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Living in the Garden of Eden: Mineral Resources and Preferences for Redistribution
Coutenier, Mathieu; Sangnier, Marc - 2015
This paper provides empirical evidence that mineral resources abundance is associated to preferences for redistribution … to redistribution than others. We take advantage of both the spatial and the temporal distributions of mineral resources … discoveries since 1800 to uncover two mechanisms through which mineral resources can foster ones’ opposition to redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011165802
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Economic Production and the Spread of Supernatural Beliefs
Araújo, Daniel; Carrillo, Bladimir; Sampaio, Breno - 2021
, sing and joke about the supernatural. Finally, we test for the importance of cultural persistence by examining people who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882514
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Beasts of burden, trade, and hierarchy: The long shadow of domestication
Link, Andreas - 2023
This paper studies how the prehistoric geographic distribution of domesticable transport animal species has contributed to shaping differences in development. I identify the historic ranges of the ten animal species that are (1) suitable for domestication and (2) suitable for carrying loads....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476146
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Economic production and the spread of supernatural beliefs
Araújo, Daniel; Carrillo, Bladimir; Sampaio, Breno - 2021
, sing and joke about the supernatural. Finally, we test for the importance of cultural persistence by examining people who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012793318
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Witchcraft Beliefs and the Erosion of Trust: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa and Beyond
Gershman, Boris - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between witchcraft beliefs, a deep-rooted cultural phenomenon, and trust, an integral element of social capital. We argue that witchcraft beliefs erode trust and cooperation and exploit novel survey data from nineteen countries of Sub-Saharan Africa to test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011250610
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Beasts of burden, trade, and hierarchy : the long shadow of domestication
Link, Andreas - 2023
This paper studies how the prehistoric geographic distribution of domesticable transport animal species has contributed to shaping differences in development. I identify the historic ranges of the ten animal species that are (1) suitable for domestication and (2) suitable for carrying loads....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014232628
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Living in the Garden of Eden : mienral resources and preferences for redistribution
Couttenier, Mathieu; Sangnier, Marc - In: Journal of comparative economics : the journal of the … 43 (2015) 2, pp. 243-256
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011566556
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Energy, aesthetics and knowledge in complex economic systems
Foster, John - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 80 (2011) 1, pp. 88-100
It is argued that the fact that economic systems are dissipative structures must be taken fully into account in economics if we are to understand the nature of the economic–ecological interface and how to deal with emergent environmental problems, such as global warming. Such problems are a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011048170
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From Mine to Coast: Transport Infrastructure and The Direction of Trade in Developing Countries
Bonfatti, Roberto; Poelhekke, Steven - 2013
Mine-related transport infrastructure specializes in connecting mines to the coast, and not so much to neighboring countries. This is most clearly seen in developing countries, whose transport infrastructure was originally designed to facilitate the export of natural resources in colonial times....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292705
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From Mine to Coast: Transport Infrastructure and the Direction of Trade in Developing Countries
Bonfatti, Roberto; Poelhekke, Steven - 2013
Mine-related transport infrastructure specializes in connecting mines to the coast, and not so much to neighboring countries. This is most clearly seen in developing countries, whose transport infrastructure was originally designed to facilitate the export of natural resources in colonial times....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326408