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Voter Reaction to Government Incompetence and Corruption Related to the 1999 Earthquakes in Turkey
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - 2015
Two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999 exposed rampant corruption involving construction and … zoning code violations. The government's relief efforts were tainted by corruption as well, and exhibited a great deal of … parties were responsible for the construction of the shoddy buildings, and for the corruption and mismanagement related to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307370
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Impact of the 1999 earthquakes on the outcome of the 2002 parliamentary election in Turkey
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - 2008
sensitivity shown by the electorate to real and perceived corruption implies that corruption problem will be tractable in Turkey …The two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999, not only caused enormous amounts of death …, destruction and suffering, but also exposed rampant government corruption involving construction and zoning code violations. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268575
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Impact of the 1999 Earthquakes on the Outcome of the 2002 Parliamentary Election in Turkey
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
sensitivity shown by the electorate to real and perceived corruption implies that corruption problem will be tractable in Turkey …The two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999, not only caused enormous amounts of death …, destruction and suffering, but also exposed rampant government corruption involving construction and zoning code violations. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822154
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Unearthing the Economic and Social Consequences of Earthquakes
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Chupilkin, Maxim; Koczan, Zsoka; … - 2024
The purpose of this paper is to offer a comprehensive overview of the socio-economic effects of earthquakes. We begin with a thorough literature review. Following this, we assess policy measures taken in response to major earthquakes, drawing on existing research to formulate insights and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015061954
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Bureaucratic rents and life satisfaction
Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - 2006
correlates with perceptions of corruption. We find judicial independence to be of major relevance for a tamed bureaucracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267660
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The political resource curse
Brollo, Fernanda; Nannicini, Tommaso; Perotti, Roberto; … - 2010
The paper studies the effect of additional government revenues on political corruption and on the quality of … implications of the theory and identify the causal effect of larger federal transfers on political corruption and the observed … transfers increase political corruption and reduce the quality of candidates for mayor. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269401
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Clean Money in a Dirty System: Relationship Networks and Land Rezoning in Queensland
Murray, Cameron K.; Frijters, Paul - 2015
We use a unique regulatory event that occurred in Queensland, Australia, from 2007- 2012, to examine the predictive power of landowner relationship networks and lobbying behaviour on successfully gaining value-enhancing rezoning. A State authority, the Urban Land Development Authority (ULDA),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531713
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Clean Money in a Dirty System: Relationship Networks and Land Rezoning in Queensland
Murray, Cameron K.; Frijters, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We use a unique regulatory event that occurred in Queensland, Australia, from 2007- 2012, to examine the predictive power of landowner relationship networks and lobbying behaviour on successfully gaining value-enhancing rezoning. A State authority, the Urban Land Development Authority (ULDA),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011273182
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The Political Resource Curse
Brollo, Fernanda; Nannicini, Tommaso; Perotti, Roberto; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
The paper studies the effect of additional government revenues on political corruption and on the quality of … implications of the theory and identify the causal effect of larger federal transfers on political corruption and the observed … transfers increase political corruption and reduce the quality of candidates for mayor. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543258
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Bureaucratic Rents and Life Satisfaction
Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
correlates with perceptions of corruption. We find judicial independence to be of major relevance for a tamed bureaucracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700927