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The Impact of Globalization on the Composition of Government Expenditures: Evidence from Panel Data

Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Ursprung, Heinrich - CESifo - 2006

According to the disciplining hypothesis, globalization restrains governments by inducing increased budgetary pressure … globalization (“compensation hypothesis”). Employing two different datasets and various measures of globalization, we analyze … whether globalization has indeed influenced the composition of government expenditures. For a sample of 108 countries, we …

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International political economy in the 21st century : contemporary issues and analyses

Smith, Roy; El-Anis, Imad; Farrands, Christopher - 2017 - Second edition

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Social movements and world-system transformation

Smith, Jackie (ed.); Goodhart, Michael E. (ed.); … - 2017

Introduction: unthinking the world-system / Michael Goodhart, Patrick Manning, John Markoff, and Jackie Smith -- Antisystemic movements, yesterday and today / Immanuel Wallerstein -- Disrupting hegemonic discourses & modes of thought -- The study of social movements in the modern-colonial world...

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The economics of human rights

Wheaton, Elizabeth M. - 2019

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Russia's geoeconomic strategy for a greater Eurasia

Diesen, Glenn - 2018

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Rainy Day Politics - An Instrumental Variables Approach to the Effect of Parties on Political Outcomes

Lind, Jo Thori - CESifo - 2014

Rain affects electoral turnout both through a direct effect on the cost of voting and by changing the opportunity cost. In a panel of Norwegian municipalities I find that rain on Election Day increases turnout. As turnout affects electoral outcomes, rain provides an exogeneous source of...

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Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis

Praag, Bernard M.S. van - CESifo - 2007

After having been ignored for a long time by economists, happiness is becoming an object of serious research in 21st century economics. In Section 2 we sketch the present status of happiness economics. In Section 3 we consider the practical applicability of happiness economics, retaining the...

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History, Expectations, and Public Policy: Economic Development in Eastern Germany

Schäfer, Andreas; Steger, Thomas - CESifo - 2010

Motivated by the process of economic development in Eastern Germany since the German reunification we set up a dynamic macroeconomic model of a small open economy where both capital and labor are mobile and there are increasing returns to scale at the aggregate level. The model features multiple...

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The Globalization Paradox Revisited

Schwerhoff, Gregor; Edenhofer, Ottmar - CESifo - 2014

According to the Globalization Paradox, globalization limits the freedom of choice for national governments. Capital …. Fixed factor taxes have the potential to improve welfare by defusing the globalization trilemma through a reduction in the …

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'Globesity'? The Effects of Globalization on Obesity and Caloric Intake

Costa-i-Font, Joan; Mas, Núria - CESifo - 2014

This study considers the effects of globalization, in its economic and social dimensions, on obesity and caloric intake … globalization and both obesity and caloric intake. A one standard deviation increase in globalization is associated with a 20 … social globalization, and specifically the effects of changes in information flows and social proximity. A one standard …

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