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Economic Crisis, General Laws, and the Mid-Nineteenth-Century Transformation of American Political Economy
Lamoreaux, Naomi R. - 2020
Before the middle of the nineteenth century most laws enacted in the United States were special bills that granted favors to specific individuals, groups, or localities. This fundamentally inegalitarian system provided political elites with important tools that they could use to reward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481595
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The dynamics of reform of India's federal system
Singh, Nirvikar - 2007
This paper analyzes the process of reform of India's federal system, with a focus on fiscal federalism. We first … mechanisms for government borrowing. We then discuss the institutional specifics of the reform process, to understand the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322727
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Improving the SGP : taxes and delegation rather than fines
Lindbeck, Assar; Niepelt, Dirk - 2005
We analyze motivations for, and possible alternatives to, the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP). With regard to the former, we identify domestic policy failures and various cross-country spillover effects; with regard to the latter, we contrast an ?economic-theory" perspective on optimal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261131
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The Effect of Joint Custody on Marriage and Divorce
Halla, Martin - 2009
Since the 1970s almost all states have introduced a form of joint custody after divorce. We analyze the causal effect of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different timing of reforms across states and the control group of...
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Reforming agricultural development banks (AgDBs)
Seibel, Hans Dieter - 2007
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Do Benefit Hikes Damage Job Finding? Evidence from Swedish Unemployment Insurance Reforms
Bennmarker, Helge; Carling, Kenneth; Holmlund, Bertil - 2005
In 2001 and 2002, Sweden introduced several unemployment insurance reforms. A major innovation in the first reform was … compensation during the first 20 weeks of unemployment. The 2002 reform retained the two-tiered benefit structure but involved also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321566
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Labour Market Reforms and Unemployment: Lessons from the Experience of the OECD Countries
Scarpetta, Stefano - 1998
The OECD labor market has undergone major changes over the past two decades. The most evident of these changes is the rise in the number of job-seekers. In 1997, there were more than 35 million people unemployed in the OECD area as a whole, some 6 million more than in the mid-1980s and almost 25...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327008
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Childcare costs and the demand for children: Evidence from a nationwide reform
Mörk, Eva; Sjögren, Anna; Svaleryd, Helena - 2010
Exploiting the exogenous variation in childcare costs caused by a Swedish childcare reform, we are able to identify the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333016
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Decoupled payments to EU farmers, production, and trade: An economic analysis for Germany
von Witzke, Harald; Noleppa, Steffen; Schwarz, Gerald - 2010
After an extended process of reform the European Union has introduced direct payments to farmers which are decoupled … Umfang der ökonomischen Kosten dieser Politik bei Weizen wird am Beispiel Australiens quantifiziert. …
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Ökonomische Wirkungen der Handwerksnovelle 2004: Ergebnisse aus einem quasinatürlichen Experiment
Koch, Andreas; Nielen, Sebastian - 2016
Die Reform der Handwerksordnung des Jahres 2004 brachte insbesondere durch die Abschaffung der Meisterpflicht für mehr … Gewerbezweige des Handwerks von der Reform betroffen war. Die Ergebnisse zeigen einen starken Anstieg der Anzahl der Betriebe und … einen Rückgang der absolvierten Meisterprüfungen in den betroffenen Handwerken in Folge der Reform. Bezüglich der …
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