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The economic effects of federalism and decentralization : a cross-country assessment
Voigt, Stefan; Blume, Lorenz - 2009
component analysis, seven aspects of both federalism and decentralization are used as variables for explaining differences in (1 … study adds to our knowledge on the transmission mechanisms of federalism and decentralization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271861
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Globalization, economic freedom and human rights
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - 2010
and economic liberalization affect governments' respect for human rights using a panel of 106 countries over the 1981 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274933
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Government decentralization as a disincentive for transnational terror? : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009
decentralization on the occurrence of transnational terror. Our results show that expenditure decentralization reduces the number of … transnational terror events in a country, while political decentralization has no impact. These results are robust to the choice of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273794
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Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the perceived and the actual fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a simple model of individual labor-market participation under...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274890