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The EU decision-making procedures : some insight from non cooperative game theory
Laruelle, Annick - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000975181
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Leader behavior and the natural resource curse
Caselli, Francesco (contributor);  … - 2009
We discuss political economy mechanisms which can explain the resource curse, in which an increase in the size of resource rents causes a decrease in the economy's total value added. We identify a number of channels through which resource rents will alter the incentives of a political leader....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003867963
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Revolving door lobbyists
Blanes i Vidal, Jordi; Draca, Mirko; Fons-Rosen, Christian - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003990936
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Religious identity, public goods and centralization : evidence from Russian and Israeli Cities
Grigoriadis, Theocharis; Torgler, Benno - 2013
tradition and institutional ideas on the provision of public goods - on attitudes toward central government. We explore whether … government positively. Moreover, we explore whether adherence to collectivist norms of economic and political organization leads … to a positive evaluation of central government. Surveys were conducted in Russia and Israel as these countries provide a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009783974
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Public innovation in Brazil : an overview of its types,results and drivers
Cavalcante, Pedro; Camões, Marizaura - Instituto de Pesquisa de Relações Internacionais … - 2017
efficiency as well as to enhance government capacity in solving problems. In Brazil, specifically, there is a certain degree of … Administration (Enap), to recognize innovative practices that have improved government capacity and service delivery. Every year …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060006
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Bureaucratic competence and procurement outcomes
Decarolis, Francesco; Giuffrida, Leonardo; Iossa, … - 2019
To what extent does a more competent public bureaucracy contribute to better economic outcomes? We address this question in the context of the US federal procurement of services and works, by combining contract-level data on procurement performance and bureau-level data on competence and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012134471
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Democratisation versus accountability - should the European Parliament be given more powers?
Schwager, Robert - 1999
This paper challenges the assertion that European politics would be closer to the citizens' preferences if decision power were transferred from the Council of Ministers to the European Parliament. On the one hand, citizens benefit from a greater transparency in the Parliamentś debates compared...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428269
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On the occupational structure of Jews in Europe
Don, Yehuda - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000883944
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Les pays à bas salaires et les échanges commerciaux avec l'Union Européenne
Buigues, Pierre-André; Jacquemin, Alexis - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000896280
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The domino effect and the supervision of the banking system
Paroush, Jacob - 1988
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000783965