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Deep economic integration and state capacity : a mechanism for avoiding the middle-income trap?
Bruszt, László; Campos, Nauro - 2018
Exiting the middle-income trap entails costly improvements in state capacity. That deep economic integration induces powerful actors to support increasing state capacities remain underresearched. Here we ask: Under what conditions can deep economic integration yield increases in state capacity?...
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Chapter 22 Economics of Conflict: An Overview
Garfinkel, Michelle R.; Skaperdas, Stergios - In: Handbook of defense economics : volume 2, Defense in a …, (pp. 649-709). 2007
In this chapter, we review the recent literature on conflict and appropriation. Allowing for the possibility of conflict, which amounts to recognizing the possibility that property rights are not perfectly and costlessly enforced, represents a significant departure from the traditional paradigm...
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A two-thirds rate of success: Polish transformation and economic development, 1989 - 2008
Kolodko, Grzegorz W. - 2009
Progress in achieving institutional changes should be evaluated through the prism of their influence on the development abilities of the relevant country. In Poland, during 20 years of comprehensive systemic shift, GDP increased more than in any other postsocialist country. To judge the...
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Growth engines of the South? South Africa's, Brazil's and Turkey's market constellations in comparison
Duman, Alper; Heise, Arne - 2009
The world is experiencing its worst recession in 80 years. What started as US sub-prime financial turmoil has developed into the first global recession since the infamous 'Great Depression' of the early 1930s. However gloomy the perspectives for the very short term are, there will be a recovery...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302522
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Institutions, policies and economic development
Kolodko, Grzegorz W. - 2006
nstitutions are not only created and built, but also, and especially, need to be learnt. It is a process which takes place in all economies, but acquires a special importance in less advanced countries. Not only theoretical arguments, but also the practical experience over the past 15 years...
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How important are Institutions for Growth in Transition Countries?
Moers, Luc - 1999
results suggest that (particularly state) institutions aresignificant for growth and, especially, foreign direct investment …
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Growth Engines of the South? South Africa’s, Brazil’s and Turkey’s market constellations in comparison
Duman, Alper; Heise, Arne - 2009
The world is experiencing its worst recession in 80 years. What started as US sub-prime financial turmoil has developed into the first global recession since the infamous "Great Depression" of the early 1930s. However gloomy the perspectives for the very short term are, there will be a recovery...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807202
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Economic structures, institutions and economic performance
Constantine, Collin - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 6 (2017) 2, pp. 1-18
The contention that “inclusive” institutions are the deep determinants of economic growth remains unsatisfactory. This … the feedback loops among institutions, political power and economic structures, thus, markets on their own will not ensure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663419
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How important are institutions for growth in transition countries?
Moers, Luc - 1999
results suggest that (particularly state) institutions aresignificant for growth and, especially, foreign direct investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300556
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Institutions and economic growth in historical perspective : part 2
Ogilvie, Sheilagh C.; Carus, A. W. - 2014
This is Part 2 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth … that private-order institutions have not historically substituted for public-order ones in enabling markets to function …, clarify the growth effects of other institutions, including contract-enforcement mechanisms, guilds, communities, serfdom, and …
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