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When do autocracies start to liberalize foreign trade? : Evidence from four cases in the Arab world
Richter, Thomas - 2010
This paper argues that trade and capital account reforms within autocracies underlie the primacy of foreign currency procurement. A longitudinal comparison of four countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan) in the Middle East and North Africa region shows a historical sequencing of reforms....
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War and endogenous democracy
Ticchi, Davide (contributor); Vindigni, Andrea (contributor) - 2008
Many episodes of extension of franchise in the 19th and especially in the 20th century occurred during or in the aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of international conflicts on domestic political institutions....
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Hayek, Mill, and the liberal tradition
Farrant, Andrew (ed.) - 2010
This book considers the relationship between Hayek and Mill, taking issues with Hayek's criticism of Mill and providing a broader perspective of the liberal tradition. Featuring contributions from the likes of Ross Emmett, Leon Montes and Robert Garnett, these chapters ask whether Hayek had an...
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Liberalisierungspolitik : eine Bestandsaufnahme von zweieinhalb Dekaden marktschaffender Politik in entwickelten Industrieländern
Höpner, Martin (contributor) - 2009
Liberalisierungspolitik bezeichnet die politisch herbeigeführte und politisch legitimierte Delegation von Allokations- und Distributionsentscheidungen an Märkte und zielt auf Durchsetzung der Prinzipien der Eigenverantwortung, der dezentralen Entscheidungsfindung und der Konkurrenz. Viele...
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Neoliberal restructuring in Turkey : from state to oligarchic capitalism
Karadag, Roy - 2010
How have neoliberal reform policies changed Turkey's political economy? The aim of this paper is to counter claims of convergence towards a liberal capitalist order. Given the historical dynamics of the political embeddedness of Turkey's economy, after 1980, transformations in the state and the...
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Die transnationale Ordnung globalisierter Finanzmärkte : was lehrt uns die Krise?
Mayntz, Renate - 2010
In diesem Papier geht es nicht um die voraussichtliche künftige Ordnung der globalen Finanzmärkte nach der Krise, sondern um die Frage, warum der Reformprozess zeitlich, sachlich und sozial hinter dem zurückbleibt, was 2009 von Wissenschaft, Politik und Öffentlichkeit einhellig für...
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Democracy versus democracy : the populist challenge to liberal democracy
Ignatieff, Michael - In: LSE public policy review 1 (2020) 1, pp. 1-5
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Capitalist investment and political liberalization
Myerson, Roger B. - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 5 (2010) 1, pp. 73-91
We consider a simple political-economic model where capitalist investment is constrained by the government's temptation to expropriate. Political liberalization can relax this constraint, increasing the government's revenue, but also increasing the ruler's political risks. We analyze the ruler's...
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Why Populist Democracy Promotes Market Liberalization
Grosjean, Pauline A.; Senik, Claudia - 2021
Using a new set of micro evidence from an original survey of 28 transition countries, we show that democracy increases citizens' support for the market by guaranteeing income redistribution to inequality-averse agents. Our identification strategy relies on the restriction of the sample to...
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Zum Argumentationsmodus von Wissenschaft in der Gesellschaft : Ludwig von Mises und der Liberalismus
Hielscher, Stefan - 2009
dieses Beitrags lautet, dass Ludwig von Mises‘ (Neu-)Bestimmung des Liberalismus eine Antwort auf diese Frage gibt, und zwar … deshalb, weil Mises den Argumentationsmodus des Liberalismus systematisch auf Konsens ausrichtet. Zu diesem Zweck bestimmt von … that ultimately constitute the scope of societal policy and practice. This paper argues that Ludwig von Mises' liberalism …
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