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The political economy of international finance corporation lending
Dreher, Axel; Richert, Katharina - 2017
The bulk of International Finance Corporation (IFC) lending benefits companies from rich countries, and projects in countries with middle income. Large conglomerates such as Lidl or Mövenpick have been among its direct beneficiaries. This contrasts to some extent with the IFC's official...
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Limited self-knowledge and survey response behavior
Falk, Armin; Neuber, Thomas; Strack, Philippe - 2021
We study response behavior in surveys and show how the explanatory power of self-reports can be improved. First, we develop a choice model of survey response behavior under the assumption that the respondent has imperfect self-knowledge about her individual characteristics. In panel data, the...
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Arm's length provision of public services
Bennedsen, Morten (contributor);  … - 2007
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Contracting out mandatory counselling and training for long-term unemployed : private for-profit or non-profit, or keep it public?
Cockx, Bart; Baert, Stijn - 2015 - Date: October 26, 2015
This study evaluates the effectiveness of contracting out mandatory publicly provided counselling and training for long-term unemployed in Flanders (Belgium) to private for-profit and non-profit organisations (FPOs and NPOs). A multivariate transition model exploits timing-of-events and novel...
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Plunging into the sea : ideological change, institutional environments and private entrepreneurship in China
Yang, Jin; Huang, Jian; Deng, Yanhua; Bordignon, Massimo - 2018
This paper examines the integration of Chinese Communist Party membership and private entrepreneurship in China after 2002, when the Party revised its constitution and officially removed ideological discrimination against private entrepreneurs. Using six waves of a nationwide survey of privately...
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Does pension privatization increase economic growth? : evidence from Latin America and Eastern Europe
Altiparmakov, Nikola; Nedeljkovic, Milan - 2016
Analyses of pension funding effects on economic growth need to differentiate between "carve-out" pension privatization … evidence that pension privatization in Latin America and Eastern Europe was associated with higher economic growth. The result … particularly unlikely in countries resorting to debt-financed privatization. Furthermore, we note the lack of positive pension …
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Divide and privatize : firm break-up and performance
Kočenda, Evžen; Hanousek, Jan - 2011
changes ; privatization ; emerging markets ; endogeneity ; propensity score matching procedure …
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Political accountability and real authority of government bureaucracy
Dodlova, Marina - 2013
bureaucracy rather than to an autocratic leader. We combine the Aghion-Tirole definition of formal and real authority with the …
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Contests among bureaucrats
Bös, Dieter - 2002
This paper deals with double lobbying: several bureaucrats participate in joint lobbying to get a high total departmental budget, but they also engage in antagonistic lobbying to reap as high a share of the total budget as possible. The antagonistic lobbying constitutes a contest among the...
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A costly commitment : populism, government performance, and the quality of bureaucracy
Bellodi, Luca; Morelli, Massimo; Vannoni, Matia - 2021
We study the consequences of populism for government performance and the quality of bureaucracy. When voters lose trust …
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