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Der neoliberalen Globalisierung liegen Rationalitätsmuster zugrunde, die weder neu noch liberal sind. Dies gilt für herrschaftliches Denken über Natur (als Ressource) ebenso wie für den sich verstärkenden Zugriff auf Naturgüter und die Ausblendung reproduktiver Elemente aus der Debatte...
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Das Augenmerk richtet sich auf das Dienstleistungsabkommen GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services), das sich 1994 'in due course' dem GATT (General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs) anschloss und zu den folgenträchtigsten Abkommen innerhalb der Welthandelsorganisation WTO gezählt werden...
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Der Krisenverlauf und die Bemühungen der Politik gegenzusteuern lassen den Eindruck entstehen, dass die Finanzmärkte die Politik vor sich hertreiben. Die Politik hat offenbar durch ein Regulierungsversagen die Marktkräfte nicht genügend gebändigt. Wurden die Kapitalmärkte nicht schon seit...
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Thomas Friedman's book the world is flat has been a bestseller since it appeared in 2005. The remarkable success of the book reflects to a certain extent the present fears with respect to increasing globalization. Using many examples, Friedman argues that distance (however defined) is no longer...
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There are basically three stories about the globalisation-welfare state nexus. The first story argues that globalisation is the cause of the chronic crisis of the welfare state. As national economies open to the international market, governments are forced to adapt to the imperatives of global...
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We document significant and robust empirical relationships in cross-country panel data between government size or social expenditure on the one hand, and trade and financial development indicators on the other. Across countries, deeper economic integration is associated with more intense...
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In this paper we investigate whether local governments react on the welfare benefit levels in neighboring jurisdictions when setting their own benefit levels. We solve the simultaneity problem arising from the welfare game by utilizing a policy intervention; more specifically, we use a centrally...
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Standard economic theory implies that the labelling of cash transfers or cash-equivalents (e.g. child benefits, food stamps) should have no effect on spending patterns. The empirical literature to date does not contradict this proposition. We study the UK Winter Fuel Payment (WFP), a cash...
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