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Special issues relating to corporate governance and family control

Morck, Randall - 2004

part of the country's corporate sector. Morck and Yeung consider the reasons why family control and control pyramids … freestanding firms predominate in the United States. The authors discuss policies that countries might adopt to discourage family …

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A curse of comparison? : Evidence on reference groups for relative income concerns

Kuegler, Alice - 2009

"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a reference point for new sample data from Venezuela....

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Turkey - Performance Based Contracting Scheme in Family Medicine : Design and Achievements

World Bank - 2014

overall family medicine program. It describes and assesses Turkey's performance based payment scheme in family medicine with … feasible. Three focus groups were conducted with Family Medicine Practice (FMP) doctors, FMP health personnel and division …

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Uruguay : Family Agriculture Development

World Bank - 2013

of the present report are: a) to analyze the main characteristics of family agriculture as well as its development … measures aimed at reducing vulnerabilities and increasing development opportunities for family producers; and d) contribute to … presenting a set of policy recommendations and measures to support an economic and environmentally sustainable family agriculture …

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Institutions taking root : building state capacity in challenging contexts

Huybens, Elisabeth (contributor); … - 2014

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Political institutions and human development : Does democracy fulfil its 'constructive' and 'instrumental' role?

Vollmer, Sebastian - 2009

"Institutions are a major field of interest in the study of development processes. The authors contribute to this discussion concentrating our research on political institutions and their effect on the non-income dimensions of human development. First, they elaborate a theoretical argument why...

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Endogenous institution formation under a catching-up strategy in developing countries

Lin, Justin Yifu - 2008

"This paper explores endogenous institution formation under a catching-up strategy in developing countries. Since the catching-up strategy is normally against the compartive advantages of the developing countries, it can not be implemented through laissez-faire market mechanisms, and a...

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International trade and climate change : economic, legal, and institutional perspectives

2008

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Does aid help improve economic institutions ?

Coviello, Decio - 2006

"Aid is expected to promote better living standards by raising investment and growth. But aid may also affect institutions directly. In theory, these effects may or may not work in the same direction as those on investment. The authors examine the effect of aid on economic institutions and find...

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Trade, inequality, and the political economy of institutions

Do, Quy Toan - 2006

"The authors analyze the relationship between international trade and the quality of economic institutions such as contract enforcement, rule of law, or property rights. The literature on institutions has argued, both empirically and theoretically, that larger firms care less about good...

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