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Bureaucratic Rents and Life Satisfaction
Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2006
correlates with perceptions of corruption. We find judicial independence to be of major relevance for a tamed bureaucracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005628003
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Politicians: Be Killed or Survive
Frey, Bruno S.; Torgler, Benno - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2008
In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. Rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using panel data covering more than 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005585618
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Why Kill Politicians? A Rational Choice Analysis of Political Assassinations
Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2007
In the course of history a large number of politicians has been assassinated. A rational choice analysis is used to distinguish the expected marginal benefits of killing, and the marginal cost of attacking a politician. The comparative analysis of various equilibria helps us to gain insights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627943
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Driving Forces of Informal Sanctions
Falk, Armin; Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
Informal sanctions are a major determinant of a society's social capital because they are key to the enforcement of implicit agreements and social norms. Yet, little is known about the driving forces behind informal sanctions. We systematically examine the determinants of informal sanctions by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627991
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God does not play dice, but people should: random selection in politics, science and society
Frey, Bruno S.; Steiner, Lasse - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2014
corruption and decrease the large expenses associated with today’s democratic election campaigns. Random mechanisms can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817312
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Who Gains From Non-Collusive Corruption?
Foellmi, Reto; Oechslin, Manuel - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
We explore the impact of non-collusive corruption on factor rewards and on the wealth distribution. We show that the … distributional consequences depend crucially on the degree of capital market imperfections. With perfect capital markets, corruption … very limited. In the empirical section, we provide cross-country evidence showing that a high level of corruption and a …
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World Heritage List: does it make sense?
Frey, Bruno S.; Steiner, Lasse - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2010
The UNESCO World Heritage List contains the 900 most treasured Sites of humanity’s culture and landscapes. The World Heritage List is beneficial where heritage sites are undetected, disregarded by national decision-makers, not commercially exploitable, and where national financial resources,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008516056
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World heritage: Where are we? An empirical analysis
Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2010
An empirical overview of the UNESCO World Heritage List according to various characteristics is presented. The officially stated intention of the World Heritage List is to protect global heritage. Our focus is on the imbalance of the existing List according to countries and continents. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008496859
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Making world heritage truly global: the culture certificate scheme
Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2009
Culture has attributes of a global public good that needs to be preserved for mankind as a whole. World Culture Certificates are proposed to efficiently preserve World Heritage. The community of nations has to agree on the Global Heritage List and how much each nation is to contribute to that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004979380
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Imbalance of World Heritage List: did the UNESCO strategy work?
Steiner, Lasse; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2011
The official intention of the UNESCO World Heritage List is to protect the global heritage. However, the imbalance of the distribution of Sites according to countries and continents is striking. Consequently, the World Heritage Committee launched the Global Strategy for a Balanced,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003652