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Why State Constitutions Differ in their Treatment of Same-Sex Marriage
Lupia, Arthur; Krupnikov, Yanna; Levine, Adam Seth; … - 2009
Some states treat a same-sex marriage as legally equal to a marriage between a man and a woman. Other states prohibit legal recognition of same-sex marriages in their constitutions. In every state that has a constitutional restriction against same-sex marriage, the amendment was passed by a...
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Democratic Government, Corruption Control, and Economic Development: Evidence from Nigeria with Cointegration Approach
Ajayi, Temitope Abraham - 2021
Nigeria returned to a democratic government in 1999. Evidence in the literature shows that democracy promotes economic … democratic government on Nigerian economic development using the VAR autoregressive approach. Our empirical work suggests that …, although observable evidence shows that the Nigerian government’s anti-corruption institution is weak. This research paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015256838
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Review of Huerta de Soto´s `Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles´
van den Hauwe, Ludwig - 2006
This article reviews the first English edition of Prof. Jesús Huerta de Soto´s book `Dinero, Crédito Bancario y Ciclos Económicos´ which first appeared in Spain in 1998.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015238289
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“Attitudes to Leadership and Voting: Finding the Efficient Frontier”
Davis, Brent - 2016
Winning elections is essentially a matter of translating the attitudes of voters into votes. Although this proposition may sound simple, the reality is considerably more challenging. Despite vast scholarship over many years we know very little, if anything, about the efficiency with which the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015252739
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Hire Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Determinants of Attrition among Public School Teachers
Feng, Li - 2005
Increases in the school-age population, maximum class size requirements in various states and the No Child Left Behind Act’s mandate of a “highly qualified teacher” in every classroom collectively will increase the demand for teachers. However, public school teachers are exiting the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015244325
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The politicians’ wage gap: insights from German members of parliament
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2011
controlling for observable characteristics as well as accounting for election probabilities and campaigning costs, we find a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015229180
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Performance of B2B Platform Partnership Management
Dietlmeier, Simon Frederic; Floetgen, Rob Jago; … - 2024
This short paper explores the foundations of B2B platform partnership management. After a theoretical derivation of the terminology, the performance measurement practices of a B2B platform owner offering the two platforms A and B to industrial customers are identified based on qualitative...
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A foundation for benefit-cost analysis
Zerbe, Richard - 2023
Abstract This paper considers the evolution of cost-benefit analysis, CBA, and proposes a foundation for its current use and continued development, to be called benefit-cost analysis, BCA. In the trajectory from CBA to BCA elements of a new foundation include first a recognition that there is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015213644
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The assignment of rights under economic or legal uncertainty
Zerbe, Richard - 2023
Abstract This paper explores the relationship between law and applied welfare economics, BCA, and indicates how they are mutually enhancing. A definition of underlying principles for benefit cost analysis is given, from which rules for its application are derived. These rules are useful in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015213645
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Economic framework for studying and assessing agrarian contracts
Bachev, Hrabrin - 2024
The achievements of the interdisciplinary New Institutional Economics are adapted and a holistic approach to the definition, classification, evaluation, and improvement of contracts and contractual relations is justified. Specificity of the economic study of agrarian contracts is summarized and...
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