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The rise of capitalism and the roots of Anti-American terrorism
Krieger, Tim; Meierieks, Daniel - 2014
This contribution examines the role of capitalism in anti-American terrorism. Using data for 149 countries between 1970 …, consistent with economic norms theory, higher levels of market-capitalism are associated with less anti-American terrorism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375158
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Politics-business interaction paths
Belloc, Marianna; Pagano, Ugo - 2009
Most pre-crisis explanations of the various corporate governance systems have considered the separation between ownership and control to be an advantage of the Anglo-American economies. They have also attributed the failure of other countries to achieve these efficient arrangements to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923223
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Globalisation and the mix of wage and profit taxes
Haufler, Andreas (contributor); Klemm, Alexander (contributor) - 2006
This paper analyses the development of the ratio of corporate taxes to wage taxes using a simple political economy model with internationally mobile and immobile firms. Among other results, our model predicts that countries reduce their corporate tax rate, relative to the wage tax, either when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301170
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On the determinants of labour market institutions : rent-sharing vs. social insurance
Agell, Jonas - 2000
What determines the structure of labour market institutions? This paper argues that common explanations based on rent sharing are incomplete; unions, job protection, and egalitarian pay structures may have as much to do with social insurance of otherwise uninsurable risks as with rent sharing and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786721
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Globalization and political geography
Etro, Federico - 2003
nations tends to be confirmed. However, multiple equilibria can emerge with globalization backlash associated with large … dynamic version of the model shows stable paths of decreasing size of nations, increasing globalization and (at least … toward a steady state with excessive globalization, too many countries and typically too much government spending. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508079
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Running the U.S. economy at full throttle is a stressful variant of capitalism
Komlos, John - 2022
turbulence of adjusting to a knowledge economy, by the downward social mobility of millions disadvantaged by globalization, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013383434
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The political economy of international organizations
Dreher, Axel; Lang, Valentin - 2016
We review the literature on the political economy of international organizations (IOs). Considering IOs as products of the preferences of various actors rather than monolithic entities we focus on national politicians, international bureaucrats, interest groups, and voters. By looking into the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011536240
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Households, markets and public choice
Gersbach, Hans; Haller, Hans - 2014 - This Version: August 2014
We develop a model that combines competitive exchange of private commodities across endogenously formed groups with public good provision and global collective decisions. There is a tension between local and global collective decisions. In particular, we show that group formation and collective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010399075
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Privatization in Austria : some theoretical reasons and first results about the privatization proceeds
Belke, Ansgar; Schneider, Friedrich - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402696
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The political economy of taxation : power, structure, redistribution
Winer, Stanley L. - 2016
In this chapter I provide an overview of the political economy of taxation in democratic states by considering the three most important issues in the field: (1) the evolution of the power to tax in (what are now) the mature constitutional democracies; (2) the nature and determinants of modern...
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