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Sequeira, Sandra; Djankov, Simeon - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

This paper investigates how corruption affects firrm behavior. Firms can engage in two types of corruption when seeking a public service: cost-reducing "collusive" corruption and cost increasing "coercive" corruption. Using an original and unusually rich dataset on bribe payments at ports...

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The automobile in Japan

Lone, Stewart; Madeley, Christopher - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

Lone: The 1920s saw the emergence in Kansai of modern industrial urban living with the development of the underground, air services; wireless telephones, super express trains etc. Automobiles dominated major streets from the early 1920s in the new Age of Speed. Using Kyoto city as an example,...

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Auctioning conservation contracts in the presence of externalities

Calel, Raphael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

Current models of conservation auctions do not permit for the presence of environmental externalities and synergies … environmental externalities. Clearly, our models do not tell the whole story, and they consequently fail to identify waste and … inefficiency in these auctions. Our paper shows how externalities between bidders can be incorporated into our models of …

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Four facets of critical news literacy in a non-democratic regime: how young Russians navigate their news

Toepfl, Florian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Fueled by the Arab spring, the question of how the rise of internet-mediated communication affects authoritarian regimes has received unprecedented attention within the discipline of communications. However, in this debate, scholars have not yet turned to the concept of literacy and addressed...

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Comparing media systems: re-evaluating the role of the public media in the digital age

Matos, Carolina - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

This paper is the continuation of my previous PhD research, Journalism and Political Democracy in Brazil, which was published by Lexington Books (March 2008), and was an investigation of the role of the mainstream media in Brazil and in Latin America in the re-democratization phase following the...

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Critical reflections on the benefits of ICT in education

Livingstone, Sonia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

In both schools and homes, information and communication technologies (ICT) are widely seen as enhancing learning, this hope fuelling their rapid diffusion and adoption throughout developed societies. But they are not yet so embedded in the social practices of everyday life as to be taken for...

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The EU commission and national governments as partners: EC regulatory expansion in telecommunications 1979-2000

Thatcher, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

Explicitly or implicitly, general models of European integration claim that EC regulatory expansion involves a struggle for power between Commission and national governments. The Commission is seen as a policy entrepreneur, taking the initiative to drive forward integration (Sandholtz and Zysman...

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Cyber trust and crime prevention: a synthesis of the state-of-the-art science reviews

Collins, Brian S.; Mansell, Robin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This report provides a synthesis of theoretical and empirical work in the sciences and social sciences that indicates the drivers, opportunities, threats, and barriers to the future evolution of cyberspace and the feasibility of crime prevention measures. It is based on 10 state-of-the-art...

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The civic sell: young people, the internet, and ethical consumption

Banaji, Shakuntala; Buckingham, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

This article is based on newly completed research looking at the role of the internet as a means of promoting civic engagement and participation among young people aged 15-25. It focuses on one specific aspect of this phenomenon, namely the use of websites to promote 'ethical consumption' among...

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Mobile phones: challenges of capability building

Mansell, Robin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

The rapid spread of mobile phones has increased access to an enormous range of applications that are highly valued by urban and rural populations in developing countries. The diffusion of the mobile phone has been faster than any other information and communication technology in human history,...

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