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quality of governance) and the degree of market segmentation (depending on the level of ethnic fractionalization). The model …
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Over 10 years ago, Feld and Voigt (2003) introduced the first indicator for objectively meas-uring the actual independence of the judiciary and demonstrated its utility in a large cross-section of countries. The indicator has been widely used, but also criticized. This paper pre-sents more...
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I critically review recent studies that estimate those costs of violence and conflict that can emerge among organized political groupings, from states, religious and ethnic organizations to guerillas and paramilitaries. The review includes studies that estimate direct and indirect costs due to...
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We analyze whether or not the globalization of capital, ‘disciplines’ governments and improves governance. We … demonstrate that globalization affects governance, by increasing a country’s vulnerability to sudden capital flight. This … increased threat of capital flight can discipline governments and improve governance and welfare by placing countries in a …
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’s moral hazard behavior (i.e., improvement in the level of governance) leads to a fall in the proportion of tied aid. We test …
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How many people should decide about monetary policy? In this paper, we take an empirical perspective on this issue, analyzing the relationship between the number of monetary policy decision-makers and monetary policy outcomes. Using a new data set that characterizes Monetary Policy Committees...
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This paper discusses rising enrolment rates, access, governance, underperformance in research and teaching, lack of … governance, more competition and internationalisation. Apart from providing mutual policy learning opportunities, cross …
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and study if the bank losses can be traced to the quality of bank governance. For this purpose, we examine the … supervisory board (in-)competence in finance is related to losses in the financial crisis. Improved bank governance is therefore a …
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and corporate governance. The theory explains how the incorporation decision of entrepreneurs is driven by taxation …
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and innovation. To allow a more evidence based process of reforms of higher education, this contribution reviews the … trends in performance, funding and governance of European universities. It also brings on board some evidence on support for … teaching and research, it needs to further improve especially on the quality dimension. The link between governance, funding …
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