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dc.contributor.author | Falkinger, Josef | en |
dc.contributor.author | Grossmann, Volker | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-01-28T16:14:37Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-28T16:14:37Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20506 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper argues that openness to goods trade in combination with an unequal distributionof political power has been a major determinant of the comparatively slow development ofresource- or land-abundant regions like South America and the Caribbean in the nineteenthcentury. We develop a two-sector general equilibrium model with a tax-financed publicsector, and show that in a feudal society (dominated by landed elites) productivity-enhancingpublic investments like the provision of schooling are typically lower in an open than in aclosed economy. Moreover, we find that, under openness to trade, development is faster in ademocratic system. We also endogenize the trade regime and demonstrate that, in politicalequilibrium, a land-abundant and landowner dominated economy supports openness totrade. Finally, we discuss empirical evidence which strongly supports our basic hypotheses. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonn | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aIZA Discussion Papers |x1242 | en |
dc.subject.jel | H50 | en |
dc.subject.jel | F43 | en |
dc.subject.jel | N10 | en |
dc.subject.jel | O10 | en |
dc.subject.jel | N16 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | economic development | en |
dc.subject.keyword | institutions | en |
dc.subject.keyword | political system | en |
dc.subject.keyword | public education | en |
dc.subject.keyword | trade | en |
dc.subject.stw | Entwicklung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Politik der offenen Tür | en |
dc.subject.stw | Aussenwirtschaftspolitik | en |
dc.subject.stw | Politisches System | en |
dc.subject.stw | Theorie | en |
dc.subject.stw | Welt | en |
dc.title | Institutions and Development : The Interaction between Trade Regime and Political System | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 393557677 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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