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Adam Smith, der Begründer der Nationalökonomie, hat in der "Theory of Moral Sentiments" - basierend auf Ideen von David …. Es geriet in der Folgezeit in der Ökonomie rasch in Vergessenheit. Von Smith ausgehend kann die Geschichte der …
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This paper explores the possibility of international technology transfer in lieu of trade in a model with absolute and comparative advantage. Countries having absolute advantage in producing a good may offer that technology to a possible trading partner against a fee and both the countries might...
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Customs-related corruption costs World Customs Organisation (WCO) members at least $2 billion in customs revenue each … only help reduce corruption and improve efficiency – in a large number of customs agencies -- if the customs agency …’s director undertakes a big-bang approach to reform. We also find support for the corruption clubs theory – that customs agencies …
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In this paper we take up a model of Okada (1996) to describe the possibility of collective cooperation in a n-person Prisoner's Dilemma game by means of institutional arrangements. In addition, we introduce the possibility to corrupt the institutional authority by paying him some positive...
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For our experiment on corruption, we designed a coordination game to model the influence of risk attitudes, beliefs … reduces corruption. …
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The paper explores a game-theoreticmodel of petty corruption involving a sequence of entrepreneurs and a track of …
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the mara paradigm, the perception of grand corruption, and gender-based violence tied to cross-national, national or sub …
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We analyze the effects of corruption and institutional quality on the quality of business regulation. Our key findings … indicate that corruption negatively affects the quality of regulation and that general institutional quality is insignificant … once corruption is controlled for. These findings hold over a number of specifications which include additional exogenous …
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Answers to the Eurobarometer question on Life Satisfaction are used to explore the effects of macroeconomic performance and institutional quality on average levels of self-assessed well-being in the countries of the enlarged European Union between 2004 and 2011. It is found that variations in...
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This paper examines the effect that experiencing corruption has on an individual's mental health using microeconomic … both binary and ordered probit models using both an experience of corruption index and a simple binary variable. Having to … arenas in which corruption can have a damaging effect on mental health. Some evidence is presented that an individual needs …
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