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Essays on Growth and Political Transition
Hakobyan, Lilit - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2014
The thesis consists of a summary and three self-contained papers related to political transition and economic growth with parallel study of countries with and without Military Dictatorship (MD) history. <p> Paper [1]: studies the experience of 83 countries in 1950-2004 and addresses the question:...</p>
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Growth and Poverty Reduction Does Political Regime Matter?
Quibria, M.G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
This essay explores the relationship between political regime and critical economic outcomes such as economic growth and poverty reduction. The organization of the paper is as follows. Section 2 makes a brief review of the economic performance of developing Asian economies over the last four...
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An empirical analysis of state fragility and growth : the impact of state ineffectiveness and political violence
Ferreira, Ines A. - 2018
The role of the state in promoting development is well established in the institutional economics literature. Yet, in recent decades the attention has been turned to the opposite side of the spectrum. Facing high levels of poverty and showing a slower progress in achieving development outcomes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806733
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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 … technologies of conflict. A central objective of this research is to identify the effects of conflict on economic outcomes: the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024407
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The concept of political instability in economic research
Jannils, Łukasz - In: International journal of management and economics 57 (2021) 3, pp. 268-284
This article reviews the use of the concept of political instability in economic research, the importance of which has been growing in recent years due to its potentially profound economic consequences. The article explores this concept by working through the definitions, dimensions, and methods...
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Military Expenditure, Economic Growth and Heterogeneity
Dunne, John; Tian, Nan - Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit … - 2013
. The factors considered are different levels of income, conflict experience, natural resources abundance, openness and aid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754439
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Military Expenditure, Economic Growth and Heterogeneity
Dunne, John; Tian, Nan - Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit … - 2013
. The factors considered are different levels of income, conflict experience, natural resources abundance, openness and aid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690441
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Military Spending, Growth, Development and Conflict
Dunne, J Paul - Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, … - 2011
, breaking down the SSA group into those involved in conflict and those that are not, provides some further intriguing findings … that suggest the value of further work on the impact of conflict on growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922941
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An empirical analysis of state fragility and growth: The impact of state ineffectiveness and political violence
Ferreira, Ines A. - 2018
The role of the state in promoting development is well established in the institutional economics literature. Yet, in recent decades the attention has been turned to the opposite side of the spectrum. Facing high levels of poverty and showing a slower progress in achieving development outcomes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943836
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Mining and Community Economic Growth
Deller, Stephen; Schreiber, Andrew - In: The Review of Regional Studies 42 (2012) 2, pp. 121-141
The rapid expansion of oil and gas extraction in large parts of the Marcellus fields in the Appalachian Basin and the Bakken fields in the Williston Basin of the Dakotas and Montana has reignited debate over the role of natural resource extraction as a rural economic growth strategy. While the...
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