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I analyze a dataset of news from the New York Times, from 1946 to 1997. Controlling for the incumbent President's activity across issues, I find that during the presidential campaign the New York Times gives more emphasis to topics that are owned by the Democratic party (civil rights, health...
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תקציר בעברית: הגורמים המשדרים בישראל מחויבים לרכוש חלק משמעותי מהתוכניות שישודרו ממפיקים עצמאיים. הדין קובע מגבלות על ההפקה העצמית, כאשר גורם משדר מפיק בעצמו...
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This paper analyses the main features of Sweden’s public expenditure and addresses some key policy issues. Public spending is high relative to GDP, reflecting the wide support for the Swedish welfare state. The institutional framework within which spending decisions are made has both strengths...
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The conventional wisdom is that increasing globalisation requires a reduction in the provision of the welfare state among industrialised countries as the distortions resulting from this type of expenditure undermine international competitiveness and the ability of countries to attract and/or...
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In this paper I will introduce a new political economy model, where there exists a competition amongst two political candidates, which aim to set a policy which enables them to win elections, max- imising the probability of winning. I will show that, if taxes neces- sary to repay the debt are...
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situation generated by crisis and globalization. The economic crisis has created a huge opportunity to the mass-media system: it …Globalization is a reality that we cannot deny or run away from. The economic, political or social issues, even if they … brings the required information to citizens from different nations. Taking this into account, mass-media has played and still …
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Media is the strongest communication channel and one of key players in making the world as a global village. This … industry is more apparent to the world’s audience. Pakistan’s media has moved quite fast and is trying to beat the … international hues of media. Our media is trying to highlight the problems but solutions are quite suppressed and left out in the …
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If the price effect of opening up a developing economy may be expected to act as a disincentive for investment in human capital, the opposite is likely to be true of the income effect, especially in the presence of credit market imperfections among the poor. It is shown in this Paper that this...
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. Our three-fold empirical understanding of the process of globalization – reliance on foreign savings, MNC penetration and …
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, globalization; general welfare, social security and public pensions, macroeconomics – Asia including Middle East; macroeconomic …
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