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Second-Best Institutions
(American Economic Association, 2008-04)
Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions over Geography and Integration in Economic Development
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2002-10)
We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining income levels around the world, using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the ...
Understanding South Africa’s Economic Puzzles
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2006-08)
South Africa has undergone a remarkable transformation since its democratic transition in 1994, but economic growth and employment generation have been disappointing. Most worryingly, unemployment is currently among the ...
What's So Special about China's Exports?
(Wiley, 2006-09)
Much more than comparative advantage and free markets have been at play in shaping China's export success. Government policies have helped nurture domestic capabilities in consumer electronics and other advanced areas that ...
What You Export Matters
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2005-12)
When local cost discovery generates knowledge spillovers, specialization patterns become partly indeterminate and the mix of goods that a country produces may have important implications for economic growth. We demonstrate ...
Reconfiguring Industrial Policy: A Framework with an Application to South Africa
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2008-05)
The main purpose of industrial policy is to speed up the process of structural change towards higher productivity activities. This paper builds on our earlier writings to present an overall design for the conduct of ...
Participatory Politics, Social Cooperation, and Economic Stability
(American Economic Association, 2000-05)
What You Export Matters
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2006-03)
Revised edition. When local cost discovery generates knowledge spillovers, specialization patterns become partly indeterminate and the mix of goods that a country produces may have important implications for economic growth. ...