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Francois, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper analyzes the dynamic interaction between norms - internalized restraints on opportunistic behaviour - and institutions - restraints on such behaviour deriving from external enforcement. When individuals following a norm suffer pecuniary losses to doing so, the norm is eroded....

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Structural Development Accounting

Gancia, Gino A; Müller, Andreas; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

, costly adoption and spillovers from the world technology frontier. Despite its parsimonious parametrization, our empirical …

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Collateral Damage: Trade Disruption and the Economic Impact of War

Glick, Reuven; Taylor, Alan M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

" costs of war, such as lost human capital, as illustrated by case studies of World War I and World War II. …

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Regime Change, Democracy and Growth

Freund, Caroline; Jaud, Mélise - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Theory and empirics are ambiguous on the effect of democracy on growth. Cross-country studies find that democracy has no significant impact on growth. In contrast, within-country studies find a strong positive effect of transition to democracy. We reconcile this inconsistency by showing that the...

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The Democratic Transition

Murtin, Fabrice; Wacziarg, Romain - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Over the last two centuries, many countries experienced regime transitions toward democracy. We document this democratic transition over a long time horizon. We use historical time series of income, education and democracy levels from 1870 to 2000 to explore the economic factors associated with...

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Ideologues: Explaining Partisanship and Persistence in Politics (and Elsewhere)

Buehler, Benno; Kessler, Anke - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

candidates and available policy alternatives. We show that both sides may be caught in an ideology trap: because voters expect … the perceived ideology of office holders to determine their political actions, politicians are tempted to act according to … their perceived ideology, resulting in political failure. …

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National Institutions and African Development: Evidence from Partitioned Ethnicities

Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

national borders, close to the capital cities or to other parts of the world, they suggest that the cross-country positive …

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Pre-colonial Ethnic Institutions and Contemporary African Development

Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We investigate the role of deeply-rooted pre-colonial ethnic institutions in shaping comparative regional development within African countries. We combine information on the spatial distribution of ethnicities before colonization with regional variation in contemporary economic performance, as...

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Divide and Rule or the Rule of the Divided? Evidence from Africa

Michalopoulos, Stelios; Papaioannou, Elias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We investigate jointly the importance of contemporary country-level institutional structures and local ethnicity-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial distribution of African ethnicities before colonization...

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Geography, Transparency and Institutions

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

We propose a theory by which geographic variations in the transparency of the production process explain cross-regional differences in the scale of the state, in its hierarchical structure, and in property rights over land. The key linkage between geography and these institutions, we posit, is...

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