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The Political Economy of Unilateral Trade Liberalization : The Case of Chile
Edwards, Sebastian - 1998
, financial reforms that ended decades of financial repression, and a massive privatization program. We investigate the role … played by ideas, interests and institutions. More specifically, we examine the role played by the 'reform team' investigate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472294
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Performance économique de l’industrie du droit d’auteur dans certains pays arabes
Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
publishing, music sound recording, film production and software industries) in five Arab countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt …, Jordan and Lebanon). Using the Porter (Diamond) model as its theoretical background, a survey was conducted in the years 2002 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260203
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Connecting to Power : Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics
Akcigit, Ufuk - 2018
Do political connections affect firm dynamics, innovation, and creative destruction? We study Italian firms and their workers to answer this question. Our analysis uses a brand-new dataset, spanning the period from 1993 to 2014, where we merge: (i) firm-level balance sheet data; (ii) social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480788
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Economic Performance Of the Arabic Book Translation Industry in Arab Countries
Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
of the Arabic book translation industry in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Syria; (2) to understand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836170
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Performance of the Arabic Book Translation Industry in Selected Arab Countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi-Arabia and Syria
Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
performance of the Arabic book translation industry in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Syria; (2) to understand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790334
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Copyright-Based Industries in Arab Countries
Harabi, Najib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
publishing, music sound recording, film production and software industries) in five Arab countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt …, Jordan and Lebanon). Using the Porter (Diamond) model as its theoretical background, a survey was conducted in the years 2002 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621365
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The Evolution of Suffrage Institutions in the New World
Engerman, Stanley L. - 2001
timing of the extensions of this right from elite groups to a broad population generally later, than in areas where there was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470206
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Friends in High Places
Cohen, Lauren - 2010
We demonstrate that personal connections amongst politicians have a significant impact on the voting behavior of U.S. politicians. Networks based on alumni connections between politicians, as well as common seat locations on the chamber floor, are consistent predictors of voting behavior. For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462219
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Political Economics and Public Finance
Persson, Torsten - 1999
political mechanisms: we study legislative bargaining, lobbying, and electoral competition, as well as the possible interactions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471701
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A Model of Endogenous Fiscal Deficits and Delayed Fiscal Reforms
Velasco, Andres - 1997
smoothing. Second deficits can be eliminated through a fiscal reform, but such a reform may only take place after a" delay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472479