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Protests and Beliefs in Social Coordination in Africa
Sangnier, Marc; Zylberberg, Yanos - HAL - 2013
aftermath of geo-localized social protests in Africa, we find that trust in monitoring institutions and beliefs in social … coordination strongly evolve after riots, together with trust in leaders. As no signs of social unrest can be recorded before, the … the country's institutions. Our interpretation is the following. Agents lend their taxes to a leader with imperfect …
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Crime and Erosion of Trust: Evidence for Latin America
Corbacho, Ana; Philipp, Julia; Ruiz-Vega, Mauricio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
, widespread crime has the potential to weaken trust between citizens and institutions, undermine government reform efforts, and … trust in formal public institutions and trust in informal private networks. It is based on a representative sample of … and the resulting erosion of trust in public institutions. …
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The formality in property rights: determinant in the military strategy of armed actors
Guijo, Andrea P. Velásquez - Households in Conflict Network - 2008
The causes of internal conflicts are not easy to identify, and in order to understand its dynamics it is important to determine the factors that influence its persistence. The appropriation of economic resources has been identified as a cause of the conflict; however, asset appropriation may not...
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Access to justice and entrepreneurship: evidence from Brazil’s Special Civil Tribunals
Lichand, Guilherme; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Departamento de Economia, Pontifícia Universidade … - 2011
Entrepreneurship is usually indentified as an important determinant of aggregate productivity and long-term growth. The determinants of entrepreneurship, nevertheless, are not entirely understood. A recent literature has linked entrepreneurship to the development of the justice system. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276061
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Access to Justice and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Brazil's Special Civil Tribunals
Lichand, Guilherme; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Entrepreneurship is usually identified as an important determinant of aggregate productivity and long-term growth. The determinants of entrepreneurship, nevertheless, are not entirely understood. A recent literature has linked entrepreneurship to the development of the justice system. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283566
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Institutional quality and government efficiency
Chong, Alberto; Gradstein, Mark - 2007
Poorer countries have a much smaller public sector and correspondingly a smaller tax burden than richer countries, yet, their economic performance has not been necessarily better. Using a simple model, this paper suggests that the growth and welfare effects of taxation are mediated through...
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Access to justice and entrepreneurship: Evidence from Brazil's special civil tribunals
Lichand, Guilherme; Soares, Rodrigo R. - 2011
Entrepreneurship is usually identified as an important determinant of aggregate productivity and long-term growth. The determinants of entrepreneurship, nevertheless, are not entirely understood. A recent literature has linked entrepreneurship to the development of the justice system. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278593
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Deep economic integration and state capacity: A mechanism for avoiding the middle-income trap?
Bruszt, László; Campos, Nauro F. - 2018
Exiting the middle-income trap entails costly improvements in state capacity. That deep economic integration induces powerful actors to support increasing state capacities remain underresearched. Here we ask: Under what conditions can deep economic integration yield increases in state capacity?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064709
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Access to justice and entrepreneurship: evidence from Brazil’s Special Civil Tribunals
Lichand, Guilherme; Soares, Rodrigo R. - 2011
Entrepreneurship is usually indentified as an important determinant of aggregate productivity and long-term growth. The determinants of entrepreneurship, nevertheless, are not entirely understood. A recent literature has linked entrepreneurship to the development of the justice system. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807415
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Deep economic integration and state capacity : a mechanism for avoiding the middle-income trap?
Bruszt, László; Campos, Nauro - 2018
Exiting the middle-income trap entails costly improvements in state capacity. That deep economic integration induces powerful actors to support increasing state capacities remain underresearched. Here we ask: Under what conditions can deep economic integration yield increases in state capacity?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011865849