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Governing the Governors: A Clinical Study of Central Banks

Frisell, Lars; Roszbach, Kasper F.; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Recent research on central bank governance has focused mainly on their monetary policy task. As the sub-prime loan … also in ensuring their soundness and stability. In this paper we study the specific corporate governance structures of a … public governance literatures, where present. Our analysis highlights a striking variety in central bank governance …

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Reputation, Competition, and Entry in Procurement

Spagnolo, Giancarlo - The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics and … - 2012

accountability and trade reasons. In Europe regulation constrains the use of past performance information to select contractors while …

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Reputation, competition, and entry in procurement

Spagnolo, Giancarlo - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 30 (2012) 3, pp. 291-296

accountability and trade reasons. In Europe regulation constrains the use of past performance information to select contractors while …

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Reputation and Entry

Butler, Jeffrey; Carbone, Enrica; Conzo, Pierluigi; … - The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics and … - 2012

This paper reports results from a laboratory experiment exploring the relationship between reputation and entry in procurement. There is widespread concern among regulators that favoring suppliers with good past performance, a standard practice in private procurement, may hinder entry by new...

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Legalizing Bribes

Spagnolo, Giancarlo; Dufwenberg, Martin - The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics and … - 2011

aimed a improving the accountability and performance of the public sector, and of law enforcement agencies in particular. We …

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Does successful governance require heroes? The case of Sergio Fajardo and the city of Medell.n: A reform case for instruction

Fajardo, Alejandro; Andrews, Matt - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

The city of Medell.n, Colombia was a cauldron of violence with 185 homicides per 100,000 people in 2002. By 2006, this rate had declined to 32.5. Such successful transformation was termed the .Medell.n miracle. and credited to policies of the city.s mayor

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Who really leads development?

Andrews, Matt - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

.Leadership. is not a common topic for research in international development. In recent years, however, prominent studies like the 2008 Growth Commission Report noted the importance of leadership in development. This and other studies focused on individua

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How do governments become great? Ten cases, two competing explanations, one large research agenda

Andrews, Matt - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

Governments can play great roles in their countries, regions, and cities; facilitating or leading the resolution of festering problems and opening new pathways for progress. Examples are more numerous than one might imagine and raise an important question

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Overcoming the limits of institutional reform in Uganda

Andrews, Matt; Bategeka, Lawrence - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been a public sector reform leader in Africa. It has pursued reforms actively and consistently for three decades now, and has produced many laws, processes and structures that are .best in class. in Africa (and

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Explaining positive deviance in public sector reforms in development

Andrews, Matt - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

Public sector reforms are commonplace in developing countries. Much of the literature about these reforms reflects on their failures. This paper asks about the successes and investigates which of two competing theories best explain why some reforms exhibi

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