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Nationalism and international trade: theory and evidence
Lan, Xiaohuan; Li, Ben - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper provides an economic framework to analyze the relationship between nationalistic sentiments and international trade. Nationalistic sentiments respond to economic interests, and in particular they vary according to the relative importance of the domestic market to local economies....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647309
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Making Globalization Work: Towards Global Economic Justice
Khan, Haider - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Globalization as a corporate-led process has come under much justifiable criticism. This paper attempts to give the … globalization from the capabilities perspective. A freedom-centered perspective such as the capabilities approach emphasizes … fractured process of globalization is more likely to end up in a fragmenting regionalism or even national protectionism and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790045
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World on Fire? Democracy, Globalization and Ethnic Violence
Bezemer, Dirk J; Jong-A-Pin, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Recent studies suggest that democracy and globalization lead to ethnic hatred and violence in countries with a rich … ethnic minority. We examine the thesis by Chua (2003) that democratization and globalization lead to ethnic violence in the …-way interactions to examine under which conditions democracy and globalization increase violence. We find no evidence for a worldwide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005617068
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Impactos sociais do desinvestimento
Moniz, António; Gomes, Cláudia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
to argue that world economy is globalised. In this context, the approach to the divestment concept without an social and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621263
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Multi-battle contests
Konrad, Kai A.; Kovenock, Dan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
We study equilibrium in a multistage race in which players compete in a sequence of simultaneous move component contests. Players may win a prize for winning each component contest, as well as a prize for winning the overall race. Each component contest is an all-pay auction with complete...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835218
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Haggling for Rents, Relational Contracts, and the Theory of the Firm
Gürtler, Oliver - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
In this paper, a formal rent-seeking theory of the firm is developed. The main idea is that integration (compared to non-integration) facilitates rent-seeking for the integrating party, but makes it harder for the integrated one. In a one-period model, this implies that the rent-seeking contest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835225
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A Single-Mindedness model with n generations
Emanuele, Canegrati - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I will analyse the redistribution of income amongst n generations using the Single-mindedness Theory. I will introduce a new expression for the balanced-budget constraint, no longer based on lump- sum transfers as in the traditional literature, but rather on more realistic labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835397
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Lignite price negotiation between opencast mine and power plant as a two-stage, two-person, cooperative, non-zero sum game
Jurdziak, Leszek - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Based on the simple model of the deposit the methodology of finding the optimal solution for bilateral monopoly (BM) of lignite mine and power plant is shown taking into account pit optimisation. It is proposed to treat lignite price negotiation as a kind of game. In the first stage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835411
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Institutions, Social Networks, and Conflicts in Guinea-Bissau: Results from a 2005 Survey
Gacitua-Mario, Estanislao; Aasland, Sigrun; Nordang, Hakon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Guinea-Bissau endured a major conflict in 1998 and has suffered from persistent political instability since independence. After a brief review of indicators of governance in Guinea-Bissau and recent political developments, the objective of this Chapter is to provide results from a recent survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835609
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GAMESMANSHIP, third parties and arbitration: reflecting on the paradigm of PPP disputes
Dimitrios, Athanasakis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Disputes occurring in PPP projects pervade three interfacing levels of agreements: internal, downstream, and peripheral. PPP disputes have been free from arbitral dispute resolution and their legal environment is uncertain and deregulated. While project partners appear to have a natural monopoly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835619