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Determinants of Employment in the Ministerial Bureaucracy
Braendle, Thomas - 2012
Senior officials in the ministerial bureaucracy are responsible for the coordination of public service activity and …
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Helping hand or grabbing hand? State bureaucracy and privatization effectiveness
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - 2009
effects, we examine the relationship between state bureaucracy and the impact of privatization on firm productivity. We find … is driven by the impact of bureaucracy on the post-privatization business environment, with better institutional support …
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Vertical Grants and Local Public Efficiency
Bischoff, Ivo; Bönisch, Peter; Haug, Peter; Illy, Annette - 2013
This paper analyses the impact of vertical grants on local public sector efficiency. First, we develop a theoretical model in which the bureaucrat sets the tax price while voters choose the quantity of public services. In this model, grants reduce efficiency if voters do not misinterpret the...
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The Drive to Economic Integration in Africa
Shams, Rasul - 2005
explanation is based on the theory of bureaucracy and the imbalances emerging in the process of development. If Africa is ready …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295449
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The citizen-candidate model with imperfect policy control
Aytimur, R. Emre; Boukouras, Aristotelis; Schwager, Robert - 2012
We examine the two-candidate equilibria of the citizen-candidate model when the implemented policy arises from a compromise between the government and an unelected external power. We show that the equilibria of this model differ significantly from the original: the distance between the...
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Formal bureaucracy and the emergent forms of the informal economy
Hart, Keith - 2005
bureaucracy and the people might be made more equal. …
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Helping hand or grabbing hand? State bureaucracy and privatization effectiveness
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - 2008
privatization effects, we examine the relationship between state bureaucracy and the impact of privatization on firm productivity … this effect is driven by the impact of bureaucracy on the post-privatization business environment, with better …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288041
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Bürokratiewahrnehmung von Unternehmen
Holz, Michael; Schlepphorst, Susanne; Brink, Siegrun; … - 2019
This study examines how companies perceive bureaucracy. Three different kinds of enterprises perception types can be … obligations and the degree of emotion caused by bureaucracy - the Unencumbered Type, the Pragmatic Type and the Grumbling Type … bureaucratic requirements. A considerable share of companies consciously practices autonomous bureaucracy reduction. At the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012056778
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Bureaucratic Rent-Seeking in the European Union
Brandt, Urs Steiner; Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard - 2003
Our theoretical model suggests that 'bureaucratisation' is a potential threat to future economic growth in the EU. The bureaucratic incentives to budget maximize leads to overwhelming pressure for new administrative tasks because bureaucracies are competing for resources just like fishermen or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321927
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Digitale Abwicklung von Immobilienkaufverträgen
Melzer, Marcus; Dotzler, Maren - In: WISTA – Wirtschaft und Statistik 73 (2021) 2, pp. 83-96
Verwaltungsverfahren zum Vollzug von Immobilienverträgen sind bürokratisch und langwierig, daher stehen amtliche Daten zur Entwicklung von Immobilienpreisen nur zeitverzögert und lückenhaft bereit. Infolgedessen werden für wichtige Aufgaben – wie die Überwachung der Finanzstabilität...
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