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Political drivers of and barriers to Public-Private Partnerships: The role of political involvement
Gawel, Erik - 2011
The application and design of public-private partnerships between the extremes of purely public or purely private task fulfilment in public services is, in practice, subject to political processes. Decisions about PPPs (realisation, arrangement) are taken in the political arena and are therefore...
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Some Economic Consequences of India's Institutions of Governance: A Conceptual Framework
Singh, Nirvikar - 2003
This paper examines the functioning of some of India's institutions of governance, namely, the legislative and … executive branches of government, the judiciary, and the bureaucracy, from an instrumental, economic perspective. Governance is … India's experience of governance reflects insufficiencies in all three dimensions: of durability, enforcement, and …
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Asset class diversification and delegation of responsibilities between central banks and sovereign wealth funds
Aizenman, Joshua; Glick, Reuven - 2010
This paper presents a model comparing the optimal degree of asset class diversification abroad by a central bank and a sovereign wealth fund. We show that if the central bank manages its foreign asset holdings in order to meet balance of payments needs, particularly in reducing the probability...
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Exogenous vs. endogenous governance in innovation communities: Effects on motivation, conflict and justice - An experimental investigation
Störmer, Niclas; Herstatt, Cornelius - 2014
In this study we examine the effects of exogenous vs. endogenous governance rules on a virtual community handling an … exogenously. Our study indicates, that letting a team choose its own governance rules leads to increasing level of conflict …
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Inequality, good governance and endemic corruption
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2017
Can a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption? We … state to establish and implement policies reflecting good governance; for example, a government that is accountable and …
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Taxation, social protection, and governance decentralization
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2017
hierarchical contests and comparing the implications of centralized with decentralized governance. Increasing information available …
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Actors, Decision-making, and Institutions in Quantitative System Modelling
De Cian, Enrica; Dasgupta, Shouro; Hof, Andries F.; van … - 2017
Increasing the realism with respect to the representation of actors, decision-making, and institutions is critical to better understand the transition towards a low-carbon sustainable society since actors, decision-making, and institutions are the defining elements of transition pathways. In...
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Decentralizing aid with interested parties
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2006
this analysis the root donor establishes a necessary criterion for potential recipients: good governance. The potential …
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The hope for hysteresis in foreign aid
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2006
We argue that a purpose of foreign aid is to whet the appetite of the recipient in order to bring about a long term commitment to what the donor perceives as a need, but which the recipient may rank lower down on his list of undertakings, or may be sufficiently resource constrained as to be...
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Does it matter how people speak?
Chong, Alberto - 2006
Language serves two key functions. It enables communication between agents, which allows for the establishment and operation of formal and informal institutions. It also serves a less obvious function, a reassuring quality more closely related to issues linked with trust, social capital, and...
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