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Can Transparency Reduce Corruption? - Evidence from Firms in Peru and Mali on the Impact of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) on Corruption
(Georgetown University, 2012)
The past decade has seen a push towards rigorous policy evaluation and new, exciting methodologies have evolved to get a better sense of how effective policy interventions are in achieving their desired outcomes. Unfortunately, ...
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES IN INDIAN STATES: AN ASSET TO PRODUCTIVITY?
(Georgetown University, 2015)
India, like many countries in the Global South finds itself in the midst of a demographic transition. Though lagging behind some nations like China, India is rapidly urbanizing and is set to cross the majority-urban mark ...
Does Existential Security Affect Tolerance in the Middle East?
(Georgetown University, 2015)
Policymakers often characterize Middle Eastern conflict as religiously-motivated and identity-driven, assuming that religious intolerance is innate, ossified, and destined to fuel conflict well into the future. This paper ...
Does Female Firm Management Affect Firm Performance? Evidence from SME Job Growth in Developing Countries
(Georgetown University, 2016)
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute substantially to the economies of developing countries. Although many of the determinants of SME firm performance have been well-documented, few studies have examined ...
Investigating the empirical relationship between Millennium Challenge Corporation aid eligibility criteria and development outcomes
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Established in 2004, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is an American bilateral aid agency that enters five-year funding agreements with countries demonstrating sufficiently high scores in seventeen eligibility ...
The Effect of State Savings on State Expenditure Cuts, Employment Changes, and Revenue Actions from 1997 to 2010
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Nearly all American states face some form of a Balanced Budget Requirement (BBR) limiting their control over fiscal policy by requiring that expenditures must not exceed revenues. During recessions, BBRs place significant ...
Virtual Activity or Real-Life Activism: The Internet and Civic Engagement
(Georgetown University, 2012)
This paper contributes to the recent literature examining the correlation between Internet usage and civic engagement. While previous studies focused primarily on voting as a proxy for civic engagement, this paper included ...
GETTING AN INTERNATIONAL QUALITY STANDARD IMPROVES EXPORTS FOR MANUFACTURE FIRMS IN LATIN AMERICA?
(Georgetown University, 2015)
International trade markets are shaped by different standards and technical regulations across countries and regions affecting trade. This paper analyzes the relationship between international standards and exports for ...
Foreign Direct Investment from Developing Countries and Its Implications for Domestic Investment Rates
(Georgetown University, 2016)
Developing countries are becoming important contributors, not only recipients, of global foreign direct investment (FDI) flow. In 2000, only 8.7 percent of global outward FDI was originated from emerging markets; however, ...
Does Any Type of Foreign Aid Impact Child Mortality? An Investigation of Disaggregated Aid Flows
(Georgetown University, 2014)
The effectiveness of foreign aid has long been the subject of intense debate. Although there is substantial literature on the topic, there is no consensus on the effect of foreign aid on growth and development outcomes in ...