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Robinson, James A. - 1999

I argue that whether or not a state is predatory hinges on the relationship between development and the distribution of political power in society. Development is typically inconsistent with the preservation of the political status quo and this gives those who initially hold political power an...

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China and the World Bank : how contrasting development approaches affect the stability of African states

Gehring, Kai; Kaplan, Lennart; Wong, Melvin H. L. - 2019

China's development model challenges the approaches of traditional Western donors like the World Bank. We argue that both aim at stability, but differ in the norms propagated to achieve that. Using fixed effects and IV estimations, we analyze a broad range of subnational stability measures in...

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International agreements, economic sovereignty and exit

Richardson, Martin; Stähler, Frank - 2018

We develop a model in which it is uncertainty about the future domestic policy environment that both makes international cooperation attractive and induces the possibility of a nation reneging on such an international agreement. We show, in a fairly general setting in which the likelihood of...

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Does membership in international organizations increase governments' credibility? : testing the effects of delegating powers

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Voigt, Stefan (contributor) - 2008

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The economics of political borders

Spolaore, Enrico - 2012

This paper presents concepts from economic analysis that shed light on the formation and breakup of sovereign states. First, we discuss the key trade-off between economies of scale in the provision of public goods and political costs from heterogeneity of preferences. Second, we present four...

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Wages and wage-bargaining institutions in the EMU : a survey of the issues

Calmfors, Lars - 2001

A perceived need to increase nominal wage flexibility as a substitute for domestic monetary policy and a tendency to less wage moderation are likely to promote bargaining co-ordination and social pacts in the EMU. But such co-ordination is not likely to be sustainable in the long run, as it...

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Technological sovereignty as ability, not autarky

March, Christoph; Schieferdecker, Ina - 2021

Aspirations towards technological sovereignty increasingly pervade the political debate. Yet, an ambiguous definition … globalization. We develop a competence-based definition of technological sovereignty, which puts innovation policy at the core of … fulfilling sovereignty aspirations. Moreover, we show how our definition realigns technological sovereignty with international …

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The East German wage structure after transition

Orlowski, Robert; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2008

We extend the literature on transition economies' wage structures by investigating the returns to tenure and experience. This study applies recent panel data and estimation approaches that control for hitherto neglected biases. We compare the life cycle structure in East and West German wages...

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Current account imbalances and structural adjustment in the Euro area : how to rebalance competitiveness

Zemanek, Holger; Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther - 2009

Low international competitiveness of a set of euro area countries, which have become evident by large current account deficits and rising risk premiums on government bonds, is one of the most challenging economic policy issues for Europe. We analyse the role of private restructuring and public...

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Intra-industry adjustment to import competition : theory and application to the German clothing industry

Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2009

This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...

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