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Corruption in Russia : historic legacy and systemic nature
Schulze, Günther G.; Zakharov, Nikita - 2018
This paper argues that corruption in Russia is systemic in nature. Low wage levels of public officials provide strong incentives to engage in corruption. As corruption is illegal, corrupt officials can be exposed any time, which enforces loyalty towards the powers that be; thus corruption is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011789215
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Refugee resettlement, redistribution and growth
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2018
This paper studies the effect of refugee resettlement on human capital accumulation. The analysis is performed in a … growth model with endogenous fertility. I show how refugee resettlement from a more advanced and wealthier economy to a less … countries. I also derive conditions for the proposed resettlement policy to stimulate human capital accumulation and hence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814840
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Forced displacement in history : some recent research
Becker, Sascha O. - 2022
economic history. While many of the episodes covered refer to Europe, this survey points to literature across all continents …
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'Whatever is, is right? : Economic institutions in pre-industrial Europe (Tawney lecture 2006)
Ogilvie, Sheilagh C. (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003597971
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Pro-social behavior, reciprocity or both?
Frey, Bruno S.; Meier, Stephan - 2002
Empirical evidence is provided for the importance of non-reciprocal pro-social behavior of individuals in an anonymous, n-person pure public good setting. A unique panel data set of 136,000 observations is matched with an extensive survey. Even under anonymous conditions, a large number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410448
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What accounts for international differences in student performance? : a re-examination using PISA data
Fuchs, Thomas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student characteristics, family backgrounds, home inputs, resources, teachers and institutions are all significantly related to math, science and reading achievement. Our models account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449993
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VAT compliance, trade, and institutions
Morrow, Peter; Smart, Michael; Świstak, Artur - 2019
We develop a simple structural model of value added tax (VAT) compliance, and estimate it using widely available national accounts data to learn about compliance in countries where little is currently known. International border controls improve VAT compliance, generating a correlation between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012050792
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Slavery, corruption, and institutions
Rauscher, Michael; Willert, Bianca - 2019
the corrupt civil servant. It is shown that multiple equilibria and hysteresis are possible. Depending on history, an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012123057
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Federal monetary policy
Hefeker, Carsten - 2001
What is the optimal institutional structure for an independent central bank? The paper shows when it will be optimal for a country to have a central bank to be organized according to federal, purely national or a combination of both aspects. The analysis is then extended to a supranational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398004
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Roots of autocracy
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2017
Exploiting a novel geo-referenced data set of population diversity across ethnic groups, this research advances the hypothesis and empirically establishes that variation in population diversity across human societies, as determined in the course of the exodus of human from Africa tens of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011645955