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Growth and Collapse of Empires: A Dynamic Optimization Model

Yegorov, Yuri; Grass, Dieter; Mirescu, Magda; … - 2019

This paper addresses the spatial evolution of countries accounting for economics, geography and (military) force … imposed by the economy but also the geography (transport costs, border length) and the necessity to satisfy the needs of the …

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Institutions or geography: What explains more to trade policy for developing nations?

Sarwarand, Saima; Siddiqi, M. Wasif - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 8 (2014) 3, pp. 640-661

confirming the importance of institutions and governance over geography in case of each trade policy proxy for developing nations …

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Geographical Constraints to Growth in Bolivia

Andersen, Lykke E.; Nina, Osvaldo - 2007

This paper seeks to test to which extent geographical constraints can be blamed for Bolivia s poor growth performance during the last three decades. Although geographical characteristics are too stable to explain the dramatic fluctuations in growth rates over time in Bolivia, there are at least...

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Flood risk and housing prices: Evidence from Hungary

Békés, Gábor; Horváth, Áron; Sápi, Zoltán - 2016

This study employs the hedonic property price method to analyze the flood risk effect on a rich set of data. The analysis is carried out on Hungary, but as the control variables are extremely elaborated, our results have general importance. The paper finds a significant reduction in housing...

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Natural resources, economic growth and geography

González-Val, Rafael; Pueyo, Fernando - 2018

account geography. With this aim, our model integrates elements of the theories of endogenous growth, natural resources and … new economic geography. We find that an increase in the world growth rate can lead to a higher depletion of the natural … resources following an increase in the world demand due to expansion in population. However, the consideration of geography and …

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How Geopolitics Cleaved California's Republicans and United Its Democrats

Kousser, Thad - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 1 (2009) 1

This article uses political maps to trace the ways in which the geopolitical transformation of California -- from a state divided along North/South lines to one split between the conservative inland areas and the more liberal coastal communities -- has also changed the state's two parties....

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Geography, Writing System and History of Ancient Civilizations

Mo, Pak Hung - In: Man and the Economy 2 (2015) 1, pp. 25-43

Abstract We find an undiscovered effect of geography on the choices of writing system in ancient civilizations that in …

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Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices: Mosquito-borne Disease Transmission in Southwest Virginia

Butterworth, Melinda - 2009

Virginiaâs temperate climate is suitable for several mosquito species capable of transmitting pathogens to humans. In southwest Virginia, La Crosse encephalitis and West Nile fever are most prominent. The objective of this research, which uses the Health Belief Model (HBM) as a theoretical...

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1996-2004 Trends in the Single-Family Housing Market: Spatial Analysis of the Residential Sector

Anderson, Dave M.; Elliott, Douglas B. - 2008

share of housing activity. • The proportion of home buyers having three times the median family income for their geography …

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National Security Technology Incubation Strategic Plan

2008

does. For a company to succeed, it must have sustainable competitive advantages in seven key areas: geography, products and …

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