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On redistribution effects of public debt amongst single-minded generations
Canegrati, Emanuele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I will introduce a new political economy model, where there exists a competition amongst two political candidates, which aim to set a policy which enables them to win elections, max- imising the probability of winning. I will show that, if taxes neces- sary to repay the debt are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616677
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Satire in Talk Shows: Pakistan’s media pungent approach
Hasan, Syed Akif; Subhani, Muhammad Imtiaz; Osman, Ms. Amber - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Media is the strongest communication channel and one of key players in making the world as a global village. This … industry is more apparent to the world’s audience. Pakistan’s media has moved quite fast and is trying to beat the … international hues of media. Our media is trying to highlight the problems but solutions are quite suppressed and left out in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258557
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Government Size and Trade Openness: Some Additional Insights
Liberati, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper provides additional insights on the relationship between government size and trade openness using a panel of countries drawn from the World Development Indicators and the Penn World Tables 7.0 from 1962 to 2009. It is shown that the compensation hypothesis proposed by Rodrik (1998)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108530
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Trade openness, capital openness and government size
Liberati, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper provides empirical evidence of the relation between trade openness, capital openness and government expenditures in a cross sectional time-series context. It is shown that capital openness is significantly and negatively related to government expenditures in line with the conventional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109366
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Introducing new technologies in media companies from Romania, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus. A comparative approach
Surugiu, Romina; Radu, Raluca Nicoleta - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Media companies from all over the world are undergoing a digitalization process, forced by the rapid distribution of … in media companies that were reluctant to the introduction of new technologies. Analyzing this process often proves to be … introduction of new technologies in media companies in Romania, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus, using an institutional approach. We …
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Welfare effects of public service broadcasting in a free-to-air TV market
Rothbauer, Julia; Sieg, Gernot - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Viewer's private information consumption generates external benefits for society, because information improves the ability of voters to control politicians. Our study compares two settings in a free-to-air TV market: a differentiated duopoly of private channels and an oligopoly with both private...
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Blogs and the Economics of Reciprocal Attention
Gaudeul, Alexia; Mathieu, Laurence; Peroni, Chiara - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Blogs differ from other media in that authors are usually not remunerated and inscribe themselves in communities of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835407
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Democracy or videocracy? An econometric analysis of the role of television in the Italian political arena
Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper contributes to the literature by carrying out the first econometric investigation into the role of television in the formation of political consensus in Italy. Based on probit and instrumental variables estimates, we find trust in television to be the most significant predictor of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025249
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Tourism - Part of Sustainable Local Development
Avramescu, Tiberiu Cristian; Popescu, Ramona Florina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Local development could be described as an attempt of global territorial development including economic, social, ultural, political aspects, encouraging the endogenous development -involving all human and financial means which contribute to it and assuring their convergence. It is a process...
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State of Governance in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects.
Ahmad, Sayed Javed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper discusses the problems and issues on the political failures in Bangladesh as well as identifies some possible solutions. The approach here is analytical mostly reviewing current news, reports and other related materials. A comparative study is also done between the present and...
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