Several studies have documented a negative relationship between democracy and volatility. The latter is usually … institutions, macroeconomic policies and financial development, we find that democracy is the most robust predictor of a country … entry for new firms. This leads to less sectoral diversification: fewer sectors are operated but more resources are …

diversification, while the feedback effect of diversification on GDP per capita may be delayed. This pattern fits into theoretical … rationales that view diversification as driven by technology or efficiency and where diversification generates additional …

Export diversification, or the breadth of exports of an economy, is increasingly seen as a means of accelerating … structures may not be adequately reflected in diversification measurements based on gross exports. This paper develops a new … indicator of export diversification based on value added in sectors contributing to exports. For most Asia and the Pacific …

The aim of the study is to consider the concept of diversification in the context of foreign trade, to clarify the … classification of types of foreign trade diversification, ways to assess the level and to conduct a mass assessment of the level of … foreign trade diversification of countries. The justification of the undertaken topic is that the national economies of the …

Diversification of household activities away from agriculture is a key characteristic of economic development. We … examine the extent of diversification among Vietnamese households, from agriculture into waged employment and entrepreneurship … and whether this diversification is welfare enhancing. We also examine the factors determining this transition from …

discuss the opportunity to combine horizontal diversification and vertical diversification (especially, cocoa processing) in …

constitutional bill are impossible to establish, an analysis of the Icelandic constitution-writing efforts as 'digital democracy …

This paper reviews aspects of the constitution making process in Iceland after the financial collapse of 2008 …, emphasizing the differences between the provisional constitution of 1944 when Iceland separated unilaterally from Nazi …-occupied Denmark and Denmark's 1849 constitution which served, with notable exceptions, as the prototype for Iceland’s 1944 …

This paper reports recent events in Iceland where the political agents of oligarchs didn't even bother to try to … simply find ways to nullify the outcome ex post. The paper reviews and explains the making of Iceland's crowd … fixed ex post, but this is what the Icelandic Parliament is at present trying to do, flirting with a farewell to democracy. …

To understand Iceland's political situation, it is necessary to consider the historical background to the post …