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Trust as state capacity : the political economy of compliance
Besley, Timothy; Dray, Sacha - 2022
This paper explores the link between trust in government, policy-making, and compliance. It focuses on a specific … implement policies requiring voluntary compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper suggests that trust in government can … capacity is greater when citizens trust their government. The paper discusses alternative approaches to modelling the origins …
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Economic Integration and State Capacity: Evidence from the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union
Bruszt, Laszlo; Campos, Nauro F - 2018
We investigate whether and how economic integration increases state capacity. This important relationship has not been studied in detail so far. We put together a conceptual framework to guide our analysis that highlights what we call the Montesquieu, Weber and Smith channels. Each of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931747
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Economic integration and state capacity : evidence from the Eastern enlargement of the European Union
Bruszt, László; Campos, Nauro - 2018
We investigate whether and how economic integration increases state capacity. This important relationship has not been studied in detail so far. We put together a conceptual framework to guide our analysis that highlights what we call the Montesquieu, Weber and Smith channels. Each of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011905008
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Do structural reforms always succeed? Lessons from Brazil
Arbache, Jorge Saba - 2004
In the last twenty years, Brazil has undergone several attempts of improving sustainable growth through stabilization programmes, and more recently, structural reforms in line with the Washington Consensus Agenda. The results, however, have been disappointing, as the per capita output growth has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284888
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Transaction Costs and the Robustness of the Coase Theorem
Anderlini, Luca - 2008
This paper explores the extent to which the presence of ex-ante transaction costs may lead to failures of the Coase Theorem. In particular we identify and investigate the basic 'hold-up problem' which arises whenever the parties to a Coasian negotiation have to pay some ex-ante costs for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012771157
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Foundations of Incomplete Contracts
Hart, Oliver - 2008
In the last few years, a new area has emerged in economic theory, which goes under the heading of 'incomplete contracting'. However, almost since its inception, the theory has been under attack for its lack of rigorous foundations. In this paper we evaluate some of the criticisms that have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012771159
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Assessing the Success of Sarbanes-Oxley
Ray, Jeffrey - 2015
This paper evaluates the success that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has had in the market place. It initially assesses improvements the act has made to restore public confidence in the auditing process, and their effectiveness. It then assesses provisions made to improve the ability of boards of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013036741
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Paradigmaváltás a kisvállalkozás-fejlesztésben
Kállay, László - In: Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the … XLIX (2002) 7, pp. 557-573
A kis- és középvállalkozás-fejlesztési politika akkor lehet hatékony, ha strukturális helyett funkcionális megközelítést alkalmaz, azaz nem célcsoportokat, hanem olyan beavatkozási területeket keres, ahol a kisvállalkozások versenyképességét javító szolgáltatások piaca...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775139
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When do countries implement structural reforms?
da Silva, Antonio Dias; Givone, Audrey; Sondermann, David - 2017
The objective of this paper is to investigate which factors - macroeconomic, policy - related or institutional - foster the implementation of structural reforms. To this objective, we look at episodes of structural reforms over three decades across 40 OECD and EU countries and link them to such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011804393
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When do countries implement structural reforms?
Silva, António Dias da; Givone, Audrey; Sondermann, David - 2017
The objective of this paper is to investigate which factors ] macroeconomic, policy ]related or institutional ] foster the implementation of structural reforms. To this objective, we look at episodes of structural reforms over three decades across 40 OECD and EU countries and link them to such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011662947