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Legal Corruption, Politically Connected Corporate Governance and Firm Performance
Domadenik, Polona; Prašnikar, Janez; Svejnar, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In this paper we present and test a theory of how political corruption, found in many transition and emerging market economies, affects corporate governance and productive efficiency of firms. Our model predicts that underdeveloped democratic institutions that do not punish political corruption...
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Electoral Rules and Politicians’ Behavior: A Micro Test
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Nannicini, Tommaso; Naticchioni, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
politicians’ rents than proportional representation. We test these predictions using micro data for the mixed-member Italian House …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703268
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Outside Income and Moral Hazard: The Elusive Quest for Good Politicians
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Nannicini, Tommaso; Naticchioni, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
empirical evidence shows that bad but dedicated politicians come along with good but not fully committed politicians. There is …
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Frontier Issues of the Political Economy of Migration
Epstein, Gil S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
generated by migration. Narrow self-interests may be present not only for interest groups but also for ruling politicians and …
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