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Institutions and Poverty: A Critical Comment Based on Evolving Currents and Debates
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2014
Tebaldi & Mohan (2010, JDS) have established an empirical nexus between institutions and monetary poverty. We first … underlying study that institutions could have an indirect effect on multidimensional poverty. In other words, the poverty … eradication effect of institutions is through income-average as opposed to income-inequality. We discuss the confirmed findings in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390893
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The Effects of Land Redistribution: Evidence from the French Revolution
Finley, Theresa; Franck, Raphaël; Johnson, Noel D. - 2020
This study exploits the confiscation and auctioning off of Church property that occurred during the French Revolution to assess the role played by transaction costs in delaying the reallocation of property rights in the aftermath of fundamental institutional reform. French districts with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314909
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Protection of Property Rights and Growth as Political Equilibria
Asoni, Andrea - 2008
This paper presents a survey of the literature on property rights and economic growth. It discusses different … slow economic growth through different channels: expropriation of private wealth, corruption of civil servants, excessive … part of the paper illustrates relevant empirical works on property rights and growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320102
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Institutions and poverty : a critical comment based on evolving currents and debates
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2014
Tebaldi & Mohan (2010, JDS) have established an empirical nexus between institutions and monetary poverty. We first … underlying study that institutions could have an indirect effect on multidimensional poverty. In other words, the poverty … eradication effect of institutions is through income-average as opposed to income-inequality. We discuss the confirmed findings in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409163
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The effects of land redistribution : evidence from the French Revolution
Finley, Theresa; Franck, Raphaël; Johnson, Noel D. - 2020
This study exploits the confiscation and auctioning off of Church property that occurred during the French Revolution to assess the role played by transaction costs in delaying the reallocation of property rights in the aftermath of fundamental institutional reform. French districts with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012299758
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Esclavagisme et colonisation : Quelles conséquences contemporaines en Afrique ? - Résumé critique des travaux de l'économiste Nathan Nunn
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This article aims to highlight the first work of economist Nathan Nunn on slavery and colonization. Indeed, for the latter, these two historical facts, quantifiable consequences, have defined the path of economic development of African countries. Secondly, this paper discusses the findings of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260637
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Are All Democracies Equally Good? The Role of Interactions between Political Environment and Inequality for Rule of Law
Sunde, Uwe; Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with … institutions of higher quality when inequality is lower. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703417
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The spirits of capitalism and socialism. A cross-country study of ideology
Bjørnskov, Christian; Paldam, Martin - School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus - 2009
-minded area of the world. (A2) It is associated with the institutions of the country such as legal quality. (A3) It is related to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497505
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Protection of Property Rights and Growth as Political Equilibria
Asoni, Andrea - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
This paper presents a survey of the literature on property rights and economic growth. It discusses different … slow economic growth through different channels: expropriation of private wealth, corruption of civil servants, excessive … part of the paper illustrates relevant empirical works on property rights and growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645396
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Institutions and Poverty: A Critical Comment Based on Evolving Currents and Debates
Asongu, Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014
Tebaldi & Mohan (2010, JDS) have established an empirical nexus between institutions and monetary poverty. We first … underlying study that institutions could have an indirect effect on multidimensional poverty. In other words, the poverty … eradication effect of institutions is through income-average as opposed to income-inequality. We discuss the confirmed findings in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011118305