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We document that rules for leadership succession in ethnic societies that antedate the modern state predict contemporary political regimes; leadership selection by election in indigenous societies is associated with contemporary representative democracy. The basic association, however, is...
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economically efficient extraction paths - is tested empirically with a novel panel data set from global fisheries. Exploiting the …
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We show that grandfathering fishing rights to local users or recognizing first possessions is more dynamically efficient than auctions of such rights. It is often argued that auctions allocate rights to the highest-valued users and thereby maximize resource rents. We counter that rents are not...
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Global supply chains have come under unprecedented stress as a result of US-China trade tensions, the Covid-19 pandemic, and geopolitical shocks. We document shifts in the pattern of US participation in global value chains over the last four decades, in terms of partner countries, products, and...
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(1) The U.S. share of the world's science and engineering graduates is declining rapidly as European and Asian …
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. Late nineteenth century trade globalization may have helped generate the "first wave" of democratization. Between 1920 and … 1938 countries more exposed to international trade were less likely to become authoritarian. Finally, our post-World War II …
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impact of financial globalization has been remarkably limited. I argue that country attributes are still critical to … ability of a country to take advantage of financial globalization. The twin agency problems help explain why the impact of … financial globalization has been limited and why financial globalization can lead to capital flight and financial crises. The …
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Proponents of globalization often conclude that its critics are ignorant or self-motivated. In doing so, they have … missed a valuable opportunity to discover both how best to communicate the benefits of globalization, and how to improve on … the current model of globalization. This paper examines the values, beliefs and facts that lead critics to the view that …
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Over the last few years, colonialism, especially as pursued by Europeans, has enjoyed a revival in interest among both scholars and the general public. Although a number of new accounts cast colonial empires in a more favorable light than has generally been customary, others contend that...
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throughout the now poor world. Many see related threats to public health from current globalization. Multilateral and bilateral … convergence of adult mortality rates among the rich of the world, particularly men. Globalization would do much for global health …Disease has traveled with goods and people since the earliest times. Armed globalization spread disease, to the extent …
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