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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126382
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Infrastructure and Growth in South Africa: Benchmarking, Productivity and Investment Needs, paper presented at Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA) Conference, Durban, 9/7-9/200...
Bogetic, Zeljko; Fedderke, Johannes - EconWPA - 2005
The paper provides three principal results. First, we benchmark South African infrastructure performance in terms of access, pricing, and quality against key comparator groups of countries using the most recent World Bank benchmarking data base (2005). Second, we establish clear empirical links...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125863
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Corruption, Governance and Security: Challenges for the Rich Countries and the World
Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2004
Traditionally, national governance and corruption challenges have been seen as: i) particularly daunting in the poorer countries, with the richer world viewed as exemplary; ii) anchored within a legalistic framework and focused on formal institutions, iii) a challenge within public sectors, and,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408399
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561191
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The Uneasy Case for the Flat Tax
Buckley, Francis; Rasmusen, Eric - EconWPA - 1999
There is a secret paradox at the heart of social contract theories. Such theories assume that, because personal security and private property are at risk in a state of nature, subjects will agree to grant Leviathan a monopoly of violence. But what is to prevent Leviathan from turning on his...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076588
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International benchmarking of Australian telecommunications services
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002
The study compares the performance of the Australian telecommunications services industry with those in other countries. Related papers submitted to this study by NECG Ltd. and Telecom New Zealand have been released with the report.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134992
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Review of legislation regulating the architectural profession
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002
Competition Principles Agreement. The Commission was asked to report on the preferred option for regulation, if any, of the … architectural profession in Australia. On balance, the Commission assessed that the costs of current regulation outweigh its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005135034
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Review of TCF Assistance
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004
The Commission was asked to evaluate current assistance arrangements to the TCF industries and provide policy options for post 2005 assistance and to report on a range of related matters that will affect the sector's long-term viability. The inquiry will also look at relevant workplace issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005135095
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Regulation of the taxi industry
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002
The paper contains an analysis of key issues facing State and Territory governments reviewing the regulation of taxis … report on Urban Transport, particularly its assessment of the rationales for entry restrictions and fare regulation, and its … policy makers in different jurisdictions with a common framework for assessing key issues in taxi regulation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005135096
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The Introduction of Price Signals into Land Use Planning
Cheshire, Paul; Sheppard, Stephen - EconWPA - 2004
, including some with systems of land use regulation which evolved entirely independently of the British. The paper starts by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407858