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The bounty of the sea and long-run development
Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Knudsen, Anne Soe B.; Selaya, Pablo - 2015
What is the long run impact on development from differences in subsistence strategies during pre-industrial times? Whereas this question has been explored from the point of view of agriculture, remarkably little attention has been paid to the complementary strategy of relying on marine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373079
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Space and growth
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2004
This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial … absolute location predominantly uses non-spatial econometric techniques, and is strongly linked to the economic growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342567
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The Bounty of the Sea and long-run development
Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Knudsen, Anne Sofie B.; Selaya, Pablo - 2015
What is the long run impact on development from differences in subsistence strategies during pre-industrial times? Whereas this question has been explored from the point of view of agriculture, remarkably little attention has been paid to the complementary strategy of relying on marine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346874
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Climatic fluctuations and the diffusion of agriculture
Ashraf, Quamrul; Michalopulos, Stelios - 2013
This research examines variations in the diffusion of agriculture across countries and archaeological sites. The theory suggests that a society's history of climatic shocks shaped the timing of its adoption of farming. Specifically, as long as climatic disturbances did not lead to a collapse of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009693400
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Corruption and the curse : the dictator's choice
Sarr, Mare; Swanson, Timothy M. - 2013
We develop a dynamic discrete choice model of a self-interested and unchecked ruler making decisions regarding the exploitation of a resource-rich country. This dictator makes the recursive choice between either investing domestically to live off the productivity of the country while facing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009702219
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Short-term global crop acreage response to international food prices and implications of volatility
Haile, Mekbib G.; Kalkuhl, Matthias; Braun, Joachim von - 2013
Understanding how producers make decisions to allot acreage among crops and how decisions about land use are affected by changes in prices and their volatility is fundamental for predicting the supply of staple crops and, hence, assessing the global food supply situation. The innovations of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009712556
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The natural resource curse in post-soviet countries : the role of institutions and trade policies
Horváth, Roman; Zeynalov, Ayaz - 2014
We examine the effect of natural resource abundance on economic performance during the 1996-2011 period in the 15 independent countries that formerly comprised the Soviet Union. These countries were a largely homogeneous group with respect to institutional development, liberalization and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010363414
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The natural resource curse and institutions in post-Soviet countries
Horváth, Roman; Zeynalov, Ayaz - 2014
We examine the effect of natural resource exports on economic performance during the 1996-2011 period in the 15 independent countries that formerly comprised the Soviet Union. These countries were a largely homogeneous group with respect to social and institutional context; however, these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010429952
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Disaggregating the resource curse : is the curse more difficult to dispel in oil states than in mineral states?
Azarchs, Timothy; Khitarishvili, Tamar - 2010
resource abundance on economic growth has changed since these policies were first introduced by comparing the periods 1970 … as two channels linking resource abundance to economic growth in the context of an instrumental variables (IV) model. In … dependence and institutional quality in the growth regressions, paying particular attention to the weakness of the instruments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008759440
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashrafy, Quamrul; Galorz, Oded - 2011
economic growth. The theory thus contributes to the understanding of the advent of divergence and overtaking in the process of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009384831