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The Coevolution of Economic and Political Development from Monarchy to Democracy
Huang, Fali - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper establishes a simple model of long run economic and political development, which is driven by the inherent technical features of dierent production factors and the political con.icts among factor owners on how to divide the outputs. The main production factor in economy evolves from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365197
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Chapter 21. Democracy, Redistribution, and Inequality
Acemoglu, Daron; Naidu, Suresh; Restrepo, Pascual; … - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 1885-1966). 2015
suggesting that inequality tends to increase after democratization when the economy has already undergone significant structural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025324
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The Coevolution of Economic and Political Development from Monarchy to Democracy
Huang, Fali - School of Economics, Singapore Management University - 2007
This paper establishes a simple model of long run economic and political development, which is driven by the inherent technical features of different production factors and the political conflicts among factor owners on how to divide the outputs. The main production factor in economy evolves...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005006760
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Economic and Social Factors Driving the Third Wave of Democratization
Papaioannou, Elias; Siourounis, Gregorios - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
We identify permanent democratic transitions during the Third Wave of Democratization and the nineties, when many … that democratization is more likely to emerge in affluent and especially educated societies. Economic development and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114314
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The economic value of military connections in Turkey
Göktepe, Gökçe; Satyanath, Shanker - In: Public choice 155 (2013) 3/4, pp. 531-552
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009747509
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Non-linear geographics and the economics of transition and democratization
Brezis, Elise S.; Verdier, Thierry - 2012
simple model of transition and democratization is presented wherein we show that the effectiveness of repression by the … country to start a transition process towards democratization is not necessarily the one nearest to the free world …. -- conflicts ; democratization ; elites ; geography ; repression ; transition process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580742
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Constraints to Economic Development and Growth in the Middle East and North Africa
Brach, Juliane - 2008
When comparing the speed and extent of economic development in different geographic regions of the world over the past 20 years, the under-average performance of Arab countries in general and Arab Mediterranean countries in particular is striking. This is despite an overall favorable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293522
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The political economy of development assistance: peril to government quality dynamics in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
This paper assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in improving government institutions in 52 African countries using updated data (1996-2010). Findings suggest development assistance deteriorates government quality dynamics of corruption-control, political-stability, rule of law, regulation...
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Development thresholds of foreign aid effectiveness in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
Purpose - This paper examines whether initial levels in GDP growth, GDP per capita growth and inequality adjusted human development matter in the impact of aid on development. In substance its object is to assess if threshold development conditions are necessary for the effectiveness of foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390795
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Institutional benchmarking of foreign aid effectiveness in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
This paper integrates two main strands of the aid-development nexus in assessing whether institutional thresholds matter in the effectiveness of foreign aid on institutional development in 53 African countries over the period 1996-2010. Eight government quality indicators are employed: rule of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390814