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A reexamination of welfare states from an institutional perspective
Sasaki, Norio - In: Journal of Economic Studies 33 (2006) September, pp. 189-205
Japan's case, and to give a literary examination of that kind of thoughts in modern economics and theory of public finance …. Design/methodology/approach – Compares neo-institutional economics and fiscal sociology about the role of a government, using … recent fiscal data of developed countries. Findings – For neo-institutional economics it is difficult to explain “welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004990875
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A reexamination of welfare states from an institutional perspective
Sasaki, Norio - In: Journal of Economic Studies 33 (2006) 3, pp. 189-205
Japan's case, and to give a literary examination of that kind of thoughts in modern economics and theory of public finance …. Design/methodology/approach – Compares neo‐institutional economics and fiscal sociology about the role of a government, using … recent fiscal data of developed countries. Findings – For neo‐institutional economics it is difficult to explain “welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014863112
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Economic Explanations of the Behaviour of Universities and Scholars
Diamond, Arthur M. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 20 (1993) September, pp. 107-133
academe. Goes on to the empirical literature on the economics of academe in the areas of academic institutions, academic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987109
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Economic Explanations of the Behaviour of Universities and Scholars
Diamond, Arthur M. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 20 (1993) 4/5
academe. Goes on to the empirical literature on the economics of academe in the areas of academic institutions, academic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014863873
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Social security expenditures and economic growth: A heterogeneous panel application
Lee, Chien-Chiang; Chang, Chun-Ping - In: Journal of Economic Studies 33 (2006) November, pp. 386-404
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the long-run co-movement and causal relationship between GDP and social security expenditures. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses panel data unit root tests and panel cointegration tests, as well as estimation techniques...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004990893
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Social security expenditures and economic growth
Lee, Chien‐Chiang; Chang, Chun‐Ping - In: Journal of Economic Studies 33 (2006) 5, pp. 386-404
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to re‐examine the long‐run co‐movement and causal relationship between GDP and social security expenditures. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses panel data unit root tests and panel cointegration tests, as well as estimation techniques...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014863125
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Competition and innovation with horizontal R&D spillovers
Khazabi, Massoud; Quyen, Nguyen Van - In: Journal of Economic Studies 44 (2017) 3, pp. 475-488
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to extend a theoretical framework for analyzing competition and innovation in the presence of horizontal spillovers. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical analysis approach is adopted to drive the paper’s findings. Findings It is shown that when firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014864689
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Performance measurement in tax offices with a stochastic frontier model
Barros, Carlos Pestana - In: Journal of Economic Studies 32 (2005) October, pp. 497-510
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to call the attention of public entities for the econometric frontier models which allows benchmarking the tax offices accurately. In the context of the European Maastricht, the European countries face public receipts shortage and to focus in the management...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004964072
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A Diagrammatic Exposition of Portfolio Optimization Analysis
Bonetti, Shane - In: Journal of Economic Studies 19 (1992) May, pp. 58-64
Presents a technique for diagrammatically representing the operation of portfolio optimization analysis models.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008481974
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Impact of liberalization on efficiency and productivity of sugar industry in Kenya
Mulwa, M.R.; Emrouznejad, A.; Murithi, F.M. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 36 (2009) September, pp. 250-264
Purpose – The data used in this study is for the period 1980-2000. Almost midway through this period (in 1992), the Kenyan government liberalized the sugar industry and the role of the market increased, while the government's role with respect to control of prices, imports and other aspects in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005005729