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The Origins of Cultural Divergence: Evidence from a Developing Country
(2017-12)
Cultural norms diverge substantially across societies, often even within the same country. In the present paper, we study the voluntary settlement hypoth- esis, proposing that individualistic people tend to self-select ...
Tolling on the River: Trade and Informal Taxation on the Congo
(2016-11)
It is by now generally agreed that government corruption is a serious impediment to economic growth. An intensive use of informal tolls and bribes on roads and waterways still prevail in several developing countries, ...