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Are Public Sector CEOs Different?Leadership Wages and Performance in Schools

Besley, Timothy; Machin, Stephen - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008

This paper uses a unique data set to investigate the link betweenthe pay and performance of school principals. It is frequently arguedthat public sector CEOs are paid like bureaucrats with little rewardfor good performance. However, this ignores the possibility of implicitlabor market...

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Accountability and incentives: The impacts of dierent regimes on hospitalwaiting times in England and Wales

Besley, Timothy; Bevan, Gwyn; Burchardi, Konrad - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008

Improving accountability in public services has been a central ob-jective of many public sector reforms in recent years. Chief amongthese have been efforts to generate observable performance measuresas a basis for monitoring performance. This paper examines a nat-ural experiment in regimes...

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Housing Finance Aspects of the Green Paper

Marsh, Alex; Hills, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2000

This report contains key points from presentations and discussions at a round table meetingheld at the London School of Economics on Monday 24th July 2000. This meeting wasorganized by CASE and the University of Bristol to give an opportunity for housing financeacademics to discuss with...

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Reforming Public Service Delivery

Besley, Timothy; Ghatak, Maitreesh - London School of Economics and Political Science

This paper reviews some issues relevant to the delivery of public services. Itreviews some of the debates and flags some issues that are significantworldwide, especially in Africa. It emphasises how the debate has movedalong in terms of defining the relative responsibilities of the public...

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GOVERNMENT VERSUS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF PUBLIC GOODS

Besley, Timothy; Ghatak, Maitreesh - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001

There has been a dramatic change in the division of responsibility betweenthe state and the private sector for the delivery of public goods and services inrecent years with an increasing trend toward contracting out to the private sectorand “public-private partnerships.” This paper analyzes...

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States and Markets in Latin America: The political economy of economic interventionism

Lewis, Colin M. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

The state is conceptually distinct from both economy and society, with inherent interests in expanding its scope for autonomous action, asserting control over economic and social interactions, and structuring economic and social relations. These interests derive primarily from the state’s...

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Markets With, Without, and in Spite of States: West Africa in the Pre-colonial Nineteenth Century

Austin, Gareth - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004

This paper offers one Africanist’s perspective on the question (to paraphrase Patrick O’Brien) of how, where, when and why a sample of states encouraged or restrained economic growth from recurring. The last phrase places the focus where it belongs: the issue in Sub-Saharan economic history...

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Early Childhood Interventions and Outcomes

Waldfogel, Jane - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999

Recent advances in brain research have provided new evidence thatearly experience matters and have greatly increased interest in theeffects of early childhood interventions on outcomes for children. Thispaper reviews what is now known about the potential benefits andpotential ill effects of...

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Banks’ Payments-Driven Revenues

Radecki, Lawrence J. - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>; London School of … - 1999

bankingindustry. This goal is served by taking a broad view of thepayments business and analyzing information provided bylarge bank …

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Supervisory Information and the Frequency of Bank Examinations

Hirtle, Beverly J.; López, José A. - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>; London School of … - 1999

length of time between bank examinations affects thequality of information available to supervisors. For thesepurposes, we … condition of a bank. Our analysisassumes that examination information incorporates twotypes of data: information available from … information that can be obtained onlythrough on-site examinations, such as confidential informationabout a bank’s troubled assets …

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