The competitiveness versus the wealth of a country

Politicians world-wide frequently promise a better life for their citizens. We find that the probability that a country will increase its per capita GDP (gdp) rank within a decade follows an exponential distribution with decay constant λ = 0.12. We use the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and the...

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Main Authors: Podobnik, Boris, Horvatić, Davor, Kenett, Dror Y., Stanley, H. Eugene
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3447187/