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Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment

Burgess, Robin; Pande, Rohini - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Lack of access to finance is often cited as a key reason for why poor people remain poor. This Paper uses data on the Indian rural branch expansion programme to provide empirical evidence on this issue. Between 1977 and 1990, the Indian central bank mandated that a commercial bank could open a...

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Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of nations

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gérard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism … innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …

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Geographic Localization of International Technology Diffusion

Keller, Wolfgang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Convergence in per capita income across countries turns on whether technological knowledge spillovers are global or local in a large class of models. This Paper estimates the amount of spillovers from R&D expenditures in major industrialized countries on a geographic basis. A new data set is...

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Genetic Diversity and the Origins of Cultural Fragmentation

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Despite the importance attributed to the e¤ects of diversity on the stability and prosperity of nations, the origins of the uneven distribution of ethnic and cultural fragmentation across countries have been underexplored. Building on the role of deeply-rooted biogeographical forces in...

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Accounting for Cross-Country Income Differences

Caselli, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

in the efficiency with which capital is used?’ Hence, it does for the cross-section what growth accounting does in the …

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Moving Skills from Hands to Heads: Import of Technology and Export Performance

Barba Navaretti, Giorgio; Galeotti, Marzio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

This paper examines the link between imported technologies and a country’s export performance, as measured by product quality. The analysis is set against the background of the process of regional integration between the EU and its neighbouring developing countries. The underlying question is...

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Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective

Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We construct a simple model where political elites may block technological and institutional development, because of a ‘political replacement effect.’ Innovations often erode elites’ incumbency advantage, increasing the likelihood that they will be replaced. Fearing replacement, political...

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Learning on the Quick and Cheap: Gains from Trade Through Imported Expertise

Markusen, James R.; Rutherford, Tom - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Gains from productivity and knowledge transmission arising from the presence of foreign firms has received a good deal of empirical attention, but micro-foundations for this mechanism are weak. Here we focus on production by foreign experts who may train domestic unskilled workers who work with...

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Financial Institutions and the Wealth of Nations: Tales of Development

Tong, Jian; Xu, Cheng-Gang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

‘growth inertia effect.’ A backward economy with a financing regime with centralized decision-making may catch up rapidly when … the convergence effect and the growth inertia effect are in the same direction. This regime leads to large development …

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To What Extent Should Less-Developed Countries Enforce Intellectual Property?

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper discusses a number of issues in the context of the debate on intellectual property in less developed countries (LDCs). It starts by discussing the consequences of IP enforcement in LDCs for global innovation and welfare in poorer countries. It then considers the costs and benefits of...

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