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Knowledge-based economic development: mass media and the weightless economy

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

corruption. This result holds across both the entire sample (of both developed and developing countries), and only for developing …

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Corruption and firm behavior

Sequeira, Sandra; Djankov, Simeon - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

This paper investigates how corruption affects firrm behavior. Firms can engage in two types of corruption when seeking … a public service: cost-reducing "collusive" corruption and cost increasing "coercive" corruption. Using an original and … corruption by adjusting their shipping and sourcing strategies. "Collusive" corruption is associated with higher usage of the …

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Displacing corruption: evidence from a tariff liberalization program

Sequeira, Sandra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

tariff evasion on imported goods. This is however partially offset by the displacement of corruption into other firms of … of corruption. I then provide suggestive evidence on how these displacement affects can be economically costly given that … in the design of trade and anti-corruption policies. …

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Tariffs and corruption: evidence from a tariff liberalization program

Sequeira, Sandra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

for tariff evasion. This was however partially offset by the displacement of corruption into more coercive forms of bribe … design of trade and anti-corruption policies. …

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Crime and police resources: the street crime initiative

Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

In this paper we look at links between police resources and crime in a different way to the existing economics of crime work. To do so we focus on a policy intervention - the Street Crime Initiative - that was introduced in England and Wales in 2002. This allocated additional resources to some...

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How significant are fiscal interactions in federations?: a meta-regression analysis

Costa-i-Font, Joan; De-Albuquerque, Filipe; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

A large literature examines government fiscal interactions in federations. However, the empirical evidence is scattered and inconclusive, especially with respect to the size of interactions, as well as the institutional and economic determinants underpinning them. This paper uses meta-regression...

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Panic on the streets of London: police, crime and the July 2005 terror attacks

Draca, Mirko; Machin, Steve; Witt, Robert - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

In this paper we study the causal impact of police on crime by looking at what happened to crime before and after the terror attacks that hit central London in July 2005. The attacks resulted in a large redeployment of police officers to central London boroughs as compared to outer London - in...

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Gauging the cumbersomeness of EU Law

Chalmers, Damian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

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A new concept of European federalism

Frey, Bruno S. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

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Cost-benefit analysis of psychological therapy

Layard, Richard; Clark, David; Knapp, Martin; Mayraz, Guy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

At present six million people are suffering from clinical depression or anxiety disorders, but only a quarter of them are in treatment. NICE Guidelines prescribe the offer of evidence-based psychological therapy, but they are not implemented, due to lack of therapists within the NHS. We...

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