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Pareto-improving structural reforms
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012000626
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Institutions for effective business-government collaboration : micro mechanisms and macro politics in Latin America
Schneider, Ben Ross - 2013
What makes for effective cooperation between government and business in industrial policy? Core research questions on the institutional design of arrangements for business-government interactions focus on three main functions: i) maximizing the benefits of dialogue and information exchange; ii)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303253
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Designing contests between heterogeneous contestants : an experimental study of tie-breaks and bid-caps in all-pay auctions
Llorente-Saguer, Aniol; Sheremeta, Roman M.; Szech, Nora - 2016
A well-known theoretical result in the contest literature is that greater heterogeneity decreases performance of contestants because of the "discouragement effect." Leveling the playing field by favoring weaker contestants through bid-caps and favorable tie-breaking rules can reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473887
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Aid, exports, and growth : a time-series perspective on the Dutch disease hypothesis
Kang, Joong Shik; Prati, Alessandro; Rebucci, Alessandro - 2010
The available evidence on the effects of aid on growth is notoriously mixed. We use a novel empirical methodology, a …, imports, and per capita GDP growth to a global aid shock (the common component of individual country aid-to-GDP ratios). We … find that the estimated cumulative resposive of exports and per capita GDP growth to a global aid shock are strongly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247921
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Lobbying and Legislative Organization The Effect of the Vote of Confidence Procedure
Bennedsen, Morten; Feldmann, Sven E. - 2002
We analyze how the structure of organizational form of legislative institutions affects interest groups ’incentives to lobby.Lobbying is modelled the strategic provision of information by an interest group to a multi-person legislature.We show that the effectiveness of lobbying lies in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142251
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Lobbying and the power of multinational firms
Polk, Andreas; Schmutzler, Armin; Müller, Adrian - 2010
Are national or multinational firms better lobbyists? This paper analyzes the extent of national environmental regulation when policy is determined in a lobbying game between a government and firm. We compare the resulting regulation levels for national and multinational firms. We identify three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008696003
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The politics of financial development : the role of interest groups and government capabilities
Becerra, Oscar; Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Scartascini, Carlos G. - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009306011
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Worlds apart? : towards a theory of democratic dissent in transnational governance networks
Papanagnou, Georgios - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010386426
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Politics, policies and the dynamics of aggregate productivity in Colombia
Eslava, Marcela; Meléndez Arjona, Marcela - 2009
This paper describes private actors involvement in Colombia s policymaking process. While more transparent and formal channels are used to discuss horizontal policies, they are also less effective. The adoption of targeted policies, however, follows a faster track and depends more on political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247927
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Lobbyism and climate change in fisheries : a political support function approach
Brandt, Urs Steiner (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002808765