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Tourism accounts for around one tenth of global GDP. We analyze the impact of entertainment media in drawing tourists … to filming locations (media multiplier ) and, in turn, the effect of tourism on local economic development (tourism … multiplier ). To assess the media multiplier, we employ a triple-difference empirical strategy exploiting the staggered …
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Conventional wisdom on English development confers iconic status on the clause of the Act of Settlement (1701) that mandated secure tenure for judges. Because the Act's effect on tenure was partial, the effect of tenure on judicial decisions can be identified. The paper estimates how the...
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three-fold empirical understanding of the process of globalization reliance on foreign savings, MNC penetration and unequal …
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This volume is concerned with the complexities of the relationship between globalization and different groups of … consumers in developing countries. Globalization, it is argued, can yield frustration and disappointment as well as welfare … mass media, it offers policy-makers new opportunities to deal with acute social problems. …
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This essay investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. I start by illustrating a broader research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic factors, but also for the role of history and institutional development. After reporting results from...
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Comprising writings ordered around intentional and imminent 'development', this reader offers a compendium of classical and contemporary debates on development: Adam Smith and Karl Marx meet, among others, Robert Wade, Amartya Sen and Jeffrey Sachs
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