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Das Problem weltmarktlicher Arzneimittelversorgung : ein Vergleich alternativer Argumentationsstrategien für eine globale Ethik
Pies, Ingo; Hielscher, Stefan - 2007
Ansatz einer ökonomischen Theorie der Moral. Untersucht wird, wie die beiden Ansätze dem moralischen Anliegen vorarbeiten …, die internationale Versorgung mit Arzneimitteln zu verbessern, d.h. wie sie als Theorie dem praktischen Missstand … einer ökonomischen Theorie der Moral primär darin, dass in armen Ländern vielfach die institutionellen Voraussetzungen …
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The international provision of pharmaceuticals: a comparison of two alternative theoretical strategies for global ethics
Pies, Ingo; Hielscher, Stefan - 2007
Millions of people in the developing world lack access to curative drugs. Thomas Pogge identifies the cause for this … countries hinder the poor from expressing their needs as actual demand on the market. From a theory point of view, the major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757929
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The economics of human development and social mobility
Heckman, James J.; Mosso, Stefano - 2014
This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252655
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Agency Problems and Dividend Policies Around the World
Porta, Rafael La - 1998
these models on a cross-section of 4,000 companies from around the world, which operate in 33 countries with different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472182
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A Survey of Corporate Governance
Shleifer, Andrei - 1996
investors and of ownership concentration in corporate governance systems around the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473302
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Economic Growth in a Cross-Section of Cities
Glaeser, Edward L. - 1995
We examine the relationship between urban characteristics in 1960 and urban growth (income and population) between 1960 and 1990. Our major findings are that income and population growth move together and both types of growth are (1) positively related to initial schooling, (2) negatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473880
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Corruption
Shleifer, Andrei - 1993
This paper presents two propositions about corruption. First, the structure of government institutions and the political process are a very important determinant of the level of corruption. In particular, weak governments which do not control their agencies would lead to ultra-high corruption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474584
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A Survey of Corporate Governance
Shleifer, Andrei - 2010
investors and of ownership concentration in corporate governance systems around the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012763848
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Do Institutions Cause Growth?
Glaeser, Edward L. - 2004
We revisit the debate over whether political institutions cause economic growth, or whether, alternatively, growth and human capital accumulation lead to institutional improvement. We find that most indicators of institutional quality used to establish the proposition that institutions cause...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468125
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Ethics in times of Corona : ordonomic reflections on (dys-)functional morality
Pies, Ingo - 2020
provides some suggestions for a prudent world-domestic institutionalization of risk-management to counter global challenges. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252171