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Some Fundamental Inadequacies of the Washington Consensus: Misunderstanding the Poor by the Brightest
Woo, Wing - EconWPA - 2004
. 5. The Washington Consensus does not recognize the constraints that geography and ecology could set on the growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556001
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Some Fundamental Inadequacies of the Washington Consensus: Misunderstanding the Poor by the Brightest
Woo, Wing - EconWPA - 2004
. 5. The Washington Consensus does not recognize the constraints that geography and ecology could set on the growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118852
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Geography, Biogeography and Why Some Countries are Rich and Others Poor
Hibbs Jr., Douglas A.; Olsson, Ola - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2003
we show that differences in biogeographic initial conditions and in geography largely account for the different timings … nations today. The effects of biogeography and geography on the wealth of nations are partly mediated by the quality of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771214
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Unbundling Ex-Colonies: A Comment on Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson, 2001
Olsson, Ola - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2004
In this comment on AJR (2001), we argue that a bundling of all former colonies into one ‘colonial’ theory of comparative development is problematic for several reasons. During the mercantilist wave of mainly Latin American colonization between 1500-1830, strong capitalist institutions were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423917
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Geography and Institutions: A Review of Plausible and Implausible Linkages
Olsson, Ola - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2003
In recent years, empirical investigations have shown that various aspects of physical geography are closely related to … understanding for this type of regularities, this article reviews the growing empirical literature on geography and institutions, as … well as a large body of older and newer theoretical works on the social impacts of geography. It is argued that the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190941
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Social capital and innovation in East Asia
Cho, Seo-Young - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 38 (2021) 1, pp. 207-238
This paper investigates the relationship between social capital and innovation in high-performing East Asian economies. Rapid economic growth and innovation in these economies contradicts the presumed positive link between social trust and innovation suggested in the literature, as these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013328191
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The Ideological Roots of Institutional Change
Iyigun, Murat; Rubin, Jared - 2017
Why do some societies fail to adopt more efficient institutions in response to changing economic conditions? And why do such conditions sometimes generate ideological backlashes and at other times lead to transformative sociopolitical movements? We propose an explanation that highlights the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653431
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A Theory of Conservative Revivals
Iyigun, Murat; Rubin, Jared; Seror, Avner - 2018
Why do some societies fail to adopt more efficient political and economic institutions in response to changing economic conditions? And why do such conditions sometimes generate conservative ideological backlashes and, at other times, progressive social and political movements? We propose an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984514
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Christian Missionaries and Education in Former Colonies: How Institutions Mattered
Gallego, Francisco; Woodberry, Robert - Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencia Económicas … - 2008
Using cross-country data for about 70 countries and regional data for about 180 African provinces, we show that competition between Protestant and Catholic missionaries increased schooling in former colonies. Our evidence implies that Protestant missionaries increased schooling in Catholic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005515227
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The ideological roots of institutional change
Iyigun, Murat; Rubin, Jared - 2017
Why do some societies fail to adopt more efficient institutions in response to changing economic conditions? And why do such conditions sometimes generate ideological backlashes and at other times lead to transformative sociopolitical movements? We propose an explanation that highlights the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641551