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Institutions and economic performance: a review of the theory and evidence

Ugur, Mehmet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The aim of this article is to take stock of the theoretical debate and empirical findings concerning the impact of institutions on economic performance and the channels through which the institutional impact unfolds. The review is limited to work published until 2004 due to space limitations and...

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Estimation of social capital in the world: Time series by country

Pérez García, Pérez García Francisco; Serrano … - Fundación BBVA - 2008

This working paper presents a new database covering an extensive set of countries from all over the world, compiled by the BBVA Foundation and the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (Ivie) using the methodology developed in Pérez García et al. (2005). It also updates the...

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Estimación del capital social en España: series temporales por territorios

Pérez García, Pérez García Francisco; Serrano … - Fundación BBVA - 2008

This working paper updates the social capital database relative to Spain, its regions and provinces elaborated jointly by the BBVA Foundation and the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (Ivie). It follows the methodology developed by Pérez García et al. (2005) and updates the...

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Measurement of Social Capital and Growth

Pérez García, Pérez García Francisco; Serrano … - Fundación BBVA - 2006

. Investment in social capital is modeled by using the conceptual framework for measuring physical capital services. The measure of … social capital depends on expectations of income, its investment cost, inequality in society, the density of trust networks …

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Capital adjustment patterns and uncertainty in African manufacturing

Shiferaw, A. - International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus … - 2006

Judging by the provisions of its investment code and the apparent stability of the macro-economy, Ethiopia seems to … offer a favourable investment climate for the private sector. However, Ethiopian manufacturing has experienced a declining … rate of investment since the mid 1990s. Like other Sub-Saharan African countries, more than half of manufacturing firms in …

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