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Outlawing Favoritism : The Economics, History, and Law of Anti-Aid Provisions in State Constitutions
Mitchell, Matthew D. - 2020
Since the early days of the republic, state and local governments have periodically embarked on widespread, large-scale attempts to spur economic growth through targeted economic development subsidies. Interestingly, the constitutions of nearly every state in the union contain provisions that,...
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Endogenous Financial Development and Industrial Takeoff
Trew, Alex William - 2007
There is a large and growing literature on the relationship between financial development and economic growth. It suggests a positive causal link running from finance to growth. We consider, in broad terms, the existing historical evidence on this connection. We demonstrate that constraints on...
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Does Medieval Trade Still Matter? Historical Trade Centers, Agglomeration and Contemporary Economic Development
Wahl, Fabian - 2016
This study establishes a link between medieval trade, agglomeration and contemporary regional development in ten European countries. It documents a statistically and economically significant positive relationship between prominent involvement in medieval trade and regional economic development...
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Lord of the Lemons : origin and dynamics of state capacity
Huning, Thilo R.; Wahl, Fabian - 2017
To better understand the role of taxation in the emergence of states, this article presents an incomplete contract model of an agricultural society in which information asymmetries cause inefficient taxation, and hence outmigration, uprisings, and rent-seeking, but also urbanization. We propose...
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Platform capitalism : a socio-economic analysis
Boyer, Robert - In: Socio-economic review 20 (2022) 4, pp. 1857-1879
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Exchange Rate Regimes and Reserve Policy on the Periphery : The Italian Lira 1883-1911
Cesarano, Filippo - 2009
The three exchange rate regimes adopted by Italy from 1883 up to the eve of World War I - the gold standard (1883 … underlying Italy's performance particularly focusing on the strategy of reserve accumulation. It presents a cointegration … of policy measures, reflected in the different variables adjusting the system in the various regimes. Italy's variegated …
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Medieval Matching Markets
Boerner, Lars - 2010
the broker in markets and fairs, and develop a unique data set of approximately 1100 sets of brokerage rules in 42 …
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Growth and Changes in Economic Structure : A Straightforward Statistical Approach with an Application to the Italian Economy
Andreopoulos, Giuliana Campanelli - 2010
The paper presented here, part of my PhD dissertation written under Professor Brian Reddaway's guidance, is offered as an example of his approach to applied economics as well as a tribute to his legacy. The scope of this paper is to suggest an operational approach to the analysis of growth, an...
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Skill Complementarities and Migration Decisions
Giannetti, Mariassunta - 2001
This paper offers an explanation of the high mobility of skilled workers based on human capital complementarities. If the skill premium is increasing in the average level of human capital of a location, and there exist fixed migration costs, in equilibrium the more skilled the workers are, the...
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Chapter 3. Long-Term Barriers to Economic Development
Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain - 2014
What obstacles prevent the most productive technologies from spreading to less developed economies from the world’s technological frontier? In this paper, we seek to shed light on this question by quantifying the geographic and human barriers to the transmission of technologies. We argue that...
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