culture, institutions and technology matter in the development of IPR protection policy even more than traditional variables …

account the educational, cultural and institutional context. The results suggest that education, culture and institutions …

Using panel regression for the period 1970-2000 the paper analyzes whether globalization has influenced the OECD … endogeneity of the regressors, the results show that globalization (measured by an index covering 23 variables) did not generally … decrease the leeway for independent economic policy. Globalization even increased implicit tax rates on capital (as calculated …

With all the talk in Europe about “Islam” and “Muslim culture” it is surprising how little hard-core empirical evidence … exists on the compatibility of “Muslim culture” with positive patterns of political, social, and ecological development in …. Our three-fold empirical understanding of the process of globalization – reliance on foreign savings, MNC penetration and …

foreign clubs. This provides an example as how forces of efficiency but also inequality unleashed by globalization can be …

globalization. The paper extends recent research on the developmental effects of international financial integration, long …-term trends in capital mobility and “globalization in historical perspective”. Analyzing the patterns of international financial … a central element of 19th century financial globalization, but plays only a minor role today. The Lucas paradox of …

conclude that these findings have important implications for the current globalization debate: lacking jurisdictional …

associated with a high number of certificates. We conclude that globalization has increased the mobility of organizational …