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Politics and Economics in Weak and Strong States
Acemoglu, Daron - 2021
regulate the economy and to withstand the political and social challenges from non-state actors. I construct a model in which … the state apparatus is controlled by a self-interested ruler, who tries to divert resources for his own consumption, but … who can also invest in socially productive public goods. Both weak and strong states create distortions. When the state is …
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The Economic Consequences of Political Hierarchy : Evidence from Regime Changes in China, Ad1000-2000
Bai, Ying; Jia, Ruixue - 2022
We argue that China, with its long history, a relatively stable political system, and multiple regime changes, provides …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013323032
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The Economic Consequences of Political Hierarchy : Evidence from Regime Changes in China, AD1000-2000
Jia, Ruixue; Bai, Ying - 2020
due to an increase in public employment? We argue that China, with its long history, a centralized political system, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014094520
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Individuals and Organizations as Sources of State Effectiveness
Best, Michael - 2017
How important are bureaucrats for the productivity of the state? And to what extent do the tradeoffs between different … policies depend on the implementing bureaucrats' effectiveness? Using data on 16million public procurement purchases in Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957383
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The Rise of the Regulatory State
Glaeser, Edward L.; Shleifer, Andrei - 2021
During the Progressive Era at the beginning of the 20th century, the United States replaced litigation by regulation as the principal mechanism of social control of business. To explain why this happened, we present a model of choice of law enforcement strategy between litigation and regulation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013246364
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Education Research and Administrative Data
Figlio, David N. - 2015
Thanks to extraordinary and exponential improvements in data storage and computing capacities, it is now possible to collect, manage, and analyze data in magnitudes and in manners that would have been inconceivable just a short time ago. As the world has developed this remarkable capacity to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014667
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Medical Licensing Board Characteristics and Physician Discipline : An Empirical Analysis
Law, Marc T. - 2009
that are organizationally independent from state government discipline doctors more frequently. Public oversight and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158031
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Bureaucratic Competence and Procurement Outcomes
Decarolis, Francesco - 2018
Does a more competent public bureaucracy contribute to better economic outcomes? We address this question in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930344
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The Pace of Progress at Superfund Sites : Policy Goals and Interest Group Influence
Sigman, Hilary - 2021
Bureaucracies may set priorities for their workload according to social goals or the desires of concentrated private interests. This paper explores bureaucratic priorities empirically by studying Superfund, the federal program for cleaning up contaminated sites. It examines the amount of time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218804
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Kleptocracy and Divide-and-Rule : A Model of Personal Rule
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A.; Verdier, Thierry - 2021
Many developing countries have suffered under the personal rule of kleptocrats', who implement highly inefficient economic policies, expropriate the wealth of their citizens, and use the proceeds for their own glorification or consumption. We argue that the success of kleptocrats rests, in part,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013240570