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Chapter 18. Cultural Diversity, Conflict, and Economic Development
Montalvo, Jose G.; Reynal-Querol, Marta - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 2, (pp. 485-506). 2014
Are cultural differences good or bad for economic development? Can cultural differences generate conflicts and, therefore, retard economic development? Or can cultural diversity spur creativity and improve economic welfare? These are the type of questions that this chapter addresses. There are...
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Dynamic ethnic fractionalization and economic growth in the transition economies from 1989 to 2007
Campos, Nauro F.; Saleh, Ahmad; Kuzeyev, Vitaliy S. - 2009
In their survey of the literature on ethnic fractionalization and economic performance, Alesina and La Ferrara (JEL … ethnic fractionalization on economic growth across countries using unique time-varying measures. We first replicate the … latitude), it shows a significant negative impact on economic growth which is robust to different specifications, polarization …
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How ethnic diversity affects economic Development?
Gören, Erkan - 2012
fractionalization is a strong predictive measure for the direct effect of ethnicity on growth, whereas the concept of ethnic … polarization has non-negligible indirect economic effects through the specified channel variables. …
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How ethnic diversity affects economic development?
Gören, Erkan - 2013 - This version: October 2012
the concept of ethnic fractionalization is a strong predictive measure for the direct effect of ethnicity on growth …, whereas the concept of ethnic polarization has non-negligible indirect economic effects through the specified channel …
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Poverty, Voracity, and Growth
Strulik, Holger - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2011
This article investigates economic performance when enforceable propertyrights are missing and basic needs matter for consumption. It suggests anew view of the so-called voracity eect according to which windfall gains inproductivity induce behavior that leads to lower economic growth. Takinginto...
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Trust, growth and well-being : new evidence and policy implications
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - 2013
This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and growth. It discusses the various measures of trust and documents the substantial heterogeneity of trust across space and time. The conceptual mechanisms and the methods employed to identify the causal impact of trust on economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009763283
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Trust, Growth and Well-Being : New Evidence and Policy Implications
Algan, Yann - 2015
This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and growth. It discusses the various measures of trust and documents the substantial heterogeneity of trust across space and time. The conceptual mechanisms and the methods employed to identify the causal impact of trust on economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035397
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Chapter 2. Trust, Growth, and Well-Being: New Evidence and Policy Implications
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - 2014
This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions, and economic development. It discusses the various measures of trust and documents the substantial heterogeneity of trust across space and time. The conceptual mechanisms that explain the influence of trust on economic performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025609
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Measuring social diversity in economic literature : an overview for cross-country studies
Buitrago, Eva M.; Caraballo Pou, María Ángeles - In: Journal of economic surveys 36 (2022) 4, pp. 880-934
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Financial development: A broader perspective
Reid, Richard - 2010
This paper seeks to add to the current debate about financial development and growth in the emerging world by looking at how different financial systems evolve: how and why financial structures change during various stages of development, how best to measure them, and seeing what practical...
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