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Behemoth als Partner und Feind des Leviathan: zur politischen Ikonologie eines Monstrums

Bredekamp, Horst - 2009

Zu den mächtigsten Bildern des Alten Testamentes gehören die beiden Monstra des Leviathan und des Behemoth, die Gott … Behemoth und Leviathan gleichsam die Fronten wechselten und wie mit der Schreckensminderung des Leviathan auch der Behemoth …The two monstrosities Leviathan and Behemoth belong to the most powerful images of the Old Testamemt, which God let …

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Ökonomie und Religion. Studien zur Entwicklung der ökonomischen Theorie XXI

Hagemann, Harald (contributor) - 2007

Verhältnis von Ökonomie und Religion auseinandersetzte. Während die moderne Wachstumstheorie lange Zeit die Rolle sogenannter … Religion in wirtschaftlichen Entwicklungsprozessen und modernen Gesellschaften tiefer analysiert.Die beiden ersten Beiträge …

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The Hand Behind the Invisible Hand: Dogmatic and Pragmatic Views on Free Markets and the State of Economic Theory

Mittermaier, Karl - 2020

Using Adam Smith's notion of an 'invisible hand', this extraordinary contribution identifies dogmatic versus pragmatic views of free markets. Published posthumously, with new contributions by Rod O'Donnell, Daniel B. Klein and Christopher Torr, this book outlines Mittermaier's main thesis and...

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Megjegyzések navratil ákos elmélettörténetéhez

Csató, Katalin - 2008

Ákos Navratil (1875-1952) is an outstanding theoretical economist from the first half of the 20th century. A selection of his works was published as volume 8 in the series Classics in Hungarian Economics (Old truths and new theories in economics by Ákos Navratil, (int., ed. by M. Hild)). The...

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Malthus vs. Wordsworth: Perspectives on humankind, nature and economy

Becker, Christian; Faber, Malte; Hertel, Kirsten; … - 2004

In this paper the view of humankind and nature upon which the thinking of Malthus is founded will be reflected on and contrasted with the opposed understanding of his contemporary Wordsworth. We show that the economic considerations of both are based decidedly on the premise of these views, and...

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Hayek, Mill and the Liberal Tradition

Farrant, Andrew (contributor) - 2010

This book considers the relationship between Hayek and Mill, taking issues with Hayek's criticism of Mill and providing a broader perspective of the liberal tradition. Featuring contributions from the likes of Ross Emmett, Leon Montes and Robert Garnett, these chapters ask whether Hayek had an...

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Leviathans, Federal Transfers, and the Cartelization Hypothesis

Koethenbuerger, Marko - 2004

taming the Leviathan by implicitly taxing tax revenues extracted by the Leviathan. Thus, transfers might be an appropriate …

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Self-preserving Leviathans - Evidence from Regional-level Data

Kluge, Jan; Markwardt, Gunther; Thater, Christian - 2015

This paper investigates the impact of the intensity of political competition on the leviathan behavior by political … political opponents) exhibit leviathan behavior in total government spending. Additionally, we test for political budget cycles …

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Human Capital Investment and Globalization in Extortionary States

Andersson, Fredrik; Konrad, Kai A. - 2001

This paper considers education investment and public education subsidies in closed and open economies with an extortionary government. The extortionary government in a closed economy has incentives to subsidize education in order to overcome a hold-up problem of time consistent taxation, similar...

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Exit and voice: yardstick versus fiscal competition across governments

Bordignon, Massimo - 2007

Politicians are disciplined through the electoral system. But this is often not enough to eliminate political rents. Economists suggest that competition across governments may also help. But intergovernmental competition can take two forms, through tax competition (exit) or yardstick competition...

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