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Innovation and precarity: Workplace discourse in twenty-first century capitalism
Rothstein, Sidney A. - 2019
-first century capitalism. Tech workers' central role in digital transformation endows them with labor market power reflected by … undermines labor's established power resources by persuading workers that mobilizing will be ineffective in protecting their jobs … power. It argues that the workplace should play a larger role in comparative political economy, particularly in explaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099442
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Promiscuous elites and economic development
Brezis, Elise S. - 2012
it. Moreover, this paper shows that the bureaucratic elite obtains excessive bureaucratic power, and that promiscuous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335988
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Aggressiveness and Redistribution
Bös, Dieter; Kolmar, Martin - 2003
situation of partial anarchy in some market redistributive policies in other markets may help to reduce the inefficiency in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263060
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Hobbes and the political economy of power
Wittman, Donald - 2006
This paper evaluates the sustainability of large current account imbalances in the era when the Chinese GDP growth rate and current account/GDP exceed 10%. We investigate the size distribution and the durability of current account deficits during 1966-2005, and report the results of a simulation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322714
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Do institutions of direct democracy tame the leviathan? : Swiss evidence on the structure of expenditure for public education
Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2005
The deleterious impact of institutions of direct legislation on student performance found in studies for both the U.S. and Switzerland has raised the question of what its transmission channels are. For the U.S., an increase in the ratio of administrative to instructional spending and larger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273733
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Outcome, Process & Power in Direct Democracy
Frey, Bruno S.; Kucher, Marcel; Stutzer, Alois - 1999
of power. In the second part, we demonstrate that reported subjective well-being of the population is much higher in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010314954
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292377
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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390675
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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