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State ownership and control in the Czech Republic
Kočenda, Evžen; Hanousek, Jan - 2009
We analyze the extent of the integrated control of the state over privatized firms during the post-privatization decade … bureaucracy are the most likely reasons behind our findings. -- state ownership ; control ; corporate performance ; privatization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887481
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Activists versus captured regulators
Daubanes, Julien; Rochet, Jean-Charles - 2013
We analyze the consequences of activism in a regulated industry where the regulator has been captured by the industry. Unlike ordinary economic agents, activists are insensitive to monetary incentives. Moreover, they are less well informed than regulators and their actions generate dead-weight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199716
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Different extent of privatisation proceeds in EU countries : a preliminary explanation using a public choice approach
Belke, Ansgar; Baumgärtner, Frank; Schneider, Friedrich; … - 2005
larger reform package of economic liberalisation in formerly overregulated economies, (b) as a reaction to an increasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003204038
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The unfinished business of state-owned enterprise reform in the People's Republic of China
Holz, Carsten A. - 2019
This paper examines the progress of state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in the People's Republic of China. After … defining SOEs and considering their scope of operation within the PRC economy, the focus of the paper is on the major reform … industry-specific SOE reform trends as well as the latest reform developments. Until today, a stable, successful, longterm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012026451
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Can there be a wave-like association between economic growth and inequality? : theory and lessons for East Asia from the Middle East
Gangopadhyay, Partha; Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2012
High income growth in many countries in East Asia and the Middle East has been accompanied by increasing income inequality and widening gaps between rich and poor, and urban and rural. It is therefore it is important to examine the interrelationships between inequality and economic growth. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009630652
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Culture, institutions & the long divergence
Bisin, Alberto; Rubin, Jared; Seror, Avner; Verdier, Thierry - 2021
Recent theories of the Long Divergence between Middle Eastern and Western European economies focus on Middle Eastern (over-)reliance on religious legitimacy, use of slave soldiers, and persistence of restrictive proscriptions of religious (Islamic) law. These theories take as exogenous the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012433961
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On the optimal size of public sector under rent-seeking competition from state coffers
Park, Hyun; Philippopulos, Apostolēs; Vassilatos, Vanghelis - 2003
This paper incorporates competition for fiscal transfers (or, equivalently, rent seeking from state coffers) into a standard general equilibrium model of economic growth and endogenously chosen fiscal policy. The government generates tax revenues, but then each selfinterested individual agent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508090
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Democracy and development : the devil in the details
Persson, Torsten (contributor);  … - 2006
Does democracy promote economic development? This paper reviews recent attempts to address this question that exploited within-country variation. It shows that the answer is largely positive, but also depends on the details of democratic reforms. First, the sequence of economic vs political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301122
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State capacity, national economic policies and local development : the Russian state in the Southern Urals
Asmus, Gerda; Franck, Raphaël - 2022
This study analyzes how state capacity shapes the local impact of national policies by exploiting a quasi-natural experiment in the regional expansion of the state. It uses the local discontinuity created by the boundary of the largest peasant rebellion in 18th century Russia where the state...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938946
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The role of the state in economic development
Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2004
This paper discusses the recent literature on the role of the state in economic development. It concludes that government incentives to enact sound policies are key to economic success. It also discusses the evidence on what happens after episodes of economic and political liberalizations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450487