Search Results - subject:"Fractionalization"

Fractionalization and the Size of Government

Lind, Jo Thori - CESifo - 2003

This paper studies the joint effect of fractionalization and inequality on the size of government. Within a political … fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for …

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Fractionalization and the Size of Government

Lind, Jo Thori - 2003

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Corruption and growth in ethnically fragmented world

Jinyoung Hwang*; Jung, Kun-Oh; Lim, Eung-Soon - In: Journal of Developing Areas 44 (2011) 2, pp. 265-278

dividing the data into two subsamples based on the Index of Ethnic Fractionalization (IEF). Using cross-national evidence …

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Dynamic ethnic fractionalization and economic growth

Campos, Nauro; Saleh, Ahmad; Kuzeyev, Vitaliy - In: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development 20 (2011) 2, pp. 129-152

In their survey of the literature on ethnic fractionalization and economic performance, Alesina and La Ferrara (2005 … fractionalization on economic growth across countries using unique time-varying measures. We first replicate the finding of a weak …, econometric estimators, as well as to the use of an index of ethnic-religious-linguistic fractionalization. …

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Ethnic and Religious Polarization and Social Conflict

Esteban, Joan; Mayoral, Laura - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2011

fractionalization index. We also obtain that both ethnic and religious polarization are significant in explaining conflict. The results …

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Diversity and Public Goods: a Natural Experiment with Exogeneous Residential Allocation

Algan, Yann; Hémet, Camille; Laitin, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper demonstrates the effects of ethnic and religious diversity on the quality of public spaces. Its identification strategy relies on the exogeneity of public housing allocations in France, and thereby eliminates the bias from endogenous sorting. The paper uses micro evidence of social...

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Linguistic polarization and conflict in the Basque Country

Gardeazabal, Javier - In: Public Choice 149 (2011) 3, pp. 405-425

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Rapacious Resource Depletion, Excessive Investment and Insecure Property Rights: A Puzzle

Ploeg, Frederick - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 48 (2011) 1, pp. 105-128

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War Signals: A Theory of Trade, Trust and Conflict

Rohner, Dominic; Thoenig, Mathias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource-Rich … - 2011

We construct a dynamic theory of civil conict hinging on inter-ethnic trust and trade. The model economy is inhabitated by two ethnic groups. Inter-ethnic trade requires imperfectly observed bilateral investments and one group has to form beliefs on the average propensity to trade of the other...

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War Signals: A Theory of Trade, Trust and Conflict

Rohner, Dominic; Thoenig, Mathias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We construct a dynamic theory of civil conflict hinging on inter-ethnic trust and trade. The model economy is inhabitated by two ethnic groups. Inter-ethnic trade requires imperfectly observed bilateral investments and one group has to form beliefs on the average propensity to trade of the other...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003383