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The economic effects of federalism and decentralization : a cross-country assessment
Voigt, Stefan; Blume, Lorenz - 2009
This paper explores the idea that institutional details matter and that attempts to estimate the economic effects of federalism by employing a simple dummy variable neglect potentially important institutional details. Based on a principal component analysis, seven aspects of both federalism and...
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Why Brennan and Buchanan are wrong (after all)
Apolte, Thomas - 2007
In their book The Power to Tax, Brennan and Buchanan have pointed to a central weakness of the traditional theory of … public finance and especially of the theory of optimal taxation: This approach overlooked the problem of governmental power … theory appears to be once the problem of power is considered. Nevertheless, Brennan and Buchanan's suggestions for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298416
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An enabling mechanism for the creation, adjustment, and dissolution of states and governmental units
Hausken, Kjell; Knutsen, John F. - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-32, pp. 1-38
The article proposes an enabling mechanism for the creation, adjustment and dissolution of governmental units, giving autonomy to each individual as in a direct democracy. The mechanism is designed such that Pareto optimality is possible, in contrast to earlier models which make various...
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Tullock challenges: Happiness, revolutions and democracy
Frey, Bruno S. - 2011
Gordon Tullock has been one of the most important founders and contributors to Public Choice. Two innovations are typical 'Tullock Challenges'. The first relates to method: the measurement of subjective well-being, or happiness. The second relates to digital social networks such as Facebook,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274770
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Tullock challenges: Happiness, revolutions and democracy
Frey, Bruno S. - 2011
Gordon Tullock has been one of the most important founders and contributors to Public Choice. Two innovations are typical Tullock Challenges. The first relates to method: the measurement of subjective well-being, or happiness. The second relates to digital social networks such as Facebook,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316889
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Was ist Integration?
Gestring, Norbert - In: Räumliche Auswirkungen der internationalen Migration, (pp. 78-91). 2014
Integration von Immigrant(inn)en zu definieren. Nach der Diskussion von drei klassischen Integrationsansätzen (Park; Gordon; Esser … Integration begründet, der vier Merkmale umfasst: Orientierung am gesellschaftlichen Standard, Zweiseitigkeit, Prozesshaftigkeit …The article aims to define the social integration of immigrants in a way that takes into consideration the cultural …
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Políticas públicas territoriais no Brasil
de Matteo, Katia Castro; Freire, Neison Cabral; Balbim, … - 2019
In spite of being an almost ever-present subject in the Brazilian political and economic settings, regional inequality is still treated piecemeal, lacking a thoughtful closer look by the Federal Government. The persistence of inequality among Brazilian regions made, in the 2000s, the issue of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146833
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New Firm Formation by Industry over Space and Time: A Multi-Level Analysis
Fritsch, Michael; Falck, Oliver - 2003
sector. Changes in demand are conducive to new firm formation while a high level of unemployment in a region obviously …
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The regional dimension of knowledge transfers: a behavioral approach
Broekel, Tom; Binder, Martin - 2006
to define the geographic size of a region. …
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Adverse geography and differences in welfare in Peru
Escobal, Javier; Torero, Máximo - 2003
In Peru, a country with an astonishing variety of different ecological areas, with 84 different climate zones and landscapes, with rainforests, high mountain ranges and dry deserts, the geographical context may not be all that matters, but it could be very significant in explaining regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279131