Economics and Politics
SCOPUS (1989-2023)SSCI-ISI
0954-1985
1468-0343
Anh Quốc
Cơ quản chủ quản: WILEY PERIODICALS, INC , Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Lĩnh vực:
Economics and Econometrics
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The Institutional Environment for Economic GrowthThis article forges an explicit link between an objective measure of political constraints and variation in cross‐national growth rates. It derives a new measure of political constraints from a simple spatial model of political interaction that incorporates information on the number of independent branches of government with veto power and the distribution of preferences across and within ... ...
Tập 12 Số 1 - Trang 1-31 - 2000
THE PARADOX OF POWER*In power struggles, the strong might be expected to grow ever stronger and the weak weaker still. But in actuality, poorer or smaller combatants often end up improving their position relative to richer or larger ones. This is the paradox of power. The explanation is that initially poorer contenders are rationally motivated to fight harder, to invest relatively more in conflictual activity.... ...
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SOCIAL COHESION, INSTITUTIONS, AND GROWTHWe present evidence that measures of “social cohesion,” such as income inequality and ethnic fractionalization, endogenously determine institutional quality, which in turn causally determines growth.
Tập 18 Số 2 - Trang 103-120 - 2006
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Tập 16 Số 3 - Trang 287-320 - 2004