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Institutions, Geography and Trade: A Panel Data Study

Jacob, Jeffry; Osang, Thomas - Southern Methodist University, Department of Economics - 2007

A number of recent papers study the impact of institutions, trade and geography known as “deep determinants” of … term. We find that the quality of institutions and openness to trade both have positive and statistically significant … to have the strongest impact, followed by openness to trade measures. In comparison, geography measures have rather small …

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Values, Beliefs and Development

Jacob, Jeffry; Osang, Thomas - Southern Methodist University, Department of Economics - 2007

models, controlling for the “deep determinants” of development: Institutions, geography and trade. Our results indicate that …

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Was higher education a major channel through which the US became an economic superpower in the 20th century?

Cook, Adam; Ehrlich, Isaac - 2018

and informal knowledge transfers (cf. Ehrlich and Murphy 2007). The conjecture is that the ascendancy of the US as an …

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Can the Eurozone Survive?

Nowak, Alojzy Z. - 2015

The paper discusses the differences among countries of the Eurozone which impede growth. The paper offers solutions aimed at encouraging economic convergence to a higher level of standard of living. Economic disparity throughout the region has increased due to the global financial crisis. A...

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Lessons for Indigenous Property Reform : From Membership to Ownership on Nisga'a Lands

Graben, Sari - 2014

Indigenous governments in Canada are increasingly authorized to adopt laws that convert communally held lands to individual fee simple. They will convert title to fee simple in order to obtain the economic benefits commonly associated with private ownership and its securitization. However,...

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Severity of Personal Delinquency Problem in Korea and Its Implications

Choi, Gongpil - 2015

of the economy and in society, thereby weakening the momentum for continual structural reform. It is important to …

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Property Rights and Income Inequality

Haidar, Jamal Ibrahim - 2009

We establish the relationship between property rights and income inequality within 22 former European colonies. The key, unexpected result is: stronger property rights are associated with higher income inequality levels. We provide plausible explanations for these findings

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Microcredit : Fulfilling or Belying the Universalist Morality of Globalizing Markets?

Anderson, Kenneth - 2014

Microcredit is a widely practiced, widely revered technique of international development. It aims to increase incomes of the poor by giving them access to capital which can be used to create small businesses or other productive economic activity. Microcredit, despite its partly "market" approach...

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Microcredit : Fulfilling or Belying the Universalist Morality of Globalizing Markets?

Anderson, Kenneth - 2014

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PERESTROIKA AND RUBLE CONVERTIBILITY

Feige, Edgar L. - EconWPA - 2004

This paper examines the role of money in market and centrally planned economies. It then proposes a program and sequence of institutional, macroeconomic and monetary reform aimed at achieving a stable transition. An egalitarian redistribution of the state's custodial assets to its citizens is...

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