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Why are certain movies more successful in some markets than others? Are the entertainment products we consume reflective of our core values and beliefs? These questions drive our investigation into the relationship between a society's oral tradition and the financial success of films. We combine...
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We investigate the historical roots of poverty, with particular reference to the experience of Africa during the twentieth century. Like the recent studies by Acemoglu et al (2001, etc) we find that institutional inheritance is an important influence on current underdevelopment; but in addition,...
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economic growth on many social phenomena, they may, in fact, merely reflect historical experience, that is, similar leader … independent. The oft-reported significant cross-country relationships of many variables to economic growth may merely demonstrate …
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projects. In the last years, the development of GBs has shown that this is an effective investment channel for the purpose of … protecting the environment. Viet Nam is an Asian economy that has been trying to establish and develop a GB market. The aim of … this study is to find out what are the most important factors influencing development of the GB market in Viet Nam. To this …
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’s ability to utilize science and technology had been instrumental in leading their enormous population to economic prosperity … and for a while, superiority. During the 18th century European science and technology surpassed that of the Chinese. It is … my contention that a variety of Chinese contributions expedited Europe’s prolific economic development and aided in its …
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the 2008-09 financial crisis. Yet profound changes in the policy environment and public sentiment in the largest economies … 2021. Russia's invasion of Ukraine raised new concerns about national security and the exposure of supply chains to … policy, export restrictions in particular, to halt China's technological development. The future of globalization is highly …
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of differential cultural diversity and economic development across the world …
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-imperial collapse and entering a period of relative political stability and economic growth, as did Latin America a century and a half …
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population growth and its social stability effects dissipated. These conclusions are based on a new dataset encompassing 39 … and other types of social unrest, population growth and a host of other variables. The paper first documents that county …-level variations in poor relief had a statistically significant and quantitatively meaningful non-monotonic impact on population growth …
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countries. While admitting the non-linearity of economic development they claim that the developing countries make a transition …
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