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Can Integrity Replace Institutions? Theory and Evidence
Aharonovitz, Gilad D.; Skuza, Nathan; Fahs, Faysal - CESifo - 2009
Institutions are important for proper economic performance, but are replaceable by trust or other social norms. We show that when proper institutions and trust are missing, integrity of the individuals can replace them. We construct a model of a transactions-based economy with contracts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013043
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Globalization, Economic Freedom and Human Rights
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - CESifo - 2010
Using the KOF Index of Globalization and two indices of economic freedom, we empirically analyze whether globalization …-2004 period. According to our results, physical integrity rights significantly and robustly increase with globalization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727302
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766280