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Sustaining fixed rates: The political economy of currency pegs in Latin America
Blomberg, S. Brock; Frieden, Jeffry; Stein, Ernesto - 2005
Government exchange rate regime choice is constrained by both political and economic factors. One political factor is the role of special interests: the larger the tradable sectors exposed to international competition, the less likely is the maintenance of a fixed exchange rate regime. Another...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443326
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Incentive Contracts for Politicians
Liessem, Verena - 2003
The thesis studies the potential of incentive contracts for politicians using game-theoretic methods. Supplementing the election mechanism with these contracts is a new idea to make politicians more accountable. Two types of incentive contracts are considered: a) monetary incentive contracts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476167
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Argentina: the 1997 parliamentary elections (lower house)
Lauga, Martín - 1998
This article analizes the 26 October 1997 Argentinian elections (partial renewal of the lower chamber) from a … historical-comparative perspective. The article also examines the consequences of the elections results on the development of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476191
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Democracy, Crises, and Misconceptions
Beilharz, Hans-Jörg - 2005
We consider misconceptions about the functioning of the economy as one possible explanation for the emergence of crises in democracies. Furthermore, we study a political process which may lead to successful reform. First of all, we show that voters can make inefficient decisions concerning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476265
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Essays on Budgetary Institutions: Theory and Evidence
Amoroso, Nicolas Emiliano - 2006
The dissertation offers an analysis of the role of budgetary institutions on the determination of fiscal outcomes. In the second chapter I provide a theoretical model that rationalizes differences in fiscal outcomes of two countries that are supposed to obey the same set of numerical constraints...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450941
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Political Economy in a globalized world ; How politics, culture, and institutional incentives shape economic and political outcomes
Gehring, Kai - 2015
Diese kumulative Dissertation besteht aus drei Abschnitten. I. Geopolitics, Aid and Growth Wir untersuchen den Effekt kurzfristiger politischer Motive auf die Effektivität von Entwicklungshilfe. Dabei testen wir, ob der Effekt der Hilfe auf Wirtschaftswachstum reduziert wird durch den Anteil...
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Norms in bargaining : evidence from government formation in Spain
Fujiwara, Thomas; Sanz, Carlos
Spanish elections in which two parties tie in the number of seats. The party with slightly more general ... …
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Female Entrepreneurs in Transitional Economies: a comparative study of Businesswomen in Nigeria and China
Kitching, Beverley; Woldie, Atsese - 2004
This paper focuses on the theme of women entrepreneurs, business and gender in two transitional economies, namely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437491
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Institutional Logics: Gender and Business Creation Across 28 Countries
Elam, Amanda; Terjesen, Siri A. - 2007
occupational segregation, gender wage inequality, female business leadership and public childcare support) interact with individual …-level perceptions in ways that increase women's start-up across thirteen countries. Results suggest that gender wage inequality has a … decision to start a business indirectly through perceptions and gender. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437620
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Towards a New Theory of Entrepreneurship in Culture and Gender: A Grounded Study of Thailand’s Most Successful Female Entrepreneurs
Hatcher, Caroline A.; Terjesen, Siri A. - 2007
This paper explores the phenomenon of Thailand's female entrepreneurs and account for some of the cultural drivers in the way in which Thai women operate to be the leading country in the world for female entrepreneurship in terms of entrepreneurial activity. Based on interviews, media reporting,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437621