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The present paper assesses the interactions between innovation and economic institutions within the context of the … innovations on growth and inequality diminish as institutions increase in quality, and the effects of institutions can be … influenced by level of innovations. This indicates that while institutions and innovations can be inequality-inducing, their …
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institutions have been found to be decisive for the break out of stagnation and for explaining cross-country income differences by …
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The so-called 'deep determinants' of economic growth and development (namely, geography, institutions, and integration …
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phenomenon with yet unclear impact. We develop a unified framework incorporating economic institutions, human capital and … which a positive change of a country's economic institutions can attract inflows of physical capital from abroad, leading to … institutions can lead to substantial divergence in income over time. We derive conditions under which a country receives inflows of …
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This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions, and economic development. It discusses the various … recent progress to identify how institutions and policies can affect trust. …
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This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and growth. It discusses the various measures of trust … market and the product market. The last part reviews recent progress to identify how institutions and policies can affect …
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In this paper, I explore the politically contested association between the degree of capitalism, captured by measures of economic freedom, and the risk and characteristics of economic crisis. After offering some brief theoretical considerations, I estimate the effects of economic freedom on...
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Evidence regarding the relationship between distribution, demand, and growth in the short run has been mixed. Open economy models that create the possibility of "beggar-thy-neighbor" growth offer one theoretical explanation for why this may be expected. Several authors have argued recently,...
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underdeveloped markets for capital and information; (2) by discouraging the evolution of the economic and political institutions …
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This paper returns to the discussion of how income inequality affects economic growth. The main argument is that economic freedom is likely to affect the association although the relations are theoretically ambiguous. In a panel of 300 observations from five-year periods across the 50 US states,...
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