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Testing an EU-candidate's place on the maps of global economic, political and social values : the case of Turkey
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2014
value development index ranks Morocco twelfth - just behind the USA. Turkey is ranked 25, ahead of several EU member …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354745
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Economic integration and state capacity : evidence from the Eastern enlargement of the European Union
Bruszt, László; Campos, Nauro - 2018
: judiciary, bureaucracy, and competition policy. To test our framework, we introduce a new panel of institutional reform measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011905008
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The anti-corruption campaign and the inter-generational transmission of working in bureaucracy : evidence from China
Chen, Shuai; Ge, Erqi - 2022
. First, we conduct a difference-in-differences analysis to compare changes in the probability of working in bureaucracy after … points more likely to work in bureaucracy, and that positive selection on human capital can explain only 12-25 percent of … the campaign, or changes in perceptions of bureaucracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013380447
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Non-profit organizations in a bureaucratic environment
Grout, Paul A. (contributor);  … - 2008
How does the environment of an organization influence whether workers voluntarily provide effort? We study the power relationship between a non-profit unit (e.g. university department, NGO, health trust), where workers care about the result of their work, and a bureaucrat, who supplies some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755507
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Corruption and bureaucratic structure in a developing economy
Bennett, John (contributor); Estrin, Saul (contributor) - 2006
's bureaucracy, which can be centralized or decentralized, and characterize the 'corruptibility' of bureaucrats in each case. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003330459
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Bureaucratic delay, local-level monitoring, and delivery of small infrastructure projects : evidence from a field experiment in Bolivia
Yanez-Pagans, Monica; Machicado, Carlos Gustavo - 2012
This paper examines bureaucratic delay within the allocation of small infrastructure projects by sub-municipal governments in Bolivia, and it presents a randomized field experiment designed to improve public service delivery by promoting voice, transparency, and accountability among grassroots...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009558979
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Helping hand or grabbing hand? : state bureaucracy and privatization effectiveness
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - 2009
effects, we examine the relationship between state bureaucracy and the impact of privatization on firm productivity. We find … is driven by the impact of bureaucracy on the post-privatization business environment, with better institutional support … and less corruption when bureaucracies are large. -- Privatization ; bureaucracy ; economic reform ; Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003800902
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Inequality, good governance and endemic corruption
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2017
Can a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption? We examine a stylized poor state with weak institutions in which a "culture of evasion" damages state authority. Many evade tax payments, limiting the state's economic development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011762214
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Bribery, hold-up and bureaucratic structure
Bennett, John; Rablen, Matthew D. - 2018
We analyze the provision of infrastructure by a foreign investor when the domestic bureaucracy is corrupt, but puts … investment has been sunk, the bureaucracy may hold up the investor, using the threat of expropriation to demand a lower final …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872622
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Certification and recertification in welfare programs : what happens when automation goes wrong?
Wu, Derek; Meyer, Bruce D. - 2023
How do administrative burdens influence enrollment in different welfare programs? Who is screened out at a given stage? This paper studies the impacts of increased administrative burdens associated with the automation of welfare caseworker assistance, leveraging a unique natural experiment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311672