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Should the European Union grant state aid through an institution like the European Investment bank? This paper evaluates the efficiency of different measures for granting state aid. We use a theoretical model with firms that differ in their creditworthiness and compare different types of...
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of capital (extensive growth). We infer that advances in education at all levels, good governance, and institutional … marred by various problems related to weak governance in the public and private spheres. …
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: extended institutional and governance quality, democracy, voice and accountability, a well functioning system of law and order …
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We analyze whether or not the globalization of capital, disciplines governments and improves governance. We demonstrate … that globalization affects governance, by increasing a country's vulnerability to sudden capital flight. This increased … threat of capital flight can discipline governments and improve governance and welfare by placing countries in a golden …
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self-fulfilling multiple equilibria arise. I analyze the implications of this fragility for the governance of the Eurozone …. I conclude that the new governance structure (ESM) does not sufficiently recognize this fragility. Some of the features …
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In many European countries established leftwing and rightwing parties have been threatened by policy convergence and, in turn, new populist parties that offer more polarized platforms. I investigate whether government ideology influences dragnet-controls - controls of persons conducted by the...
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of capital (extensive growth). We infer that advances in education at all levels, good governance, and institutional … remains marred by various problems related to weak governance in the public and private spheres …
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In this paper, I summarize the results of empirical studies in the areas of schooling and health, public programs and infant mortality, and government regulation of teenage smoking. My review is selective and is based on my own research. It is neutral with respect to the question of whether the...
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This paper develops a simple theoretical framework to study a set of regions, each with its own regional government, who share a union or central government. These governments must decide whether to implement or discard a large number of projects that produce local benefits for the region that...
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What are the incentives faced by local officials in China? Without democratic institutions, there is no mechanism for local residents to exercise "voice". Given the hukou registration system, local residents have little opportunity to threaten "exit" if they are unhappy with local taxes and...
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