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Economic growth and judicial independence, a dozen years on : cross-country evidence using an updated set of indicators
Voigt, Stefan; Gutmann, Jerg; Feld, Lars P. - 2014
Over 10 years ago, Feld and Voigt (2003) introduced the first indicator for objectively meas-uring the actual independence of the judiciary and demonstrated its utility in a large cross-section of countries. The indicator has been widely used, but also criticized. This paper pre-sents more...
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The rule of law : measurement and deep roots
Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2015
This paper does three things. First, based on a limited number of theoretically established dimensions, it proposes a new de facto indicator for the rule of law. It is the first such indicator to take the quality of legal norms explicitly into account. Second, using this indicator we shed new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406570
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Is it the gums, teeth or the bite? : effectiveness of dimensions of enforcement in curbing corruption
Capasso, Salvatore; Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W. - 2018
Adding a new dimension to determinants of corruption, this paper examines the effectiveness of enforcement in reducing corruption. We compare the influences of latent enforcement (police, judicial, and prosecutorial employment) versus actual enforcement (conviction rates) and enforcing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926324
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Dynamics of first-time patenting firms
Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Raknerud, Arvid - 2022
supports innovation activities, especially early in the life cycle of firms. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013365124
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Optimal ownership and firm performance : an analysis of China's FDI liberalization
Eppinger, Peter S.; Ma, Hong - 2023
quantification of the gains from optimal ownership within multinational firms, by exploiting a major liberalization of China's policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014312548
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Experience, innovation and productivity : empirical evidence from Italy's slowdown
Daveri, Francesco; Parisi, Maria Laura - 2010
We investigate the role of workers' and managerial experience as a determinant of firm innovation and productivity in a … innovation and productivity. The effect of managerial experience measured by age on firm performance depends instead on the type … of firm: high age of managers and board members is bad for innovation and productivity growth, while costs and benefits …
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Subsidizing national champions : an evolutionary perspective
Aubert, Cécile (contributor); Falck, Oliver (contributor);  … - 2008
A national-champions-related industrial policy has become (again) en vogue among European politicians. Against this background, our work orders different types of national champions along the industry lifecycle. Different types of locally bound externalities appear along the lifecycle. In a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003749485
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Fintech startups in Germany : firm failure, funding success, and innovation capacity
Hornuf, Lars; Mattusch, Matthias - 2024 - This version: August 18, 2024
innovative these firms actually are. This paper investigates firm failure, funding success, and innovation capacity using a hand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015051740
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Firm performance and trade with low-income countries : evidence from China
Schmerer, Hans-Jörg; Wang, Luhang - 2014
analysis reveals a rising low-income country trade share around and after China's accession to the World Trade Organization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010391833
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Growing like China : firm performance and global production line position
Chor, Davin; Manova, Kalina; Yu, Zhihong - 2020
matched firm-level customs and manufacturing survey data, together with Input-Output tables for China, to examine how Chinese … production stages conducted in China over the 1992-2014 period, both in the aggregate and within firms over time. Firms span more …
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