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Econometric Estimations and Test Results, Empirically Valuable Insights About Reality and Consulting in Economic Policy

Kirchgässner, Gebhard - 2012

This paper critically assesses the current policy consensus that greater integration into the world economy is beneficial for poor countries. Both the theoretical and empirical basis is examined, concentrating on a) modern growth theory in an open-economy setting, and b) a wide range of newer...

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Konkordanz, Divided Government, und die Möglichkeit von Reformen

Kirchgässner, Gebhard - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2011

In Switzerland, political concordance or direct popular rights and the resulting consociational democracy are often … held responsible for delay or even cancellation of necessary political reforms. Switzerland is, however, not the only … institutional preconditions for successful political reforms before the situations in Switzerland and Germany are discussed more …

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Konkordanz, Divided Government, und die Möglichkeit von Reformen

Kirchgässner, Gebhard - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2011

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Zum Zusammenhang zwischen staatlicher Aktivität und wirtschaftlicher Entwicklung

Kirchgässner, Gebhard - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2004

First, the problem of defining the government size and theoretical considerations about the relation between this size and economic growth are discussed. Then the international comparative empirical literature as well as the one discussing the Swiss situation are reviewed. Neither of them comes...

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Direkte Demokratie

Kirchgässner, Gebhard - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2010

The current debt crisis in many OECD countries calls for adequate strategies in budget consolidation. To regain fiscal solvency many governments base their fiscal adjustments at least partly on spending cuts. A common political claim is that spending cuts rely too much on investment thereby...

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