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Geography, Transparency and Institutions

Mayshar, Joram; Moav, Omer; Neeman, Zvika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

geography and these institutions, we posit, is via the effect of transparency on the state's extractive capacity. We apply our …

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Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions Over Geography and Integration in Economic Development

Rodrik, Dani; Subramanian, Arvind; Trebbi, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining income levels around the … institutions 'trumps' everything else. Once institutions are controlled for, measures of geography have at best weak direct effects … world, using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of …

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The Geography of Output Volatility

Malik, Adeel; Temple, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

of geography and institutions. We investigate the volatility effects of market access, climate variability, the …

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Inequality in Land Ownership, the Emergence of Human Capital Promoting Institutions and the Great Divergence

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Vollrath, Dietrich - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

capital promoting institutions (e.g., public schooling) and thus the pace and the nature of the transition from an …

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Markets in China and Europe on the Eve of the Industrial Revolution

Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol Hua - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Current orthodoxy suggests that the Industrial Revolution began in Europe because European institutions promoted …

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Detection of Local Interactions from the Spatial Pattern of Names in France

Head, Keith; Mayer, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Using data on name distributions in 95 French departments observed from 1946 to 2002, we investigate spatial and social mechanisms behind the transmission of parental preferences. Drawing inspiration from recent work on social interactions, we develop a simple discrete choice model that predicts...

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Innovative Clusters and the Industry Life Cycle

Audretsch, David B; Feldman, Maryann P - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

The purpose of this paper is to link the propensity for innovative activity to cluster spatially to the stage of the industry life cycle. The theory of knowledge spillovers, based on the knowledge production function for innovative activity, suggests that geographic proximity matters most in...

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The Location of the UK Cotton Textiles Industry in 1838: a Quantitative Analysis

Crafts, Nicholas; Wolf, Nikolaus - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We examine the geography of UK cotton textiles in 1838 to test claims about why the industry came to be so heavily … concentrated in Lancashire. Our analysis considers both first and second nature geography including the availability of water power …

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Coal and the European Industrial Revolution

Fernihough, Alan; O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We examine the importance of geographical proximity to coal as a factor underpinning comparative European economic development during the Industrial Revolution. Our analysis exploits geographical variation in city and coalfield locations, alongside temporal variation in the availability of...

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The Territorial Dynamics Of Innovation In China And India

Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Storper, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper analyses the geography of innovation in China and India. Using a tailor-made panel database for regions in …

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