central role in determining the future of the world. This paper attempts to explain what role globalization has played and its …Globalization is the process of increased interconnectedness among countries. The prosperous economic development that … globalize. Given that the international integration of national economies has such a profound effect, globalization plays a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014159883
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Switzerland's rise to a wealthy nation : competition and contestability as key success factors
Weder, Beatrice; Weder, Rolf - 2009
poor country with no natural resources and net emigration in 1800 to one of the richest countries of the world two hundred …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003845180
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Distance to the Pre-industrial Technological Frontier and Economic Development
Özak, Ömer - 2018
This research explores the effects of distance to the pre-industrial technological frontiers on comparative economic development in the course of human history. It establishes theoretically and empirically that distance to the frontier had a persistent non-monotonic effect on a country's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012940315
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Persistence of fortune : accounting for population movements, there was no post-columbian reversal
Chanda, Areendam; Cook, C. Justin; Putterman, Louis G. - 2013
We revisit the idea that colonized countries that were more (less) economically advanced in 1500 became poorer (richer, respectively) by the late 20th century. Using data on place of origin of today's country populations and the urbanization and population density measures used by Acemoglu et...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009711260
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Human genetic diversity and comparative economic development
Ashraf, Quamrul (contributor); Galor, Oded (contributor) - 2008
This research contributes to the understanding of human genetic diversity within a society as a significant determinant of its economic development. The hypothesis advanced and empirically examined in this paper suggests that there are socioeconomic trade-offs associated with genetic diversity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728410
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Economic Development of Comecon Countries
Dumitriu, Ramona - 2015
In 1949, Soviet Union and some of its satellites created Comecon with the announced goal to facilitate economic cooperation between the socialist countries. The inefficiency of socialist systems affected the performances of Comecon members. However, the analysis of economic development from some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014706