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Violent conflicts and state capacity : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Babajide, Adedoyin; Ahmad, Ahmad Hassan; Coleman, Simeon - In: Journal of government and economics : JGE 3 (2021), pp. 1-14
This paper investigates the impacts of conflicts on state-capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a region that has recorded a disproportionate number of armed conflicts and has a high presence in the Fragile States Index rankings. Individually, both conflicts and state-capacity are known to have...
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The role of knowledge economy in Asian business
Zeb, Shumaila - In: Future Business Journal 8 (2022), pp. 1-13
The study examines the role of the knowledge economy (KE) in Asian businesses in 45 countries for 2000-2019. KE indicators include education, economic incentives, innovation, institutional regime, and information and communication technology. The business indicators used in the study are...
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Secession and social polarization : evidence from Catalonia
Balcells, Laia; Fernández Albertos, José; Kuo, Alexander - 2021
Does secessionism lead to social polarization? Despite much research on independence movements, their relationship to polarization, a key mechanism theorized as increasing the chances of violent conflict, remains less understood. We argue that secessionist conflicts can polarize along both...
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The construction of national identities
Almagro, Milena; Andrés-Cerezo, David - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 15 (2020) 2, pp. 763-810
shared national identity on its territory. A forward-looking central government that internalizes identity dynamics shapes … steady states and extreme levels of (de)centralization. We also find the ability to foster a common identity is highly …
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Networks of dissent : social leaders and protest in an autocracy
Buggle, Johannes; Deter, Max; Lange, Martin - 2025
This paper examines how network ties between local social leaders influenced the diffusion of mass protests in an autocracy. We focus on the Protestant Church and the Peaceful Revolution in East Germany. To quantify the role of leader networks in protest diffusion, we compile biographical...
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Voter preferences, electoral promises, and the composition of public spending
Keefer, Philip; Scartascini, Carlos G.; Vlaicu, Razvan - 2020
This paper proposes and empirically tests a new demand-side explanation for distortions in public spending composition. Voters prefer spending with certain and immediate benefits when they have low trust in electoral promises and high discount rates. The paper incorporates these characteristics...
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Inequality persistence and policymaking constraints : explaining regional data patterns
Vlaicu, Razvan - 2024
In well-functioning democracies, the policymaking process should in principle respond to persistent economic inequality with corrective policies. This process is set in motion through majority demands for redistributive taxation and spending that elected representatives eventually supply through...
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Response to urban challenges by global cities within developmental states : the case of Tokyo and Seoul
Khan, Shahed; Khan, Megumi; An, Sang Kyung - In: International journal of management and economics 55 (2019) 4, pp. 369-390
Tokyo and Seoul, the two leading East Asian global cities, operate under "developmental states." They often struggle for control over major urban initiatives against their strong state government agencies as they seek prominence in the global city hierarchy. Through comparative review of...
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The comparative African regional economics of globalization in financial allocation efficiency : the pre-crisis era revisited
Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph; Tchamyou, Vanessa - In: Financial innovation : FIN 6 (2020) 3, pp. 1-41
This study assesses the role of globalization-fueled regionalization policies on the financial allocation efficiency of … dependent variables and seven bundled and unbundled globalization variables are employed as independent indicators. The bundling … to trade openness and most sensitive to globalization. The relationship between allocation efficiency and globalization …
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Global value chains promoting economic integration in Asia-Pacific : insights from a systematic literature review
Mangla, Sanjay Kumar; Jain, Nikita; Gupta, Richa - In: Thailand and the world economy 42 (2024) 1, pp. 22-48
Economic integration, encompassing the removal or reduction of trade barriers and the coordination of monetary and fiscal policies, plays a pivotal role in promoting cooperation among nations. This systematic literature review examines the role of global value chains (GVCs) in promoting economic...
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