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Do Civil and Political Repression Really Boost Foreign Direct Investments?
Harms, Philipp; Ursprung, Heinrich - CESifo - 2001
, multinational enterprises rather appear to be attracted by countries in which civil and political freedom is respected. Our finding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181294
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Political Repression and Child Labor: Theory and Empirical Evidence
Maffei, Sandro; Raabe, Nikolai; Ursprung, Heinrich - CESifo - 2004
more lenient and child labor thus more prevalent than in countries enjoying political freedom. We test this implication and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196253
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Does Liberté = Egalité? A Survey of the Empirical Evidence on the Links between Political Democracy and Income Inequality
Gradstein, Mark; Milanovic, Branko - CESifo - 2000
The relationship between the distribution of political rights and that of economic resources has been studied both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405913
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How do Incentives Affect Creativity?
Eckartz, Katharina; Kirchkamp, Oliver; Schunk, Daniel - CESifo - 2012
We compare performance in a word based creativity task under three incentive schemes: a flat fee, a linear payment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877854
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Incentives and Creativity in Groups
Ramm, Joachim; Tjøtta, Sigve; Torsvik, Gaute - CESifo - 2013
It has been argued that monetary incentives restrain individual creativity and hamper performance in jobs requiring out …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690377
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On the Political Economy of Complexity
Nitzan, Shmuel; Procaccia, Uriel; Tzur, Joseph - CESifo - 2013
Article underscores the dark side of both phenomena by focusing on the anti-competitive features of regulation and reform and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877637
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Prices vs. Quantities with Endogenous Cost Structure
Storrøsten, Halvor Briseid - CESifo - 2014
Authorities often lack information for efficient regulation of the commons. This paper derives a criterion comparing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877871
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Emissions Taxes and Abatement Regulation under Uncertainty
Christiansen, Vidar; Smith, Stephen - CESifo - 2013
We consider environmental regulation in a context where firms invest in abatement technology under conditions of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877925
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Investment in Broadband Infrastructure Under Local Deregulation: Evidence from the U.K. Broadband Market
Fabritz, Nadine; Falck, Oliver - CESifo - 2013
This paper investigates telecommunication operator investment in broadband infrastructure after local deregulation of the wholesale broadband access market. Using a panel dataset covering all 5,598 exchange areas in the United Kingdom, we exploit regional differences in deregulation following a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877989
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Green Havens and Pollution Havens
Poelhekke, Steven; Ploeg, Frederick Van der - CESifo - 2012
major source of global FDI. Our evidence suggests that in the sectors natural resources extraction and refining … country significantly attracts FDI. What is important for these pollution haven effects is not only regulation but also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011264743