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The roots of Islamist armed struggle, 1968 - 2007 : conference paper
Meierrieks, Daniel; Krieger, Tim - 2014
tools of conflict prevention. …
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Money, regulation and growth : financing new growth in Europe : a joint publication with the BAFFI Center on International Markets, Money & Regulation
Quintyn, Marc (ed., introduction);  … - Colloquium/Conference "Money, Regulation and Growth: …; … - 2014
On June 4-5, 2014, SUERF and Baffi Finlawmetrics jointly organised a Colloquium/Conference "Money, Regulation and Growth: Financing New Growth in Europe" at Bocconi University, Milan. The present SUERF Study includes a selection of papers based on the authors’ contributions to the Milan event....
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Inequality undermines democracy and growth
Thorvaldur Gylfason - Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar <30., … - 2019 - Final version 21 January 2019
Income equality and trust seem to go along with several other ingredients of social capital as determinants of economic growth across the globe. In a large sample of countries, equality in the distribution of income as measured by the World Bank and by The Standardized World Income Inequality...
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Growth and welfare effects of health care in knowledge based economies : conference paper
Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2013
We study the effects of a labor-intensive health care sector within an R&D-driven growth model with overlapping generations. Health care increases longevity and labor participation/productivity. We examine under which conditions expanding health care enhances growth and welfare. Even if the...
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Schlussfolgerungen des Vorsitzes / Europäischer Rat : (Brüssel), 17. - 18. Juni 2004
Europäischer Rat - 2004
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Competition for natural resources and the hold-up problem : conference paper
Hefeker, Carsten; Kessing, Sebastian - 2014
We study the role of competition for the hold-up problem in foreign direct investment in resource-based industries. The host country government is not only unable to commit not to expropriate investment ex post, but is also unable to commit to the provision of local resources. In the case of...
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Natural-resource rents and internal conflicts : can decentralization lift the curse? ; conference paper
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Lessmann, Christian; … - 2013 - This version: February 2013
We study how natural-resource rents affect the risk of internal conflict within countries and how the federal structure … the risk of internal conflict. Fiscal and political decentralization as an institutional arrangement for rent-sharing and … natural-resource rents indeed increase the risk of internal conflict, but this relationship is significantly mitigated by …
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Cash on trial, mk II : economics, technology and institutions
Birchler, Urs W. (ed., introduction);  … - Cash on Trial <Veranstaltung> <2019, Frankfurt am Main>; … - 2019
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Contract enforcement and R&D investment : conference paper
Seitz, Michael; Watzinger, Martin - 2013
In this article we study the relation between the quality of contract enforcement and R&D investment across countries and industries. If companies invest successfully in R&D they are open for exploitation by their supplier if supply contracts are not enforceable. This hold-up problem can reduce...
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