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The economics of evaluation in public programs
Link, Albert N. - 2011
This research collection illustrates the wide range of methodologies and methods available for the evaluation of public programs. All these methods address the benefits of the programs and most compare the benefits to costs, but the types of benefits and their measures vary greatly across the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852147
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Public goods, redistribution and rent seeking
Tullock, Gordon - 2005
1. Some difficulties in the existing theory of externalities -- 2. Coase and all that -- 3. More on why government? -- 4. The poor -- 5. The legacy of Bismarck -- 6. Some biological problems -- 7. The rich -- 8. The survey of the existing system -- 9. Rent seeking -- 10. War -- 11. Monarchies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420087
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Handbook of research on entrepreneurship and conflict
Naudé, Wim (ed.); Power, Bernadette (ed.) - 2024
"This Handbook focuses on the complex relationship between entrepreneurship and conflict. Editors Wim Naudé and Bernadette Power construct a broad overview of central research themes in the field, covering states being captured by entrepreneurs, states capturing businesses, entrepreneurship in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635734
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The new balancing act in the business of higher education
D'Ambrosio, Madeleine (contributor);  … - 2006
In this volume, higher education leaders explore the challenges facing colleges and universities operating in today's environment with constrained budgets and discuss a variety of strategies and solutions being employed to help ensure the ongoing vitality of America's colleges and universities
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851143
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Current issues in public choice
Pardo, Jose Casas (ed.); Schneider, Friedrich (ed.) - 1996
In this major book an internationally acclaimed group of scholars examines theoretical and applied topics of particular relevance to public choice analysis. Current Issues in Public Choice demonstrates the fruitfulness and originality of the Public Choice School. These twelve papers have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473903
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Fiscal federalism and political decentralization : lessons from Spain, Germany, and Canada
Durán, José María (contributor);  … - 2008
This book analyzes political decentralization and fiscal federalism in Canada and Germany, both traditional federal countries, and in Spain, a unitarian country engaged in the last two decades in a process of decentralization. Three key issues required for a well designed financing system are...
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Modelling the composition of government expenditure
Creedy, John - 2011
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Financing decentralized expenditures : an international comparison of grants
Ahmad, Ehtisham (ed.) - 1997
Financing Decentralized Expenditures presents new original research papers on the structure of intergovernmental fiscal relations in virtually all types of countries and the design and implementation of transfer mechanisms between different levels of government. In developing, transition, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473991
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Corruption and economic development
Dutta, Jayasri (contributor); Aidt, Toke (contributor) - 2016
the Economics of Corruption, Chapter 2, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 52-104 -- James …Recommended readings (Machine generated): Pranab Bardhan (1997), 'Corruption and Development: A Review of Issues …', Journal of Economic Literature, XXXV (3), September, 1320-46 -- Jakob Svensson (2005), 'Eight Questions about Corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419905
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A research agenda for family business : a way ahead for the field
Calabrò, Andrea (ed.) - 2020
transparency: A focus on corruption risk in host countries / Matteo Caroli, Claudia Pongelli and Alfredo Valentino -- 14 financing …, spatial-familiness, corruption, innovation and digital business transformation, challenging core assumptions surrounding the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294226