Similar Search Results

Governance from below: a theory of local government with two empirical tests

Faguet, Jean-Paul - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

I examine decentralization through the lens of the local dynamics that it unleashes. The national effects of decentralization are simply the sum of its local-level effects. Hence to understand decentralization we must first understand how local government works. This paper proposes a theory of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744939

Between Enlargement-led Europeanisation and Balkan Exceptionalism: an appraisal of Bulgaria’s and Romania’s entry into the European Union

Papadimitriou, Dimitris; Gateva, Eli - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

The accession of Bulgaria and Romania into the European Union (EU) in 2007 offers significant theoretical and empirical … sought to influence domestic reform in the two countries through a mix of threats and rewards. What emerges from Bulgaria … the considerable EU discretion in the manner of its implementation. In that sense Bulgaria and Romania, as ‘outliers’ of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016300

When Foreign Direct Investment is Good for Development: Bulgaria’s accession, industrial restructuring and regional FDI

Bozhilova, Diana - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

This article examines the dynamic between the process of Bulgaria’s European Union accession and the flow of Foreign … major source of strategic regional investments in Bulgaria’s industry highlighting the significance of regional trade and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008635794

The Emergence of Regional Policy in Bulgaria: regional problems, EU influences and domestic constraints

Monastiriotis, Vassilis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

process. Regional policy in Bulgaria has for all analytical purposes been notably absent in the 1990s and only started shaping … Bulgaria reflects strongly the EU influence and shows little sensitivity to, and appreciation of, the main regional and spatial … regional policy in Bulgaria by evaluating the nature of regional disparities in the country, examining the development of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005453828

When foreign direct investment is good for development: Bulgaria’s accession, industrial restructuring and regional FDI

Bozhilova, Diana - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744962

Knowing what is good for you: empirical analysis of personal preferences and the 'objective good'

Lelkes, Orsolya - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

This paper aims to test empirically if certain frequently used measures of well-being, which are regarded as valuable properties of human life, are actually desired by people. In other words, it investigates whether the “expert judgments” in social science overlap with social consensus on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126250

What can local authorities do to improve the social care-related quality of life of older adults living at home?: evidence from the adult social care survey

van Leeuwen, K.M.; Malley, J.; Bosmans, J.E.; Jansen, A.P.D. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Local authorities spend considerable resources on social care at home for older adults. Given the expected growth in the population of older adults and budget cuts on local government, it is important to find efficient ways of maintaining and improving the quality of life of older adults. The...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207078

Accounting for big city growth in low paid occupations: immigration and/or service class consumption

Gordon, Ian; Kaplanis, Ioannis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

Growth of 'global cities' in the 1980s was supposed to have involved an occupational polarisation, including growth of low paid service jobs. Though held to be untrue for European cities, at the time, some such growth did emerge in London a decade later than first reported for New York. The...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746029

Is the medical brain drain beneficial? Evidence from overseas doctors in the UK

Kangasniemi, Mari; Winters, L. Alan; Commander, Simon - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

The ¿beneficial brain drain¿ hypothesis suggests that skilled migration can be good for a sending country because the incentives it creates for training increase that country¿s supply of skilled labour. To work, this hypothesis requires that the degree of screening of migrants by the host...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071143

Wage differentials in Japan: 1958-85

Morishima, Michio - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1989

The market is a place where people behave quite relentlessly. If one person is selling a particular commodity at a higher price than others, no one will buy that commodity from him, however virtuous or merciful he is known to be. Of course, the actual world does not always work exactly in this...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928724