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International Aspects of Social Reform in the Interwar Period

Galbi, Douglas - EconWPA - 2004

The reconstruction of the international order after World War I put great emphasis on social reforms through the International Labor Organization (ILO). Three types of arguments were used to promote social reform. The first asserted that international economic competition meant that social...

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Fractional Reserve Banking as Economic Parasitism: A Scientific, Mathematical & Historical Expose, Critique, and Manifesto

Nuri, Vladimir Z. - EconWPA - 2002

This paper looks at the history of money and its modern form from a scientific and mathematical point of view. The approach here is to emphasize simplicity. A straightforward model and algebraic formula for a large economy analogous to the ideal gas law of thermodynamics is proposed. It may be...

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WTO Dispute Settlement at Ten: Evolution, Experiences, and Evaluation

Zimmermann, Thomas A. - EconWPA - 2005

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: On 1 January 1995, the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU) entered into force. During its first ten years, the DSU has since been applied to 324 complaints – more cases than dispute settlement under the GATT 1947 had dealt with in...

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CORRUPTION AROUND THE WORLD: EVIDENCE FROM A STRUCTURAL MODEL

Dreher, Axel; Kotsogiannis, Christos; McCorriston, Steve - EconWPA - 2004

The causes and consequences of corruption have attracted much attention in recent years by both academics and policy makers. Central in the discussion on the impact of corruption are perception-based indices. While informative, these indices are ordinal in nature and hence provide no indication...

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Governance Matters III: Governance Indicators for 1996-2002

Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - EconWPA - 2003

This paper presents estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 199 countries and territories for four time periods: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002. These indicators are based on several hundred individual variables measuring perceptions of governance, drawn from 25 separate data sources...

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Rethinking Governance: Empirical Lessons Challenge Orthodoxy

Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2003

In this discussion draft, linking research findings with concrete operational challenges, we review key issues in worldwide governance, and present recent empirical evidence. Focusing on defining and unbundling key governance components, such as rule of law, voice and accountability, corruption...

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Measuring China's Fiscal Policy Stance

Dullien, Sebastian - EconWPA - 2005

deficit or cyclically adjusted budget deficits is misleading in the case of China, since a lot of what usually would be …-cyclical in China over the past two decades. …

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China's Changing Competitive Position: Lessons from a Unit-Labor- Cost-Based REER

Dullien, Sebastian - EconWPA - 2005

This paper calculates a unit labor-cost based real effective exchange rate for China for the period 1987-2002. It …

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China and Neo-liberal Constitutionalism

Killion, M. Ulric - EconWPA - 2004

This article discusses the probability of growth of neoliberalism in modern China and its implications for Chinese … constitutionalism. A China polity under the vision of a neo-liberal regime engenders problems of prescribing a legal system and … historicity of Western liberalism and China's ontological base in tradition, being Confucianism. The historic excesses and abuses …

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Optimal Monetary Policy Rules in A Simple Stochastic Macro Model: China's Evidence

Wang, Shengzu; Guo, Shen - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper we apply a simple macro model to explore and evaluate certain optimal monetary policy rules for China …'s economy. To be more consistent with the central bank (the People's Bank of China)'s behaviour, we use money supply as a …

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