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The role of institutional quality on the effects of fiscal stimulus

Avellán, Leopoldo; Galindo Andrade, Arturo José; … - 2020

This paper provides evidence on the effect of fiscal stimulus on economic activity in countries with different degrees of institutional quality. The identification strategy makes use of data on military expenditure to instrument government consumption using local lineal projections as presented...

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The evolution of owner-entrepreneurs' taxation : five tax regimes over a 160-year period

Elert, Niklas; Johansson, Dan; Stenkula, Mikael; … - 2022

The institutional literature suggests that long-term tax incentives are crucial for entrepreneurs, but studies on this topic are hampered by theoretical and empirical problems related to how to define and measure entrepreneurial income. We resolve these problems by drawing on a theoretical...

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M-LED: multi-sectoral latent electricity demand assessment for energy access planning

Falchetta, Giacomo; Stevanato, Nicolò; Moner-Girona, Magda - 2020

Globally about 800 million people live without electricity at home, over two thirds of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. Ending energy poverty is a key development priority because energy plays an enabling role for human wellbeing and economic activities. Planning electricity access...

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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power

Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2023

We exploit novel data collected within a randomized controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We show that — as long as the wife is involved in...

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Interest rates and implications for microfinance in Latin America and the Caribbean

Campion, Anita; Ekka, Rashmi Kiran; Wenner, Mark D. - 2010

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have been successful in providing credit to millions of low-income borrowers in groups … examine microfinance interest rates and their determinants in order to understand how these rates might be lowered. Using high … profit-making MFIs charging lower interest rates. We also find that interest rate caps reduce the outreach of these …

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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power

Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2021

We exploit novel data collected within a randomised controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study how intra-household gender diﬀerences in perceptions of costs and beneﬁts of sanitation impact investment decisions. We show that – as long as the wife is involved in...

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No evidence that anti-domestic violence laws reduce violent child discipline in Sub-Saharan Africa

Wu, Hanbo; Pesando, Luca Maria - 2025

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Trend shocks and economic development

Naoussi, Claude Francis; Tripier, Fabien - 2013

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Drought and civil war in Sub-Saharan Africa

Couttenier, Mathieu; Soubeyran, Raphael - 2010

In this paper, we show that drought has a positive effect on the incidence of civil war over the 1945-2005 period in Sub-Saharan Africa. We use the Palmer Drought Severity Index which is a richer measurement of drought than the measures used in the literature (rainfall and temperature) as it...

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Energy access scenarios to 2030 for the power sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bazilian, Morgan; Nussbaumer, Patrick; Rogner, Hans-Holger - 2011

In order to reach a goal of universal access to modern energy services in Africa by 2030, consideration of various electricity sector pathways is required to help inform policy-makers and investors, and help guide power system design. To that end, and building on existing tools and analysis, we...

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