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From Scarcity to Abundance : Government and Private Initiatives to Manage the Allocation of N95 Masks in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Joskow, Paul L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper examines the structure, behavior and performance of the N95 respirator market in the U.S. before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-early 2022). It focuses on the behavior and performance of government and private sector organizations in the allocation of scarce supplies of N95...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172175
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Decentralization and Environmental Quality : An International Analysis of Water Pollution
Sigman, Hilary - 2007
This paper explores the empirical effects of decentralization on environmental quality by studying water pollution in … rivers around the world. It examines the level of pollution and variation in pollution across jurisdictions within a country …, supporting the traditional view that decentralization allows policies more tailored to local conditions. However, the analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465556
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Isolated Capital Cities and Misgovernance : Theory and Evidence
Campante, Filipe R. - 2013
Motivated by a novel stylized fact - countries with isolated capital cities display worse quality of governance - we provide a framework of endogenous institutional choice based on the idea that elites are constrained by the threat of rebellion, and that this threat is rendered less effective by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459634
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Government, Openness and Finance : Past and Present
Demetriades, Panicos O. - 2010
We explore the role of government in the nexus of finance and trade starting from the earliest days of organised finance in England and then broadening the analysis to 84 countries from 1960 to 2004. For 18th century England, we find that the government expenditures and international trade did...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462195
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Happiness and the Quality of Government
Helliwell, John F. - 2020
World Poll, starting in 2005 and extending to 2017 or 2018. In our analysis of the panel of more than 150 countries and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479363
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An Institutional Theory of Public Contracts : Regulatory Implications
Spiller, Pablo T. - 2008
The fundamental feature of private contracting is its relational nature. When faced with unforeseen or unexpected circumstances, private parties, as long as the relation remains worthwhile, adjust their required performance without the need for costly renegotiation or formal recontracting....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464415
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Do Democracies Have Different Public Policies than Nondemocracies?
Mulligan, Casey B. - 2003
Estimates of democracy's effect on the public sector are obtained from comparisons of 142 countries over the years 1960-90. Based on three tenets of voting theory -- that voting mutes policy preference intensity, political power is equally distributed in democracies, and the form of voting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468656
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Why Do More Open Economies Have Bigger Governments?
Rodrik, Dani - 1996
This paper demonstrates that there is a robust empirical association between the extent to which an economy is exposed to trade and the size of its government sector. This association holds for a large cross-section of countries, in low- as well as high-income samples, and is robust to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473319
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Public Sector Dynamics
Auerbach, Alan J. - 1990
Using Musgrave's The Theory of Public Finance as a starting point, this paper reviews the scholarly developments in Public Sector Dynamics during the past three decades, placing emphasis not only on accomplishments but also areas in need of additional research. The review is organized into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475509
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A Small Corner of Intertemporal Public Finance - New Developments in Monetary Economics : 2 Ghosts, 2 Eccentricities, A Fallacy, A Mirage and A Mythos
Buiter, Willem - 2004
Monetary theory and policy are part of intertemporal public finance. The lecture reviews some interesting recent developments. The two ghosts are the venerable liquidity trap and the Pigou effect or real balance effect. The eccentricities are negative nominal interest rates and the helicopter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468169