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    U.K. World War I and Interwar Data for Business Cycle and Growth Analysis

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    This article contributes new time series for studying the U.K. economy during World War I and the interwar period. The time series are per capita hours worked and average tax rates of capital income, labor income, and consumption. Uninterrupted time series of these variables are provided for an annual sample that runs from 1913 to 1938. We highlight the usefulness of these time series with several empirical applications. We use per capita hours worked in a growth accounting exercise to measure the contributions of capital, labor, and productivity to output growth. The average tax rates are employed in a Bayesian model averaging experiment to reevaluate the Benjamin and Kochin (1979) regression

    The english poor law: A negative income tax

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    PolĂ­tica etnorreligiosa, conflito intra-estatal e o futuro da democracia na Costa do Marfim Ethno-religious politics, intra state conflict and the future of democracy in CĂŽte d'Ivoire

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    Este artigo utiliza o mĂ©todo descritivo para analisar as origens e o carĂĄter aparentemente intratĂĄvel, mas evitĂĄvel, dos fatores ancilares que implicaram a derrocada da Costa do Marfim, que jĂĄ foi uma ilha de estabilidade polĂ­tica, uma vitrine de prosperidade econĂŽmica e de sucesso em uma África Ocidental mergulhada em guerras civis. O artigo investiga as polĂ­ticas dos Estados colonial e pĂłs-colonial atĂ© a morte do presidente FĂ©lix HouphouĂ«t-Boigny, a era pĂłs-HouphouĂ«t e suas crises polĂ­tica e socioeconĂŽmica, e a mĂĄ administração do legado de Boigny, que levaram ao conflito interno. As conseqĂŒĂȘncias da disputa interna tambĂ©m sĂŁo investigadas nos nĂ­veis nacional e sub-regional, assim como as resoluçÔes dos conflitos por meio das ineficientes iniciativas de paz de Accra que, inexoravelmente, levariam Ă s conversas de paz de Lina-Marcoussis. Os resultados das negociaçÔes, a participação de poderes nĂŁo africanos e o futuro da democracia na Costa do Marfim tambĂ©m sĂŁo investigados.<br>This paper uses descriptive method to analyse the origin and the seemingly intractable but avoidable ancillary factors that plunged CĂŽte d'Ivoire, which was once the island of political stability, the showcase of economic prosperity and success in West Africa in the fangs of civil war. The paper surveys the policies of the colonial and postcolonial state till the death of President FĂ©lix HouphouĂ«t-Boigny, the post-HouphouĂ«t era and its lot of political and socio-economic upheavals and the mismanagement of the legacies of Boigny that led to the internal conflict. The consequences of the civil strife are also surveyed at the national and sub-regional levels as well as the resolutions of the conflict through the botched Accra peace initiatives that inexorably led to the Lina-Marcoussis peace talks. The aftermath of the negotiations and the involvement of extra-African powers and the future of democracy in CĂŽte d'Ivoire are also looked into
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