Patrick Francois

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Trust, Social Capital and Economic Development

CentER Discussion Paper No. 2003-116
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Jun 2004
Patrick Francois and Jan Zabojnik
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics and Queen's University - Department of Economics
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Social capital, evolution, technological change

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Why Doesn't Development Always Succeed? The Role of a Work Ethic

USC Finance & Business Econ. Working Paper No. 01-18
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 02 Nov 2000
Jan Zabojnik and Patrick Francois
Queen's University - Department of Economics and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics
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Culture, Evolution, Inequality, Technological Change

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Gender Wage Differentials in a Competitive Labor Market: The Household Interaction Effect

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Gender Wage Differentials in a Competitive Labor Market: The Household Interaction Effect

CentER Discussion Paper No. 2000-85
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Dec 2000
Patrick Francois and Jan C. van Ours
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics and Tilburg University - Department of Economics
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Gender Wage Differentials in a Competitive Labor Market: The Household Interaction Effect

IZA Discussion Paper No. 202
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Apr 2001
Jan C. van Ours and Patrick Francois
Tilburg University - Department of Economics and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics
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Gender discrimination, household models, wage gap

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Factions in Nondemocracies: Theory and Evidence from the Chinese Communist Party

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Factions in Nondemocracies: Theory and Evidence from the Chinese Communist Party

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 14 Oct 2016
Patrick Francois, Francesco Trebbi and Kairong Xiao
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics, Vancouver School of Economics and Columbia University - Columbia Business School
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Political Factions, The Chinese Communist Party

Factions in Nondemocracies: Theory and Evidence from the Chinese Communist Party

NBER Working Paper No. w22775
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 31 Oct 2016
Patrick Francois, Francesco Trebbi and Kairong Xiao
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics, Vancouver School of Economics and Columbia University - Columbia Business School
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Co-Movement, Capital and Contracts: 'Normal' Cycles Through Creative Destruction

CentER Discussion Paper No. 2003-62
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 14 Jun 2004
Patrick Francois and Huw Lloyd-Ellis
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics and Queen's University - Department of Economics
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Contracts, investment, assets, technology, growth, business cycles, productivity, capital accumulation

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The Economics of Inefficient Technology Use

NBER Working Paper No. w13500
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2012
Paul Beaudry and Patrick Francois
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Vancouver School of Economics and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics
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Managerial Skill Acquisition and the Theory of Economic Development

NBER Working Paper No. w11451
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2015
Paul Beaudry and Patrick Francois
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Vancouver School of Economics and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics
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Making a Difference

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5301
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Aug 2005
Patrick Francois
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics
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Privately provided public goods, voluntarism, incentive schemes, public sector employment

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Norms and Institution Formation

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6735
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 Jun 2008
Patrick Francois
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics
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Economic Development, Institutional Change, Social Norms

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How is Power Shared in Africa?

NBER Working Paper No. w18425
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 29 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2012
Patrick Francois, Ilia Rainer and Francesco Trebbi
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Vancouver School of Economics
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A Theory of Minimalist Democracy

NBER Working Paper No. w20552
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 06 Oct 2014
Chris Bidner, Patrick Francois and Francesco Trebbi
University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics and Vancouver School of Economics
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The Dictator's Inner Circle

NBER Working Paper No. w20216
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 16 Jun 2014
Patrick Francois, Ilia Rainer and Francesco Trebbi
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Vancouver School of Economics
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Cultivating Trust: Norms, Institutions and the Implications of Scale

The Economic Journal, Vol. 121, Issue 555, pp. 1097-1129, 2011
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Sep 2011
Chris Bidner and Patrick Francois
University of New South Wales (UNSW) and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics
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Doux Commerces: Does Market Competition Cause Trust?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7368
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 26 Aug 2009
Patrick Francois and Tanguy Van Ypersele
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics and National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) - Research Group in Quantitative Saving (GREQAM)
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Competition, Trust, Values

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Pro-Social Motivation and the Delivery of Social Services

CESifo Economic Studies, Vol. 54, Issue 1, pp. 22-54, 2008
Posted: 06 May 2009
Patrick Francois and Michael Vlassopoulos
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics and University of Southampton

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donated labour, intrinsic motivation, power of incentives, provision of social services

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'Public Service Motivation' as an Argument for Government Provision

Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 78, No. 3, Pp. 275-299, November 2000
Posted: 22 Dec 2000
Patrick Francois
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics

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Privatization; Bureaucracy; Public service motivation

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Investment Coordination and Demand Complementarities

Economic Theory, Vol. 13, Issue 2, 1999
Posted: 22 Jun 1999
Jean-Marie Baland and Patrick Francois
Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP) and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics

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