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Conflict Diamonds
(2003)
’Conflict diamonds’ refers to the fatal role that diamonds are believed
to have played in several African conflicts. The article analyzes the impact
of diamond abundance on economic growth in light of the broader,
previously ...
Reference-Dependent Utility in an Industrial Cluster
(2003)
This article tries to explain the exceptional levels of knowledge creation in certain industrial clusters, levels that are seemingly higher than what is implied by the usual models of atomistic agents who do not internalize ...
Geography and Institutions: A Review of Plausible and Implausible Linkages
(2003)
In recent years, empirical investigations have shown that various
aspects of physical geography are closely related to the quality of a
country’s economic institutions. For instance, distance from the equator
in latitude ...
Congo: The Prize of Predation
(2003)
The article analyzes the war against Mobutu (1996-97) and the more recent war (1998-) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with particular attention to greed and grievance as motivating factors in these two wars. Whereas ...