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(De facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Contemporary Conflict in Africa
Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Özak, Ömer - 2018
We explore the effect of historical ethnic borders on contemporary conflict in Africa. We document that the intensive and extensive margins of contemporary conflict are higher close to historical ethnic borders. Exploiting variations across artificial regions within an ethnicity's historical...
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Human brain evolution in a Malthusian economy
Chu, Angus C. - 2023
Why did the human brain evolve? This study develops a Malthusian growth model with heterogeneous agents and natural selection to explore the evolution of human brain size. We find that if the cognitive advantage of a larger brain dominates its higher metabolic costs, then the average brain size...
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A Malthusian model of hybridization in human evolution
Chu, Angus C. - 2024
Early modern humans interbred with archaic humans. To explore this phenomenon, we develop a Malthusian growth model with hybridization in human evolution. Our hunting-gathering Malthusian economy features two initial human populations. We derive population dynamics and find that the more fertile...
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Investigating Corruption, Income Inequality, and Environmental Degradation in Pakistan: A Time Series Analysis
Ullah, Asad; Ali, Amjad - 2024
The aim of this study is to investigate the intricate relationship between corruption, income inequality, and … intriguing insights into the interplay between corruption, income inequality, and environmental degradation. Specifically, we … find that in the absence of corruption, income inequality exhibits a negative correlation with environmental degradation …
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Resource Extraction, Revenue Sharing, and Growth
Brehm, Margaret E.; Brehm, Paul A.; Cassidy, Alecia; … - 2024
We examine the economic impacts of natural resource revenue-sharing systems, where central governments transfer a portion of resource revenue to producing regions. Using a natural experiment in Indonesia, we separately identify the effects of shared revenue and resource extraction. Contrary to...
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Théorème de la Diversification Industrielle en République Démocratique du Congo : Une Analyse Théorique et Mathématique
ASIANI, Freddy - 2024
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is endowed with vast natural resources, including cobalt, copper, and diamonds. Despite this wealth, the country struggles with economic challenges, notably high poverty rates and instability. This paper introduces the Theorem of Industrial Diversification...
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The Role of Energy Equity and Income Inequality in Environmental Sustainability
Ofori, Pamela E.; Ofori, Isaac K.; Annan, Kenneth - 2024
Progress in energy equity, income equality, and environmental quality are fundamental to sustainable development. However, studies providing evidence-based recommendations concerning the joint effect of energy equity and income inequality on environmental sustainability in Africa are lacking....
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Exploring the Nexus of Economic Expansion, Tourist Inflows, and Environmental Sustainability in Europe
Roussel, Yannick; Audi, Marc - 2024
The paper delves into the intricate relationship between economic growth, tourism arrivals, and climate change, focusing specifically on the European economy over the period 1990-2019 using panel data analysis. The empirical framework examines the interplay between these variables and sheds...
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Agri-food Value Chains and the Global Food Dollar: The Role of Trade and Services
Santeramo, Fabio Gaetano; Jelliffe, Jeremy; Hoekman, Bernard - 2024
The evolution of agricultural value chains is influenced by numerous societal and economic dynamics, including trade and servicification of the economy. In this paper we analyze margins along agrifood value chains, proxied by the share of the Global Food Dollar accruing to farmers, controlling...
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The Role of Digitalization, Natural Resources, and Trade Openness in Driving Economic Growth: Fresh Insights from East Asia-Pacific Countries
Bakari, Sayef - 2024
This study explores the determinants of economic growth in 17 East Asia-Pacific countries from 2004 to 2023, analyzing the effects of capital, labor, digitalization, financial development, natural resources, and trade openness. Utilizing a suite of statistical and econometric...
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