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Intergovernmental grants and bureaucratic power
Dahlberg, Matz; Lundqvist, Heléne; Mörk, Eva - 2008
In their role as agenda setters and implementers of political decisions, bureaucrats potentially have the power to influence decisions in their own favor. It is however difficult to empirically test whether bureaucrats actually are involved in such actions. In this paper we suggest and apply a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273940
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Intergovernmental grants and bureaucratic power
Dahlberg, Matz; Lundqvist, Heléne; Mörk, Eva - 2008
In their role as agenda setters and implementers of political decisions, bureaucrats potentially have the power to influence decisions in their own favor. It is however difficult to empirically test whether bureaucrats actually are involved in such actions. In this paper we suggest and apply a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321370
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Judical independence and the validity of converted elections
Franck, Raphaël - 2009
This article examines whether the judges of the French Constitutional Court demonstrated partisanship when ruling on the validity of the elections to the lower house of the French Parliament between 1958 and 2005. It uses a new dataset on the decisions of the Constitutional Court which takes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335999
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Potterian economics
Levy, Daniel C.; Snir, Avichai - 2017
Recent studies in psychology and neuroscience find that fictional works exert strong influence on readers and shape their opinions and worldviews. We study the Potterian economy, which we compare to economic models, to assess how Harry Potter books affect economic literacy. We find that some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785714
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Political drivers of and barriers to Public-Private Partnerships: The role of political involvement
Gawel, Erik - 2011
The application and design of public-private partnerships between the extremes of purely public or purely private task fulfilment in public services is, in practice, subject to political processes. Decisions about PPPs (realisation, arrangement) are taken in the political arena and are therefore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306845
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Turkish Voter Response to Government Incompetence and Corruption Related to the 1999 Earthquakes
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - 2012
, and exposed rampant government corruption involving construction and zoning code violations, as a factor magnifying the … on the other hand, were responsible for the incompetence shown in providing relief, for involvement in corruption related … responsible for different types of corruption and mismanagement provided us with a unique data to differentiate between voter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500202
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Attaining autonomy in the Empire: French governors between 1860 and 1960
Viallet-Thévenin, Scott; Chambru, Cédric - 2020
This article builds on the concept of linked ecologies to present a study of the occupational careers of French colonial governors between 1830 and 1960. We consider empires as the by-product of social entities structuring themselves. Specifically, we analyse the process of empowerment of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294280
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The Unintended Consequences of Meritocratic Government Hiring
Geromichalos, Athanasios; Kospentaris, Ioannis - 2020
In an attempt to mitigate the negative effects of clientelism, many governments around the world have adopted meritocratic hiring of public employees. This paper challenges the effectiveness of this common practice by showing that meritocratic government hiring can have unintended negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012655882
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A model of tournament incentives with corruption
Wang, Bin; Zheng, Yu - 2018
We provide a theory of how growth, corruption, and a low-powered public-sector pay scale coexist in a stable … widespread corruption. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012144213
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Coordination Incentives, Performance Measurement, and Resource Allocation in Public Sector Organizations
Dietrichson, Jens - 2013
Why are coordination problems common when public sector organizations share responsibilities, and what can be done to mitigate such problems? This paper uses a multi-task principal-agent model to examine two related reasons: the incentives to coordinate resource allocation and the difficulties...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208654