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The Deep Roots of Economic Development in the U.S. States
Murphy, Ryan; Nowrasteh, Alex - 2016
The “Deep Roots” literature investigates the effects of deep cultural variables on outcomes. We attempt to identify how these deep cultural variables actually affect per capita output by expanding Putterman and Weil’s (2010) inquiry on the effects of State History and Agricultural History...
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Labor surplus revisited
Ranis, Gustav - 2012
Unskilled labor is the abundant resource in many developing countries, especially at an early stage of their development. Yet, even as at given technologies labor markets have not cleared, neo-classical economists have rejected the notion of an institutional or bargaining wage not based on...
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Economic freedom determinants across U.S. states : a Bayesian model averaging approach
Saunoris, James W.; Payne, James E. - In: Applied economics 56 (2024) 37, pp. 4471-4480
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Movies
Michalopulos, Stelios; Rauh, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Why are certain movies more successful in some markets than others? Are the entertainment products we consume reflective of our core values and beliefs? These questions drive our investigation into the relationship between a society's oral tradition and the financial success of films. We combine...
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The divorce revolution and generalized trust : evidence from the United States 1973 - 2010
Viitanen, Tarja - 2014
This paper examines the effect of exposure to a culture of easier divorce as a minor on generalized trust using the … unilateral divorce reforms across the US. According to the results, the divorce revolution seems to have had some effect on trust … effects for women with an additional year of exposure being associated with a 4 percentage point lower generalized trust in …
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Growth in the shadows : effect of the shadow economy on U.S. economic growth over more than a century
Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W.; Schneider, Friedrich - 2017
This paper provides a long-term view by studying the effect of the underground or shadow economy on economic growth in the Unites States over the period 1870 to 2014. Shadow activities might spur or retard economic growth depending on their interactions with the formal sector and impacts on the...
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Growth in the Shadows: Effect of the Shadow Economy on U.S. Economic Growth over More Than a Century
Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W.; Schneider, Friedrich - 2017
This paper provides a long-term view by studying the effect of the underground or shadow economy on economic growth in the Unites States over the period 1870 to 2014. Shadow activities might spur or retard economic growth depending on their interactions with the formal sector and impacts on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653433
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Entrepreneurship, institutuions and economic dynamism : lessons from a comparison of the United States and Sweden
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - 2012
The purpose of this research endeavor - in the form of eight articles - to be published in 2013 in a Special Section of Industrial and Corporate Change is to further our understanding of the extent, character and orientation of entrepreneurial activity in today's wealthy countries. This is done...
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The economics of inclusion : building an argument for a shared society
Valenti, Michael A.; Giovannoni, Olivier - 2013
addresses concepts outlined by the Club de Madrid: the effects of trust and social cohesion on growth and output, the effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009704290
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American Exceptionalism and the Benefits of Statehood : An Analysis of the Growth Effects of Joining the United States of America
Maseland, Robbert - 2020
This paper quantifies the economic benefits of joining the United States. Adapting extant static synthetic control models into a dynamic model similar to Arellano and Bond (1991), we are able to construct the counterfactual growth paths of Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah,...
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