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The logical foundations of constitutional democracy between legal positivism and natural law theory
Kliemt, Hartmut - In: Public Choice (2021), pp. 1-13
Rejecting all knowledge claims concerning right and wrong in matters practical James Buchanan concurred with legal … creation. Beyond correct creation Buchanan proposed as a quasi-natural law constraint that unanimity in the shadow of … is symptomatic for Buchanan's never-ending but ultimately futile efforts to incorporate Kantian ideals of interpersonal …
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Nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft durch Synergie - mögliche Kooperationen bei der Wasserver- und Entsorgung: Eine theoretische und empirische Untersuchung der Wasserversorgungsunternehm...
Ludin, Daniela; Rahmeyer, Fritz; Wörner, Daniela - 2001
Die Aufgabe der kommunalen Wasserversorgungsunternehmen besteht darin, die Verbraucher mit qualitativ hochwertigem Trinkwasser in ausreichender Menge zu versorgen. Auf der anderen Seite müssen die kommunalen Abwasserentsorgungsbetriebe das von den Grundstückseigentümern erzeugte Abwasser...
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Emotions and Political Unrest
Passarelli, Francesco; Tabellini, Guido - 2013
This paper formulates a general theory of how political unrest influences public policy. Political unrest is motivated by emotions. Individuals engage in protests if they are aggrieved and feel that they have been treated unfairly. This reaction is predictable because individuals have a...
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Government Size and International Consumption Risk Sharing
Leibrecht, Markus; Scharler, Johann - 2009
We investigate the influence of government size on the exposure of consumption growth to country-specific fluctuations in output growth using a sample of OECD countries. To the extent that governments are less constrained on international financial markets, it appears conceivable that...
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Musn't grumble: Immigration, health and health service use in the UK and Germany
Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2013
A rise in population caused by increased immigration, is sometimes accompanied by concerns that the increase in population puts additional or differential pressure on welfare services which might affect the net fiscal contribution of immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant...
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A note on the appropriate measure of tax burden on Foreign Direct Investment to the CEECs
Bellak, Christian; Leibrecht, Markus; Römisch, Roman - 2005
In this note we show that tax-rate elasticities of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Central and East European Countries (CEECs) derived from statutory corporate income tax rates (STRs) are likely to be flawed. From a conceptual point of view STRs are problematic as they neither capture tax...
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Explaining Reform Deadlocks
Heinemann, Friedrich - 2004
Countries are often slow to adjust their economic structures to new necessities although this reform reluctance is costly in terms of growth and employment. This paper analyses the relevant factors that block or foster economic reforms. Theoretical considerations show that there are at least...
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The Drivers of Deregulation in the Era of Globalization
Heinemann, Friedrich - 2006
This paper treats the question to what extent globalization trends restrict a countryspecific regulation policy in industrial countries. The empirical analysis makes use of recently collected regulation indicators for four policy fields: financial market, product markets, labour markets and...
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Die Theorie der optimalen Währungsräume und die politische Reformfähigkeit: Ein vernachlässigtes Kriterium
Heinemann, Friedrich - 1998
In diesem Beitrag wird neben einem kurzen Überblick über die Argumentationsweise und Probleme der Theorie optimaler Währungsräume ein neues Beurteilungskriterium vorgestellt: die politische Reformfähigkeit potentieller Mitgliedstaaten einer Währungsunion. Hintergrund für diese Erweiterung...
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The rich demystified: A reply to Bach, Corneo, and Steiner (2008)
Jacob, Martin; Niemann, Rainer; Weiss, Martin - 2008
The contribution Bach, Corneo and Steiner (2008) has argued that "the rich" do not pay taxes adequately in relation to their income, finding, for instance, an effective tax rate of only 38.1% for the 0.001% fractile of German income taxpayers in 2001. This result contrasts sharply with the...
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