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Employer preferences and social policy: Business and the development of job security regulations in Germany since World War I
Emmenegger, Patrick; Marx, Paul - 2010
This article examines the role of business in the historical development of job security regulations in Germany from … varieties of capitalism approach, which sees business as protagonists, or at least consenters, in the development of job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269936
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The Labour Market and the Job Miracle
Heckman, James J.; Agell, Jonas; Gertser, Florian; … - In: CESifo Forum 04 (2003) 2, pp. 29-48
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695729
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Understanding the relationship between institutions and economic development: Some key theoretical issues
Chang, Ha-Joon - 2006
The paper tries to improve our understanding on the role of institutions in development by critically examining the current orthodox discourse on institutions and highlighting some of its key problems. After discussing some definitional problems, the chapter examines a number of problems in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279261
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Economic Systems of OECD Nations: Impact and Evolution
Pryor, Frederic L. - 2004
This essay argues that economic systems should be defined in terms of clusters of complementary institutions. To show how such an approach can be carried out, I use a cluster analysis technique and data on forty different economic institutions in OECD nations to isolate four quite different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327345
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Institutional change for creating capacity and capability for sustainable development: A club good perspective
Platje, Joost - 2011
Although the socio-economic development of many nations during the last two centuries has been very impressive, there are many issues questioning the sustainability of this development. Questions have been raised whether increased consumption will lead to increased happiness, or whether people...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010308401
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Transitional institutions, institutional complementarities and economic performance in China: A 'Varieties of Capitalism' approach
Ahrens, Joachim; Jünemann, Patrick - 2010
in China in the long run. The paper aims at (i) applying the Varieties-of-Capitalism (VoC) framework to China and … China; (iii) analyzing the impact which the emerging type of capitalism will have on the economy's allocative and dynamic … complementarities in the long run. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010308006
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The political economy of industrial policy in the European Union
Bulfone, Fabio - 2020
The Great Recession renewed calls for a return of state activism in support of the European economy. The widespread nationalization of ailing companies and the growing activism of national development banks led many to celebrate the reappearance of industrial policy. By reviewing the evolution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012307681
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Cognitive and institutional perspectives of eco effiency: A new research landscape towards factor four (or more)
Bleischwitz, Raimund - 2002
The paper sketches out a theoretical framework for analysing the interplaybetween eco-efficiency, cognition and institutions. It derives from analyticalshortfalls of the prevailing literature, which features strongly engineering andbusiness economics, by using insights from New Institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306201
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The evolution of bargaining under austerity: Political change in contemporary French and German labor-market reform
Vail, Mark I. - 2007
adjustment within national models of capitalism through an analysis of recent labor-market reform in France and Germany. It … of politics - "competitive interventionism" in France and "conflictual corporatism" in Germany - within generally stable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300641
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From managed to market capitalism? German finance in transition
Lütz, Susanne - 2000
while institutional restructuring is taking place within Germany that reflects characteristics of Anglo-Saxon capitalism … national and sectoral governance. The heart of the issue is whether the Continental, consensus-oriented model of capitalism is … angelsächsischen Kapitalismus in sich trägt. Gleichwohl verhindern institutionelle Bremsen wie föderale Strukturen und Vetopositionen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303856