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Unternehmer und Grundherren Nord-Nigerias im Kampf um die politische Macht: Zum sozialen Aufstieg der einheimischen Wirtschaftselite in den nigerianischen Emiraten
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1978
The traditional relationship of patronage and clientship between the landlord- and the growing commercial class in Bida and other Nigerian Emirates - firmly established during the 19th century - left indelible marks which influence the pattern of social communication between these two classes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789883
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Togo: Failed election and misguided aid at the roots of economic misery
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The holding of early parliamentary elections in Togo on October 14, 2007, most likely the first free and fair Togolese elections since decades, are considered internationally as a litmus test of despotic African regimes’ propensity to change towards democratization and economic prosperity....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789402
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Institutional interactions and economic growth: The joint effects of property rights, veto players and democratic capital
Justesen, Mogens K.; Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We investigate the possible interaction effects that the extent of property rights protection and separation of powers in a political system have on economic growth. Using analysis of panel data from more than countries over the period 1970-2010 we find that the growth effects of property rights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112508
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Shadow economy revisited: logic, morality and intuition in corrupt practices and illegal channels
Orkodashvili, Mariam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The aim of the paper is to analyze how corruption contributes to the spread of shadow economy and damages viable economic development of any country. The unfreedoms that are created under the conditions of illegal transactions and corrupt practices considerably limit the opportunities of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596407
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Hofstede, Schwartz, Inglehart and beyond. New directions in empirical global value research
Tausch, Arno - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
international data collection of the World Values Survey, our re-analysis of the very World Values Survey data [“roll-outs” of the … World Values Survey data wvs1981_2008_v20090914.sav] brought us to question Inglehart’s theories, with which he and his … associates interpret the mass of the World Values Survey data. Their theoretical approach does not use a sufficiently number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274385
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Hofstede, Inglehart and beyond. New directions in empirical global value research
Tausch, Arno - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
international data collection of the World Values Survey, our re-analysis of the very World Values Survey data [“roll-outs” of the … World Values Survey data wvs1981_2008_v20090914.sav] brought us to question Inglehart’s theories, with which he and his … associates interpret the mass of the World Values Survey data. Their theoretical approach does not use a sufficiently number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275133
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An Anarchist's reflection on the political economy of everyday life
Boettke, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
James Scott has written a detailed ethnography on the lives of the peoples of upland Southeast Asia who choose to escape oppressive government by living at the edge of their civilization. To the political economist the fascinating story told by Scott provides useful narratives in need of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009223358
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An anarchist’s reflection on the political economy of everyday life
Boettke, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
James Scott has written a detailed ethnography on the lives of the peoples of upland Southeast Asia who choose to escape oppressive government by living at the edge of their civilization. To the political economist the fascinating story told by Scott provides useful narratives in need of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283799
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Active Measures for Stimulating the Employment of Labour Force and its Impact in the Gorj County
Ecobici, N; Paliu-Popa, L - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In Romania the government tried to stimulate the employment trough active measures since 2002. Therefore, there are two types of measures: one that attempts to increase the chances of employment of the persons that are looking to work. These measures include the following: job-matching services,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835924
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The Shadowing Role of Redistributive Institutions in the Relationship Between Income Inequality and Redistribution
Aysan, Ahmet Faruk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This paper first points out the lack of consensus between empirical and theoretical studies of income inequality and redistribution. While theoretical papers show that income inequality increases redistribution, empirical studies fail to confirm the same result. The paper later shows that even...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506912