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Strategic behavior in IEAs: When and why countries joined the Kyoto Protocol

Almer, Christian; Winkler, Ralph - 2010

We empirically analyze the formation of international environmental agreements within a political economy framework. We develop a theoretical model of state dependent net benefits of ratification predicting (i) strategic behavior with respect to the timing of ratification and (ii) that...

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The political economy of refugee migration

Czaika, Mathias - 2009

conflict and persecution. The decision to seek temporary or permanent refuge in the region of origin or in a more distant …

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The Principal Conflict in Contemporary Russian Economic Thought: Traditional Approaches Against Economics

Zaostrovtsev, Andrei - 2005

between economic analysis and economic thought, the paper focuses on a principal conflict that divides a new generation of … Westernminded scholars and traditional Russian political economists. This conflict, on the one hand, is described as an attempt of … conflict might be regarded as the reaction of Russian nationalism to the penetration of ?alien? influences that are rather …

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Spotlighting on high economic growth, employment of the poor, and poverty reduction: A three-pronged strategy

Sicat, Gerardo P. - 2010

The strong popular mandate of the new president brings high hopes for bold economic reforms. A three-pronged strategy to deal with the Philippine under-performance in economic growth, generate more employment especially among the poor and to reduce poverty is suggested. The strategy consists of:...

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The Demographics of Expropriation Risk

Harms, Philipp; an de Meulen, Philipp - 2009

It is often argued that capital should flow from aging industrialized economies to countries with fast-growing populations. However, institutional failures and the risk of expropriation substantially reduce developing economies' attractiveness for foreign investors. We analyze the influence of a...

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Studies on Issues in Political Economy since the Global Financial Crisis

Jäger, Kai - 2016

The dissertation includes four studies broadly connected to the causes and consequences of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-8 from a political economy perspective. Following the intro-duction, Chapter 2 analyzes the political roots of massive foreign reserves accumulation, which has...

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What is Globalisation and What is Not?: A Political Economy Perspective

Subaşat, Turan - 2008

Despite the widespread use of the concept there is neither a consistent theoretical construction nor a clear definition of globalisation. Although the debate between pro and anti globalisation scholars and activists is interesting, it largely fails to address globalisation as a fundamental...

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When are private standards more stringent than public standards?

Vandemoortele, Thijs; Deconinck, Koen - 2013

Retailers' private standards are increasingly important in addressing consumer concerns about safety, quality and social and environmental issues. Empirical evidence shows that these private standards are frequently more stringent than their public counterparts. This article develops a political...

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The political economy of green growth: Illustrations from Southern Africa

Resnick, Danielle; Tarp, Finn; Thurlow, James - 2012

investments. In turn, there are often sizeable anti-reform coalitions whose interests may conflict with a green growth agenda. We …

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On the political economy of housing's tax status

Eerola, Essi; Määttänen, Niku - 2004

We analyze housing taxation from a political economy perspective. Our aim is to understand why the US tax system favors owner housing with respect to business capital despite the efficiency losses involved. The starting point of our analysis is the observation that housing wealth is much more...

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