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Browsing SPS Articles by Author "VERDIER, Daniel"
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Title:Capital Mobility and the Origins of Stock Markets
Author(s):VERDIER, DanielDate:2001Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:I illustrate the accepted, though hardly researched. idea that political institutions play a role in locking in factor specificity across sectors, space, and borders. I use the emergence of modern capital markets in the ...
Title:Democratic Convergence and Free Trade
Author(s):VERDIER, DanielDate:1998Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Even if a democracy were more likely to pursue free trade than an autocracy (an unproven generalization), the simultaneous spread of democracy in the world would not necessarily yield a reduction in protection, but might ...