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Values and norms matter : on the basic determinants of long-run economic development
Voigt, Stefan; Park, Sang-Min - 2008
Over the last couple of decades, it has become a commonplace to claim that institutions matterʺ for economic development. Yet, institutions are not exogenous but the result of hu-man action. It is argued here that the values and norms held by substantial parts of society’s members are an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003865933
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Democracy and institutional quality : theory and evidence
Krieger, Tommy - 2019
We present a simple model that illustrates how democracy may improve the quality of economic institutions. The model further suggests that institutional quality varies more across autocracies than across democracy and that the positive effect of democracy on institutional quality is increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012236426
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On the Early Holocene : Foraging to Early Agriculture
Marceau, Nicolas; Myers, Gordon M. - 2005
We consider a world in which the mode of food production, foraging or agriculture, is endogenous, and in which … to a one-way transition from foraging to agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014066589
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Institutions and FDI : evidence from developed and developing countries
Sabir, Samina; Rafique, Anum; Abbas, Kamran - In: Financial innovation : FIN 5 (2019) 8, pp. 1-20
countries than in developed countries. However, GDP per capita, agriculture value-added as a percentage of GDP, and inflation … influence FDI inflows negatively in developed countries, while GDP per capita, trade openness, agriculture value-added as a …
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Estimating the impact of climate change on agricultural production : accounting for technology heterogeneity across countries
Exenberger, Andreas; Pondorfer, Andreas; Wolters, Maik H. - 2014
frequency of droughts. The latter two effects are particularly strong in Sub-Sahara Africa where low-tech rain-fed agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354719
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Estimating the impact of climate change on agricultural production : accounting for technology heterogeneity across countries
Exenberger, Andreas; Pondorfer, Andreas; Wolters, Maik H. - 2014
frequency of droughts. The latter two effects are particularly strong in Sub-Sahara Africa where low-tech rain-fed agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348298
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The impact of formal and informal institutions on economic growth : a case study on the MENA region
Dobler, Constanze - 2011
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The impact of public policies and institutions on economic growth in developing countries : new empirical evidence
Dao, Minh Quang - In: Bulletin of applied economics 4 (2017) 2, pp. 37-49
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The impact of formal and informal institutions on economic growth : a case study on the MENA region
Dobler, Constanze - 2011
Regarding the Arab region, GDP per capita virtually stagnated for more than 20 years from 1980. During the same period, GDP per capita in the world's highly industrialized states further increased and the gap between the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the highly developed countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011930085
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Democratization, violent social conflicts, and growth
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2011
. Exploiting within-country variation to identify the effect of democratization during the "Third Wave", we find evidence that the … effect of democratization is weaker than reported previously once one accounts for the incidence of conflict, while the … significantly reduce the incidence and onset of conflict, which suggests that part of the positive growth effect of democratization …
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