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Institutions and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fulginiti, Lilyan E.; Perrin, Richard K.; Yu, Bingxin - EconWPA - 2005
Agricultural productivity in 41 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1960 to 1999 is examined by estimating a semi-nonparametric Fourier production frontier. Over the four decades the estimated rate of productivity change was 0.83% per year, although the average rate from 1985-99 was a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407719
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Mortality Rate and Property Rights in a Model with Human Capital and R&D
Sequeira, Tiago - EconWPA - 2004
We use a set of established growth models, which simultaneously include human capital and R&D, to show that the effect of mortality rate in human capital accumulation is quantitatively more important than the effect of perfectly guaranteed patents on research. First, we show that the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407750
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CRECIMIENTO, INSTITUCIONES Y CONVERGENCIA EN MEXICO CONSIDERANDO A LA FRONTERA NORTE
Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro; Celaya, Diana - EconWPA - 2004
institutions. The study conducts a literature review on the theoretical and empirical works of economic growth, with emphasis in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407867
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Counting chickens when they hatch: The short-term effect of aid on growth
Clemens, Michael A.; Radelet, Steven; Bhavnani, Rikhil - EconWPA - 2004
recipient's level of income or quality of institutions and policies; we find that short-impact aid causes growth, on average … with stronger institutions or longer life expectancies (better health). We also find a significant negative relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408143
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The Emergence of Human Capital Promoting Institutions in the Process of Development
Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Vollrath, Dietrich - EconWPA - 2005
distribution of land ownership, adversely affected the implementation of human capital promoting institutions (e.g., public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408243
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A NEW APPROACH OF THE BUDGET DEFICIT: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
Talpos, Ioan; Dima, Bogdan; Mutascu, Mihai; Enache, Cosmin - EconWPA - 2005
Economic policies and, particularly, fiscal policies are not designed and implemented in an “empty space”: the structural characteristics of the economic systems, the institutional architecture of societies, the cultural paradigm and the power relations between different social groups,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408434
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EFFICIENCY OF INSTITUTIONS, POLITICAL STABILITY AND INCOME DYNAMICS
Carmignani, Fabrizio - EconWPA - 2005
In a simple theoretical framework, the quality of institutions affects individual’s investment decisions, and hence … income levels and distribution. When institutions deteriorates and inequalities increase, the incumbent undertakes … redistributive taxation to maintain political support. The quality of institutions and the extent of redistribution depend on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412490
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THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF A WEAK JUDICIARY: INSIGHTS FROM INDIA
Koehling, Wolfgang - EconWPA - 2002
This paper examines the empirical relationship between the quality of the Indian judiciary and the economic development of the Indian States and Union Territories. It evaluates this causality by analysing the development of the state-level per capita income and poverty rates. I define the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412513
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Los determinantes del crecimiento económico. Comercio internacional, convergencia y las instituciones.
Díaz-Bautista, Alejandro - EconWPA - 2004
La presente obra se centra en uno de los problemas fundamentales de nuestra época: el desenvolvimiento económico de la convergencia y el crecimiento en las regiones considerando a las instituciones y el comercio internacional. A lo largo del libro el autor discute los modelos teóricos y...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412726
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The Economic Growth Effects of NAFTA in the Northern Border of Mexico
Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro - EconWPA - 2004
Luego de examinar el marco teórico y conceptual de la teoría del crecimiento y del comercio internacional, se mide la eficacia de la apertura comercial impulsada por el TLCAN para fomentar el intercambio comercial. Asimismo, se evalúan los efectos de éste en el crecimiento económico de los...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413001