Sökning: "institutions and economic development"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 205 avhandlingar innehållade orden institutions and economic development.

1. 1. Globalization and Development : The Impact of International Trade on Political and Social Institutions

   Författare :Roza Khoban; Anders Åkerman; David Strömberg; Andreas Moxnes; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Globalization; International Trade; Economic Development; Political Distortions; Gender Norms; Protests; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : The Impact of Trade Liberalization in the Presence of Political DistortionsPolitical distortions are prevalent in many developing countries and can imply substantial productivity losses. Theory is ambiguous as to whether greater openness to trade amplifies or reduces the effects of such distortions. LÄS MER

3. 2. Essays on Culture, Institutions, and Economic Development

   Författare :Ho Hoang-Anh; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Culture; Institutions; Economic Development; Vietnam;

   Sammanfattning : Culture and institutions are important to understand individual behaviors and economic development. In this thesis, I study the origins of cultural divergence across societies, the emergence of private property rights, and the relationship between private property rights and economic development. LÄS MER

4. 3. Essays on Social Distance, Institutions, and Economic Growth

   Författare :Gustav Hansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; institutions; rule of law; government effectiveness; development; colonial origin; country size; Montesquieu; nationalism; nation-building; ethnic diversity; protectionism; non-nested tests; modeling selection; economic growth; productivity; equipment investment; investment prices.;

   Sammanfattning : Paper 1: Country Size and the Rule of Law: Resuscitating Montesquieu In this paper, we demonstrate that there is a robust negative relationship between the size of country territory and a measure of the rule of law for a large cross-section of countries. We outline a theoretical framework featuring two main reasons for this regularity; firstly that institutional quality often has the character of a local public good that is imperfectly spread across space from the core of the country to the hinterland, and secondly that a large territory usually is accompanied by valuable rents and a lack of openness that both tend to distort property rights institutions. LÄS MER

5. 4. Essays on Institutions and Economic Growth

   Författare :Gustav Hansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; country size; rule of law; institutions; development; Montesquieu; economic growth; equipment; investment; prices;

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7. 5. States of Development : Essays on the Political Economy of Development in Asia

   Författare :Nathaniel Lane; Torsten Persson; Rohini Pande; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic Development; Industrial Development; Economic Institutions; Political Economy; State Capacity; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Manufacturing Revolutions - Industrial Policy and Networks in South Korea. This chapter uses a historic big push intervention and newly digitized data from South Korea to study the effects of industrial policy on industrial development. In 1973 South Korea transitioned to a military dictatorship and drastically changed their development strategy. LÄS MER