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Pelizzo, Riccardo - 2018

The purpose of the paper is to show that the nature of the relationship between governance and democracy varies depending on how the two terms (of a political discourse) are defined, that when the definition of one term encompasses distinctive features of the other we find that governance and...

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The Globalization of Antitrust : History and Prospects

Abbott, Alden F. - 2021

Competition Network and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development—to promote procedural fairness and the rule of …

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How Universal is the Law of Income Distribution? Cross Country Comparison

Kitov, Ivan - 2015

The evolution of personal income distribution (PID) in four countries: Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA follows a unique trajectory. We have revealed precise match in the shape of two age-dependent features of the PID: mean income and the portion of people with the highest incomes (2 to...

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Geographical Origins of Language Structures

Galor, Oded - 2018

This research explores the geographical origins of the coevolution of cultural and linguistic traits in the course of human history, relating the geographical roots of long-term orientation to the structure of the future tense, the agricultural determinants of gender bias to the presence of...

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Geographical Origins and Economic Consequences of Language Structures

Galor, Oded - 2017

This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher returns to agricultural investment, gender gaps in agricultural...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968521

Credit Reporting, Access to Finance and Identification Systems: International Evidence

Giannetti, Caterina; Jentzsch, Nicola - 2011

Credit reporting systems are an important ingredient for financial markets. These systems are based upon the unique identification of borrowers, which is enabled if a compulsory identification system exists in a country. We present evidence derived from difference-in-difference analyses on the...

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Role of Microfinance Institutions in Social Development

Jha, Srirang - 2019

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) work towards financial inclusion, livelihood sustainability through micro …-enterprises and social development to empower the marginalized sections of communities across the globe. This paper is a modest effort … to understand the unique role of MFIs in social development especially in Indian context. Although providing financial …

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Credit Reporting, Access to Finance and Identification Systems : International Evidence

Giannetti, Caterina - 2011

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Bank Involvement with SMEs : Beyond Relationship Lending

de la Torre, Augusto - 2013

The “conventional wisdom” in academic and policy circles argues that, while large and foreign banks are generally not interested in serving SMEs, small and niche banks have an advantage because they can overcome SME opaqueness through relationship lending. This paper shows that there is a...

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Geographical origins and economic consequences of language structures

Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer; Sarid, Assaf - 2016

This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher return to agricultural investment, larger gender gap in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581726