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Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin; Prat, Andrea - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

Mass media can play a key role in enabling citizens to monitor the actions of incumbents and to use this information in their voting decisions. Thiscan lead to government which is more accountable and responsive to itscitizens’ needs. In spite of the intuitive plausibility of the proposition,...

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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSIVENESS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM INDIA

Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

The determinants of government responsiveness to its citizens is a key issue in politicaleconomy. Here, we develop a model based on the solution of political agency problems.Having a more informed and politically active electorate strengthens incentives for governmentsto be responsive. This...

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Knowledge-Based Economic Development: Mass Media and the Weightless Economy

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009

We examine associations of mass media and information and communicationstechnologies (ICT) as knowledge-based infrastructures on some economicdevelopment outcomes. We .nd that several mass media and ICT penetration variablesare negatively associated with three development outcomes: corruption,...

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Capital Allocation and Bank Management Based on the Quantification of Credit Risk

Nishiguchi, Kenji; Kawai, Hiroshi; Sazaki, Takanori - Sakura-Ginko <Tōkyō>; London School of Economics and … - 1998

Liberalization and deregulation have recently accelerated.It is therefore useful to keep risk within a certain level inrelation to capital, considering that financial institutionsmust control their risk appropriately to maintain thesafety and soundness of their operation. In 1988, the...

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Mercantilist Institutions for the Pursuit Of Power with Profit. The Management Of Britain’s National Debt, 1756-1815

O’Brien, Patrick Karl - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006

The Rise Of Britain’s Fiscal Naval StateIn outline (if not in the chronological detail required for a complete and satisfactory historical narrative) the reasons why the United Kingdom evolved between the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the Congress of Vienna of 1815, into the most powerful...

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Business Culture and Entrepreneurship in the Ionian Islands Under British Rule, 1815-1864

Gekas, Sakis - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

This paper explores the emergence of a business culture among merchants and entrepreneurs in the Ionian Islands during the period of British rule (1815-1864). New forms of business organisation (the joint-stock company), and novel commercial practices, such as advertising, represent examples of...

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Neighbourhood Management

Power, Anne T.; Bergin, Emmet - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999

almost every front inour cities. This study for the Social Exclusion Unit of seven models ofneighbourhood management analyses …

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Matching Problems with Expertise in Firms and Markets

Fuchs, William; Garicano, Luis - University of California <Berkeley, Calif.>; London … - 2009

, management holds soft information about individuals expertiseand thus improves on the matching of experts to problems; however …

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Dynastic Management

Caselli, Francesco; Gennaioli, Nicola - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

causes and consequences ofdynastic management. In our model, the incidence of dynastic management depends,among other factors …, on the imperfections of contractual enforcement. A plausiblecalibration suggests that, via dynastic management, poor …

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Neighbourhood Management and the Future of UrbanAreas

Power, Anne T. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004

This paper is about low-income neighbourhoods, their organisation andmanagement. It is not a study in deprivation, but is about problem-solving,about the reforms in delivery underway in Britain, about long run attempts tochange neighbourhood conditions and environments, about the central role...

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